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20 FALL FUNDRAISING IDEAS
Posted by Andrea Johnson
As the seasons and schedules change, it is a great time to kickstart your autumn
fundraising. Below are 20 fall fundraiser ideas for your nonprofit.
GENERAL
1. Pumpkin Patch - Most people enjoy using pumpkins to decorate their homes and
to carve before Halloween — so if they can buy a pumpkin and simultaneously
support your nonprofit, win-win! Set up a pumpkin patch at your site if
possible, and if not, work with your town or donors to find a good location.
Provide a fun photo backdrop for people to pose with their pumpkins and
serve apple cider and popcorn for an extra charge. Use an online sign up to
organize your workers and volunteers.
2. Pumpkin Carving Party - This is a fun family activity that is even better
when the mess isn’t at your house! Decide whether to charge a set entrance
fee that includes the pumpkin, or if people can bring their own pumpkins and
pay a lower ticket price. Provide the tools, templates, sharpies, tea lights
and fun music. Have a contest for the best-carved designs and create
different categories with prizes for the winners. Take a picture of the
winners by category to post on social media. Create sign ups to organize
your volunteers as well as register those who attend.
3. Taste of Autumn Dinner - Host a five-course meal in a scenic location,
whether it is on someone’s back patio, at a barn, farm or other scenic
location. Regardless of the location, be sure to decorate your venue with
jewel-colored flowers such as zinnias and sunflowers, pumpkins and foliage.
Bring in a local chef and have the menu printed and available beforehand.
Set up cocktails and appetizers and give people time to mingle and take
pictures.
4. Wine Auction - Host a wine auction around a nice meal or casual appetizers.
Either way, feature the wines to be auctioned and include specialty cheese
plates and desserts that will pair well with the wines.
5. Cooking School - Create sweet memories by offering interactive cooking
classes with renowned local chefs as your autumn fundraiser. Guests can
prepare the meal (or parts of it) together and then enjoy a five-course
meal. Have a photographer capture the process and send pictures to guests
afterward along with the menu and recipes from the night.
6. Outdoor Movie Night - This is a fun throwback event where you can set up a
great fall scene with haybales and plaid blankets (or keep it really simple
asking them to bring their own blankets). You can charge a flat admission
price or ask for donations. Decide whether to include snacks in the
admission price or charge for them separately. A flavored popcorn bar, candy
apples and hot cider are all fun options for treats. You can show a
kid-friendly movie like It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown or fall
favorites such as Dead Poets Society, Friday Night Lights, School Ties,
Remember the Titans, or You’ve Got Mail.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sell annual fall carnival tickets and coordinate volunteers with a sign up. View
an Example
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Collective Yard Sale - Ask people from your nonprofit to donate items to
sell. You can also advertise to supporters that you are accepting donations
to widen the range of items. Group them by tables to keep the pricing easy
for customers. To keep it fun and festive, add some autumn decorations to
your space and offer fall-themed snacks and drinks. Organize donation drop
off and volunteers with a sign up.
2. Consignment Sale - Organize a kid, adult or teen clothing consignment sale.
A percentage of sales can go to your group with some of it going back to
those who donated the clothing, or you can set it up where your nonprofit
will receive all the profits. Set up sturdy clothing racks and make sure you
have a large space available to organize and tag everything days before the
sale. Use a consignment service to track all the clothes, participants and
sales. Create a sign up to organize your drop off times and volunteer slots.
3. Hay Bale Maze - Create a maze of hay bales on your property or a nearby
farm. If possible, depending on your location, have a fire pit and s’mores
station along with a hot cocoa stand. Include a fun photo backdrop. Decorate
with hay bales, plaid blankets, pumpkins and chrysanthemums. If you are
offering the maze multiple weeks in a row, consider changing the maze
pattern weekly so people can return to experience a new challenge.
1. Fall Pictures - Set up a festive autumn photo backdrop and take fall
pictures for families and children. Offer digital photos as well as a
Polaroid to provide a fun take-home memento. Have people sign up for a photo
spot via SignUpGenius. Genius Tip: This could also be a great fundraiser for
a high school where you can bring in the photography teacher and students.
2. Barn Dance - Host a barn dance, including dancing lessons for guests. Teach
line dancing, the Texas two-step and square dances such as the Virginia
Reel. This will be the first time many people will have learned these old
classics. Present an award to the couple with the best dancing skills. Serve
Texas-style beef brisket, baked beans, mashed potatoes, and banana pudding
with iced tea to wash it down.
3. “Glamp” Out - Treat your guests to the phenomenon of “glamping” — defined as
glamorous camping — with a fun time of mingling around fire pits and eating
s’mores as they arrive. Serve sweet tea and lemonade in mason jars. Decorate
with brightly colored pennants, black-and-white checked table clothes,
sunflowers and lanterns. Hold your event at the lake on waterfront property
for extra ambience and offer fun activities such as a zipline, capture the
flag and boat rides. End the night with fireworks.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recruit volunteers for a band booster fundraiser with a sign up. View an Example
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHOOL-SPECIFIC
1. Fall Yard Work - Schools or youth groups can hire out their teens to do fall
yard work such as bulb planting, leaf raking and pruning. Make sure you
equip teens with the skills and knowledge to do these tasks and ask
homeowners to have supplies out and ready for teens to use. It is also
helpful to have someone home that day to serve as a contact and confirm what
they would like the students to work on. Participants can sign up for a day
and time using a sign up.
2. Decorate Lockers - Booster clubs can raise money for their cause by
decorating lockers for the band, theatre group, sports teams and any other
groups’ lockers or cars. Work with your advisor to determine if you are
marketing this to students, parents or both, and have students sign up to
participate through a sign up.
3. Front Row Tickets - As a theater fundraiser, auction off front row or prime
seats to the high school musical. You can also raise money by selling arts
memberships where patrons are guaranteed seats in a prime area of the
theatre. The same idea could apply to the athletic booster club with
football, basketball or volleyball.
4. Meet and Greet - May young students look up to the high school athletes and
thespians and would love to meet them. As a fundraiser for the athletic
booster club and art department, offer a meet and greet before or after the
game with some of the players, or after the school play while the characters
are still in costume. You can also consider offering a behind the scenes
tour where younger students can buy a behind the scenes tour ticket and see
what it is like to get ready for the play or the game.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organize a gift-wrapping fundraiser with a sign up. View an Example
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Parking Pass - At many schools, parking for students and teachers is in
certain locations. Auction or raffle off a front row parking spot for
students and teachers. You can also include a pass for “skip to the front of
carpool” — either of these options are major time-savers for busy parents,
students and staff.
2. Game Ball Raffle - Raffle the game ball each home game for football, soccer,
volleyball or whatever sports are big at your school. For an added bonus,
have the players sign the ball. You can also offer a special higher-priced
raffle for the homecoming game. Keep it affordable at $10-$20 and advertise
to students, teachers and the fan and parent community. This is a fun prize
and memory whether the fan is a 10-year-old, a student or a parent.
3. Face Painting - Offer face painting before the Friday night games. This is a
great way to boost school spirit and raise money for your group. Advertise
that it will be available each home game and/or every week at a specific
location, so students and fans know when and where to expect it. This is a
great way to boost school spirit and raise money for your cause.
4. Pumpkin Spice Bake Sale - While the classic bake sale has been done many
times over, you can keep it fresh and fun with a fall theme and set it up at
a school event where people want snacks. Sell baked goods in the carpool
line before school, at sporting events or during intermission of the school
play. Use a fun theme such as football- or pumpkin-shaped cookies or pumpkin
spiced pastries.
With any idea, the key is to make it exciting, fresh and specific to your group.
For most of these ideas, you can create a fun fall scene with snacks, decor and
Instagram-worthy backdrops. People are happy to support a cause — especially
when they get a fall experience out of it. Make sure to thank people for
participating and enjoy!
Andrea Johnson is a native Texan now living in Charlotte, N.C., with her husband
and two daughters. She enjoys running, photography and good chocolate.
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20 FALL FUNDRAISING IDEAS
As the seasons and schedules change, it is a great time to kickstart your autumn
fundraising. Below are 20 fall fundraiser ideas for your nonprofit.
GENERAL
1. Pumpkin Patch - Most people enjoy using pumpkins to decorate their homes and
to carve before Halloween — so if they can buy a pumpkin and simultaneously
support your nonprofit, win-win! Set up a pumpkin patch at your site if
possible, and if not, work with your town or donors to find a good location.
Provide a fun photo backdrop for people to pose with their pumpkins and
serve apple cider and popcorn for an extra charge. Use an online sign up to
organize your workers and volunteers.
2. Pumpkin Carving Party - This is a fun family activity that is even better
when the mess isn’t at your house! Decide whether to charge a set entrance
fee that includes the pumpkin, or if people can bring their own pumpkins and
pay a lower ticket price. Provide the tools, templates, sharpies, tea lights
and fun music. Have a contest for the best-carved designs and create
different categories with prizes for the winners. Take a picture of the
winners by category to post on social media. Create sign ups to organize
your volunteers as well as register those who attend.
3. Taste of Autumn Dinner - Host a five-course meal in a scenic location,
whether it is on someone’s back patio, at a barn, farm or other scenic
location. Regardless of the location, be sure to decorate your venue with
jewel-colored flowers such as zinnias and sunflowers, pumpkins and foliage.
Bring in a local chef and have the menu printed and available beforehand.
Set up cocktails and appetizers and give people time to mingle and take
pictures.
4. Wine Auction - Host a wine auction around a nice meal or casual appetizers.
Either way, feature the wines to be auctioned and include specialty cheese
plates and desserts that will pair well with the wines.
5. Cooking School - Create sweet memories by offering interactive cooking
classes with renowned local chefs as your autumn fundraiser. Guests can
prepare the meal (or parts of it) together and then enjoy a five-course
meal. Have a photographer capture the process and send pictures to guests
afterward along with the menu and recipes from the night.
6. Outdoor Movie Night - This is a fun throwback event where you can set up a
great fall scene with haybales and plaid blankets (or keep it really simple
asking them to bring their own blankets). You can charge a flat admission
price or ask for donations. Decide whether to include snacks in the
admission price or charge for them separately. A flavored popcorn bar, candy
apples and hot cider are all fun options for treats. You can show a
kid-friendly movie like It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown or fall
favorites such as Dead Poets Society, Friday Night Lights, School Ties,
Remember the Titans, or You’ve Got Mail.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sell annual fall carnival tickets and coordinate volunteers with a sign up. View
an Example
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Collective Yard Sale - Ask people from your nonprofit to donate items to
sell. You can also advertise to supporters that you are accepting donations
to widen the range of items. Group them by tables to keep the pricing easy
for customers. To keep it fun and festive, add some autumn decorations to
your space and offer fall-themed snacks and drinks. Organize donation drop
off and volunteers with a sign up.
2. Consignment Sale - Organize a kid, adult or teen clothing consignment sale.
A percentage of sales can go to your group with some of it going back to
those who donated the clothing, or you can set it up where your nonprofit
will receive all the profits. Set up sturdy clothing racks and make sure you
have a large space available to organize and tag everything days before the
sale. Use a consignment service to track all the clothes, participants and
sales. Create a sign up to organize your drop off times and volunteer slots.
3. Hay Bale Maze - Create a maze of hay bales on your property or a nearby
farm. If possible, depending on your location, have a fire pit and s’mores
station along with a hot cocoa stand. Include a fun photo backdrop. Decorate
with hay bales, plaid blankets, pumpkins and chrysanthemums. If you are
offering the maze multiple weeks in a row, consider changing the maze
pattern weekly so people can return to experience a new challenge.
1. Fall Pictures - Set up a festive autumn photo backdrop and take fall
pictures for families and children. Offer digital photos as well as a
Polaroid to provide a fun take-home memento. Have people sign up for a photo
spot via SignUpGenius. Genius Tip: This could also be a great fundraiser for
a high school where you can bring in the photography teacher and students.
2. Barn Dance - Host a barn dance, including dancing lessons for guests. Teach
line dancing, the Texas two-step and square dances such as the Virginia
Reel. This will be the first time many people will have learned these old
classics. Present an award to the couple with the best dancing skills. Serve
Texas-style beef brisket, baked beans, mashed potatoes, and banana pudding
with iced tea to wash it down.
3. “Glamp” Out - Treat your guests to the phenomenon of “glamping” — defined as
glamorous camping — with a fun time of mingling around fire pits and eating
s’mores as they arrive. Serve sweet tea and lemonade in mason jars. Decorate
with brightly colored pennants, black-and-white checked table clothes,
sunflowers and lanterns. Hold your event at the lake on waterfront property
for extra ambience and offer fun activities such as a zipline, capture the
flag and boat rides. End the night with fireworks.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recruit volunteers for a band booster fundraiser with a sign up. View an Example
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHOOL-SPECIFIC
1. Fall Yard Work - Schools or youth groups can hire out their teens to do fall
yard work such as bulb planting, leaf raking and pruning. Make sure you
equip teens with the skills and knowledge to do these tasks and ask
homeowners to have supplies out and ready for teens to use. It is also
helpful to have someone home that day to serve as a contact and confirm what
they would like the students to work on. Participants can sign up for a day
and time using a sign up.
2. Decorate Lockers - Booster clubs can raise money for their cause by
decorating lockers for the band, theatre group, sports teams and any other
groups’ lockers or cars. Work with your advisor to determine if you are
marketing this to students, parents or both, and have students sign up to
participate through a sign up.
3. Front Row Tickets - As a theater fundraiser, auction off front row or prime
seats to the high school musical. You can also raise money by selling arts
memberships where patrons are guaranteed seats in a prime area of the
theatre. The same idea could apply to the athletic booster club with
football, basketball or volleyball.
4. Meet and Greet - May young students look up to the high school athletes and
thespians and would love to meet them. As a fundraiser for the athletic
booster club and art department, offer a meet and greet before or after the
game with some of the players, or after the school play while the characters
are still in costume. You can also consider offering a behind the scenes
tour where younger students can buy a behind the scenes tour ticket and see
what it is like to get ready for the play or the game.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organize a gift-wrapping fundraiser with a sign up. View an Example
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Parking Pass - At many schools, parking for students and teachers is in
certain locations. Auction or raffle off a front row parking spot for
students and teachers. You can also include a pass for “skip to the front of
carpool” — either of these options are major time-savers for busy parents,
students and staff.
2. Game Ball Raffle - Raffle the game ball each home game for football, soccer,
volleyball or whatever sports are big at your school. For an added bonus,
have the players sign the ball. You can also offer a special higher-priced
raffle for the homecoming game. Keep it affordable at $10-$20 and advertise
to students, teachers and the fan and parent community. This is a fun prize
and memory whether the fan is a 10-year-old, a student or a parent.
3. Face Painting - Offer face painting before the Friday night games. This is a
great way to boost school spirit and raise money for your group. Advertise
that it will be available each home game and/or every week at a specific
location, so students and fans know when and where to expect it. This is a
great way to boost school spirit and raise money for your cause.
4. Pumpkin Spice Bake Sale - While the classic bake sale has been done many
times over, you can keep it fresh and fun with a fall theme and set it up at
a school event where people want snacks. Sell baked goods in the carpool
line before school, at sporting events or during intermission of the school
play. Use a fun theme such as football- or pumpkin-shaped cookies or pumpkin
spiced pastries.
With any idea, the key is to make it exciting, fresh and specific to your group.
For most of these ideas, you can create a fun fall scene with snacks, decor and
Instagram-worthy backdrops. People are happy to support a cause — especially
when they get a fall experience out of it. Make sure to thank people for
participating and enjoy!
Andrea Johnson is a native Texan now living in Charlotte, N.C., with her husband
and two daughters. She enjoys running, photography and good chocolate.
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