Fundraising Idea For Nonprofits and Charitable Organizations

Fundraising for nonprofits and charitable organizations is easy and effective when you leverage the power of the Internet. Everybody connected with a charity or non profit organization has experienced the labor intensive fund raising associated with a yard sale, silent auction, scrip program, etc. Fundraising for your nonprofit or charitable organization loses its labor intensive nature when the fund raiser is based on members and supporters not spending any additional out-of-pocket money, and the Internet is used as the fundraising tool.

fundraising that is not labor intensive
fundraising that does not ask for any additional out-of-pocket money
fundraising that provides a service to supporters and members
fundraising that takes your organization into the 21st century
fundraising that is continuous and lasting
fundraising that can raise significant funds for even small groups

Fundraising Idea for Charity or Nonprofit Organizations:

This fundraising idea works well with nonprofits, philanthropic fundraising in companies, churches, schools, libraries, sports teams, bands, and others.

Fundraising Potential:

The typical US household purchases about 5 magazine subscriptions each year. The average subscription price in 1999 was nearly $25. When your supporters purchase these discount magazine subscriptions through an online newsstand provided cost-free to your organization, your organization benefits by receiving 30% of the subscription proceeds. See sample online newsstand: click here. What is the potential? See table below. Table assumes $20 subscription price.

Supporter Households	# of Total Subscriptions	Annual Fundraising Potential
100	500	$3,000
500	2,500	$15,000
1,000	5,000	$30,000
10,000	50,000	$300,000

What your organization does NOT have to do:

keep inventory
fulfill orders
collect or process payment
customer support
create a website - cost-free online newsstand is provided

What your organization does:

sign up for an online newsstand at FriendsWhoGive.com
customize online newsstand
make supporters aware of their organization's online newsstand in ways appropriate for your organization
receive checks for 30% share of discount magazine subscription purchases

Why members and supporters will subscribe? Seven compelling reasons!

Your member supporters will subscribe from your fundraising online newsstand because:

supporters can direct money to their organization without spending any more out-of-pocket money than they currently spend
supporters pay the lowest, publisher-authorized magazine subscription prices available
supporters have three payment options: online, phone, or mail

supporters have a choice of over 1,350 popular family-friendly magazines
supporters can renew current subscriptions (even if they subscribed elsewhere) as well as subscribe to new ones
supporters have a 100% guarantee
supporters purchase from an established magazine processing center with vast experience

* Customizing your organizations online newsstand:

There are a number of ways in which your organizations online newsstand can be customized.

You can add you organization symbol or logo (even picture) to the upper left corner
You can edit the text on the home page
You can choose 11 magazine covers for the home page
You can choose 12 magazines for the "Featured Titles" page
You can choose a color theme