Benefit concerts aren’t just the celebrity performer-packed events you see on television. Concerts can also be smaller scale, featuring local talent. The benefit is that these performers are more accessible and likely to bring their family and circle of friends to the event. 

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With fundraising software, you can also ask bands to set up team pages and fundraise in the weeks leading up to the show. This way, even their out-of-town supporters who cannot attend will have the opportunity to give.

1. Make sure your audio sounds good. If your microphone isn’t working well, your viewers will leave, or may simply be unable to understand what you’re saying. Bad audio is worse than bad video. 
2. Think about your lighting. Natural light is best, so windows are your friend.
3. Keep the background of your shot uncluttered.
4. Try to get your camera even with your face.

Concerts can be some of the most fun events to host once everything comes together, but they have a very high cost per dollar and substantial upfront costs, making them more suitable for large nonprofits with big budgets and experienced staff. These types of events are best suited for large organizations rather than small and midsize nonprofit organizations.

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There’s tons of flex with how you run your tour. Make it more strategy-based by having students select team members to compete in different categories. Or, keep the categories secret and have the teammates work in unison to answer.

What’s a Virtual Trivia Night?

If your tournament is for elementary and middle school students, divide the competition by grade so that the tournament is fair, but grades 9-12 should all be able to compete against one another on relatively level ground.

Depending on the size of the tournament, you might need to do qualifying and preliminary rounds in the weeks leading up to the main event, reserving that day for something like the quarters through the finals.

How to Join the Event

Invite your staff, donors, volunteers and even your board members to a fun trivia night! You can sell tickets as well-run some games throughout the night that require an additional donation.

Have participants set up a personal fundraising page to raise funds ahead of the trivia night, and offer teams that raise the most advantages the night of the event. As a bonus, try to secure some great prizes from your corporate and/or local partners for the winning team.

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If you’re on a fixed budget or timeframe, a one-day online fundraiser is one of the best charity event ideas for your organization. At their best, they rally communities, transform supporters into advocates, and raise money for causes. Sounds good, right?

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First, choose a day that means something to your organization or those you help. Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Unlike many other nonprofits, Catalogue for Philanthropy used the day to raise dollars for over 200 local nonprofits in their area. 

• Find a location and work with the town to organize event details.
• File for a permit to block off the roads
• Obtain city and police approval for the event
• Include registration forms and waivers on your event page
• Measure and map your walk route

Giving Tuesday Now’s marketing

With the help of Giving Tuesday Now’s marketing, Catalogue for Philanthropy shared information about their event and the many nonprofits it was supporting leading up to the event. They asked each nonprofit to create a fundraiser page on CauseVox, which allowed dozens of nonprofits to work together to share their unique missions and market an exciting giving day together.

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When the weather starts to warm up and the summer wardrobe is pushed to the center of your closet, you know that spring is right around the corner. And one thing’s for sure, many of your largest supporters want nothing more than to spend a morning on the golf course.

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Golf tournaments are a great deal of fun for participants. If you think your supporters will be interested in this type of event, work with a local golf course on pricing and dates (hint: most are very comfortable working with charities to run tournaments). Leave yourself plenty of time to get teams together and market the event. One of the best parts is that it’s an activity that can be held while socially distanced.

1. Make sure your audio sounds good. If your microphone isn’t working well, your viewers will leave, or may simply be unable to understand what you’re saying. Bad audio is worse than bad video. 
2. Think about your lighting. Natural light is best, so windows are your friend.
3. Keep the background of your shot uncluttered.
4. Try to get your camera even with your face.

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