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The Evolution of School Fundraising – Increasing 2010 Revenue

New and more efficient fundraising ideas are continually search for by school administrators, PTA/ PTO members and parents alike, each looking for new and better ways to generate income for their school fundraiser and non-profit groups

A new company has emerged this arena, allowing schools and non-profit groups the ability to harness the power of the internet to increase their fund raising activities. Fundraising Provider™ is a product supplier and distribution company focusing its efforts in the fund raising industry. “With the technology available today, we use the full power of local branding, social networking and backend programming to drive sales, and track revenue in real time. No one else is doing this, and that is why we are having such great success,” reports Michael Carlson, its CEO and Founder.

The biggest difference between other national product fundraisers (such as 4mySkool.com and many others) which offer customers Internet access to their stores, versus a locally branded fundraising campaign, is the increase in revenue from local participants and neighbors. Fundraising Provider™ allows schools and fundraising groups to supply their logo, and for a small fee, will create a web site, complete with an customized domain name, e-commerce store, distribution of products, automated reports of all sales, as well as their proprietary tracking and social media functionalities. Some schools and groups have increased their revenue by more than 35% with less effort from teacher and parents who often spend hours every day promoting and managing their yearly fundraising activities.

“People love to support schools and fundraisers in their local community. By promoting a web address with your school name in its domain, people instinctively know their participation helps their school.”

In addition, Fundraising Provider™ uses proprietary software tracking every purchase referred by a parent or student, ensuring proper financial credit is given to the school and rewards points are credited to the student. Students may then use their rewards credits to “purchase” items in its Reward Center store, such as iPods, iPads and other items children really want. Reward points are also credited to the student for referral of other students and parents who sign up and begin raising funds for their school or local non-profit group.

For example, unlike other fund raiser companies, Fundraising Provider™ also allow users to sign-up via their Facebook account and credits users for other individuals who sign-up by following links they have put onto their Facebook page.

Students 13 years and older may sign up for this program, but must have parental consent via an email authorization sent to the parent upon sign up. “Safety is of huge concern for us. Just as our program offers the safety of allowing students to generate sales for their school’s fund raising program without the need to go out into the neighborhood and knock on doors like in years past, we have carefully considered privacy and safety matters with regards to our proprietary software and the information we collect.” Addresses and phone number are never collected from students or parents in the sign up process and all registration by individuals under 18 require consent from the parent who also get a copy of all future correspondence between the minor and the company.

Easy Coffee Fundraising

There are just about many companies offering coffee fundraisers to public schools, cheerleading squad, little leagues, church youth groups and others, as a means of meeting their yearly fundraising targets.

It seems like something that you have to do over and over again each year. It starts with picking a new company because a new Board Member doesn’t necessarily have the information on what was done last year or maybe thinks there is a more profitable coffee fundraiser out there.

What if there was a company that offered your school or nonprofit group a way to make money year round over the internet at the highest payout possible of over 50%? And what if that same company offered you your own fundraising store website with your unique domain name representing your school, sports club, team or group? And what if that same company did this for less than $20/month including hosting the website and distributing the products?

In 2009 Fundraising Provider™ began offering its full service online fundraising store with full social media and facebook integration. In coordination with Have Apps, a web app software company, Fundraising Provider allows schools and nonprofit groups the ability to have their own candle fundraising store on the internet completely branded with their unique domain name and fundraising store name.

Its still your job to promote your fundraiser, but this can easily be done through your own website, including printing out fliers, sending emails and posts to Facebook. Any emails or posts that are followed back to your fundraising store’s website where a purchase is made, are automatically credited to your account. The student or team member who referred the purchaser gets “Reward Points” which can be used to get cool items in the Rewards Center. Individuals can save up these points to get anything from iPods and laptops, to scooters.

You can add other product lines to your coffee fundraising store, such as jewelry, candles, magazine subscriptions and even kitchenware to help improve your revenue.

Fundraising Provider is quickly becoming a leading company in the $4.2 billion a year fundraising industry, as they are the only fundraiser company offering all these service to the industry, coupled with excellent customer support.

Candle Fundraising Made Easy

There are just about 1000 companies offering candle fundraisers to schools, youth soccer clubs, little leagues, churches and youth groups, as a means of meeting their yearly fundraising goals.

It seems like something that you have to do over and over again each year. It starts with picking a new company because a new club president doesn’t necessarily have the information on what was done last year or maybe thinks there is a more profitable candle fundraiser out there.

Introduce Fundraising Provider in 2009, which began offering its full service online fundraising store with full social media and facebook integration. In coordination with Have Apps, a web app software company, Fundraising Provider allows schools and nonprofit groups the ability to have their own candle fundraising store on the internet completely branded with their unique domain name and fundraising store name.

You can add other product lines to your candle fundraising store, such as jewelry, coffee, magazine subscriptions and even kitchenware.

Jewelry Fundraising Made Easy

Start an Online Jewelry Fundraising Store There are just a few companies offering jewelry fundraisers to schools, youth soccer clubs, little leagues, churches and youth groups, as a means of meeting their yearly fundraising goals.

It seems like something that you have to do over and over again each year. It starts with picking a new company or a new product line because a new club president doesn’t necessarily have the information on what was done last year or maybe thinks there is a more profitable fundraiser out there.

Introduce Fundraising Provider in 2009, which began offering its full service online fundraising store with full social media and facebook integration. In coordination with Have Apps, a web app software company, Fundraising Provider allows schools and nonprofit groups the ability to have their own jewelry fundraising store on the internet completely branded with their unique domain name and fundraising store name.

You simply pay the $19.95 monthly fee, purchase a domain name, give them your logo and your school or groups fundraising store is up and running in minutes. They collect the money, distribute the products and cut you a check for 40% to 50% of every purchase made. They are the only fundraising company offering .925 sterling silver jewelry lines and gemstone jewelry as a fundraiser, and this seems to be the most popular line of jewelry out there today.

You will have other product lines in your jewelry fundraising store, such as candles, coffee, magazine subscriptions and even kitchenware to help increase your revenue.

Using Facebook for School Fundraising and Youth Athletic Fundraising

Facebook Fundraising

Fundraising has been around a long time. Schools and nonprofit groups from soccer clubs to youth athletics baseball, football and cheerleading groups have been raising funds to help maintain the cost of their activities for decades.

Let’s face it we are squarely in the 21^st Century and now most people in the United States are using Facebook to communicate with their family and friends. So isn’t it a natural progression that Facebook fundraisers for schools and sports teams would be the next evolution in fundraising?

Today there are companies that allow you to fund raise for your school or team online using the internet and various web applications such as Facebook and Twitter. Online fundraising stores have been created that allow you to contact your neighbors, family and friends via Facebook to help support your school fundraiser, team fundraiser or local cause.

One company using this technology is, Fundraising Provider. They also have a program that allows individual schools and sports teams to brand their local fundraiser with their own website and unique domain name, so that team members can refer people to their own “fundraising store” and reap the benefit of local name recognition. For example a school or little league team could have their own storefront up on the Internet that is populated with items that can be purchased from Fundraising Provider. This has become a huge benefit for some schools and teams because the neighbor or family member instinctively knows the money goes to support the cause he or she wants and does not have to wonder about this.

“It is new technology, and we are pioneering its use and development in the fundraising industry,” states Michael Carlson, CEO of Fundraising Provider. They are using social media including facebook to help ease the stresses of fundraising for both parents and contributors. Facebook and all the social media tools are connected into their web apps and platform so that even a groups own fundraising store website can use them. Fundraisers can send emails and post links on Facebook that automatically track which school or which group, and which student or team member gets credited for the sale.

Fundraisers earn “Reward Points” for their sales and so are incentivized to promote the fundraiser on Facebook and through emails. “We have found that this has taken quite a load off the parents in managing all of their fundraising demands. Going out door-to-door then later distributing the products, really cuts into that precious personal time in this new economy, and we take care of all that right through the internet and through our own distribution channels. The parents love us!”

About the Author: Rachel Plota is a mother of three and has been involved in fundraising efforts over the past 10 years as an active member of the PTO at the private school her children attend school. Rachel graduated from Georgia State University with a degree in Journalism in 1994.

How to Start an Online Fundraiser

So, you want to start an online fundraising, but do not have a clue where to begin?

Online fundraising is something that has been around for the past decade, in various forms and functionality. But today we are squarely in the middle of the 21st century and fundraising companies are beginning to have a better understanding of what is needed and wanted by their end users. Still, online fundraising is not as easy as it can be for schools and groups looking to really automate, capture and take advantage of the local support that this new technology can bring.

We still see many online fundraisers promoting complex codes that have to be entered by a customer in order to make a purchase online that will support their school fundraiser.

With our program there is no more promoting codes. We do all of this seamlessly behind the scenes.

In fact with our program one doesn’t even have to direct people to the main fundraising companies website. It can be as simple as promoting your own fundraising website year in and year out. No more choosing a new fundraising program every year… just promote your own fundraising website that you will have forever, using our software package.

Voted Easiest Fundraising Company

Fundraising Provider is Voted Easiest Fundraising Company.

We offer FREE online fundraising solutions for school fundraising and non profit fundraising activities with up to 50% return on sales. Whether you are a Fundraising Coordinator for your local PTA, or are in charge of putting together a fundraiser for your local youth hockey league, little league or even cheerleading squad, we have the right solution for you.

Fundraising Provider is America’s Premiere Fundraising Company.

NO ONE is offering a fundraising solution with even half the benefits of our service. And we do it FREE!

The following features are FREE with our fundraising program:

Great Fundraising Products that people actually want!
Up to 50% of the revenue on items purchased
Verified 3rd Party Accounting Audits with Deloitte & Touche
Direct Shipping to Customers – no more distributing products
Easy to use Administrative Panel for the Fundraising Coordinator
Real Time Revenue Tracking
Facebook Integration with our proprietary “complete tracking technology”
Authorization & Verification process for minor accounts (those over 13 years old)
Easy to use “My Account” Admin Panel for each Fundraiser
Reward Center Program for Fundraisers – with prizes such as iPods, iPads and Laptops!

Manage your fundraiser with our easy to use Admin Panel allowing you to keep track of sales in real time and send communication to your fundraisers, promoters and team members. Each team member has access to their own unique “My Account” Panel on our system, allowing them to post to Facebook and send emails, both with links back to the storefront. Our software tracks every link followed and every purchase made ensuring your group gets proper revenue, and the team member who promoted your fundraiser earns reward points for each sale. Your fundraisers can track their sales, send “thank you” emails to people who purchased, and even print out fliers for local distribution to neighbors, co-workers or family. Each filer is printed at home is embedded with a unique code assigned to them. Potential customers who receive fliers are asked for this code during the checkout process. For those who follow a links via Facebook or email to the store, this process is done automatically.

Additionally, your fundraisers are rewarded with points allowing them to purchase great products in our Reward Center. Coming soon, we will be able to allow you to manage your reward point distribution by giving your Fundraisers greater points for each sale made – up to $.05 for every dollar in gross sales.

Everything mentioned above is offered FREE right here on our website. You can choose to upgrade our services for just $14.95/month and brand your own school fundraising activity or your non profit fundraiser with our Premium Marketing Package – a software package that includes all the benefits of our program PLUS a locally branded custom website (with your unique domain name and logos) that you can direct your potential donors to. We still take care of all the product distribution and administrate your fundraiser for you. You get the benefit of our fundraising software on your website and the power of a locally branded name, eliminating the need to send send people to our website or even have them enter the code from from the fliers at checkout.

The choice is yours! We think you’ll love our service and it is absolutely FREE to register, so give us a try!

Do-it-Yourself Fundraising.com

Do-it-Yourself Fundaising has just launched a new website.

With over 500 articles on topics ranging from “How to do a Fundraising Event” to “Tips for Auctions”, their resource guide is among the best.

They also have a Fundraising Forum where anyone can ask question and share answers with the community.

Its a new website well worth checking out.

Fundraising Provider Lanches New Website!

Fundraising Provider™ allows schools and non-profit groups the ability to harness the power of the internet to increase their fundraising revenues. We are a product supplier and distribution company focusing our efforts on easy fundraising ideas that work. With the technology available today, we use the full power of local branding, social networking and back-end programming to drive sales, and track revenue in real time. No one else is doing this, and that is why we are having such great success.

Fundraising Provider uses proprietary software tracking every purchase referred by a parent or student, ensuring proper financial credit is given to the school and rewards points are credited to the student. Fundraisers and students may then use their rewards credits to “purchase” items in its Reward Center, such as iPods, iPads and other items children really want. Reward points are also credited to the student for referral of other students and parents who sign up and begin raising funds for their school or local non-profit group.

For example, unlike other fund raiser companies, Fundraising Provider also allow users to sign-up via their Facebook account and credits users for other individuals who sign-up by following links they have put onto their Facebook page.

Students 13 years and older may sign up for this program, but must have parental consent via an email authorization sent to the parent upon sign up. Safety is of huge concern for us. Our program offers the safety of allowing students to generate sales for their school fundraising program without the need to go out into the neighborhood and knock on doors like in years past. We have carefully considered privacy and safety matters with regards to our proprietary software, the information we collect and how it is managed to integrate with school fundraising and non profit fundraising activities. Addresses and phone number are never collected from students and all registration by individuals under 18 require consent from the parent who also get a copy of all future correspondence between the minor and the company. We provide this option solely because Facebook allows users over the age of 13 to register with them, and we allow registration through Facebook.

Another big difference between other national product fundraisers which offer customers Internet access to their stores, versus Fundraising Provider, is our option to create a locally branded fundraising campaign guaranteed to increase revenue. Our Premium Marketing Package increases revenue from local participants and neighbors, simply by offering a completely brand-able Fundraising Campaign for the school or non profit group. This package allows schools and fundraising groups to supply their logo, and for a small fee, will create a web site, complete with an customized domain name, an e-commerce store, distribution of the products, automated reports of all sales, and proprietary tracking and social media functionalities. Some schools and groups have increased their revenue by more than 300% with less effort from teacher and parents who often spend hours every day promoting and managing their yearly fundraising activities.

People love to support schools and fundraisers in their local community. By promoting a web address with your school name in its domain, people instinctively know their participation helps their school. Fundraising Provider is the only fundraising company offering this solution nationwide.

If you are looking for fundraiser ideas for a do-it-yourself fundraiser, we have over 500 pages of resource materials and articles written by PTO Presidents, parents, and individuals with decades of experience. Each will impart to you proven workable fundraising ideas that will help you achieve your goals.

Fundraising Provider™ will begin offering its product distribution services nationwide to schools and other non-profit groups beginning in the fall of 2010.

Welcome to Fundraising Provider

Fundraising Provider is America’s Premiere Fundraising Company.

We offer FREE online fundraising solutions for school fundraising and non profit fundraising activities with up to 50% return on sales. Whether you are a Fundraising Coordinator for your local PTA, or are in charge of putting together a fundraiser for your local youth soccer, hockey league, little league or even cheerleading squad, we have the right solution for you.

NO ONE is offering a fundraising solution with even half the benefits of our service. And we do it FREE!

The following features are FREE with our fundraising program:

Great Fundraising Products that people actually want!
Up to 50% of the revenue on items purchased
Verified 3rd Party Accounting Audits with Deloitte & Touche
Direct Shipping to Customers – no more distributing products
Easy to use Administrative Panel for the Fundraising Coordinator
Real Time Revenue Tracking
Facebook Integration with our proprietary “complete tracking technology”
Authorization & Verification process for minor accounts (those over 13 years old)
Easy to use “My Account” Admin Panel for each Fundraiser
Reward Center Program for Fundraisers – with prizes such as iPods, iPads and Laptops!

Manage your fundraiser with our easy to use software featuring a state of the art “Fundraising Coordinator Admin Panel” allowing you to keep track of sales in real time and send communication to your fundraisers, promoters and team members. Each individual helping with your fundraiser has access to their own unique “My Account” Admin Panel on our system, allowing them to post to Facebook and send emails, both with encoded links back to the storefront. Our software automatically tracks every link followed whether from email or Facebook (and now Twitter!). It records every purchase made as a result, ensuring your group gets its proper revenue, and the team member who promoted your fundraiser earns Reward Points for each sale made. Your fundraisers can track their sales, send “thank you” emails to people who purchased, and even print out fliers for local distribution to neighbors, co-workers or family. Our software prints a unique code on each filer printed at home. Potential customers who receive fliers are asked for this code during the checkout process. For those who follow a links via Facebook or email to the store, this process is done automatically an no code is ever needed!

Your team members and fundraisers are rewarded for their efforts with “Reward Points” allowing them to purchase great products in our Reward Center. Soon, we will be able to allow you to manage your reward point distribution by giving your Fundraisers greater points for each sale made – up to $.05 in value for every dollar in gross sales.

Everything mentioned above is offered FREE right here on our website. We are the only fundraising company for schools and nonprofit groups that allow anyone to start a fundraiser in a matter of minutes.

Fundraising Coordinators can choose to upgrade our services for just $14.95/month and brand their own school fundraising activity or non profit fundraiser with our Premium Marketing Package . This software package includes all the benefits of our program PLUS a locally branded custom website (with your unique domain name and logos) that you can direct your potential donors to. We still take care of all the product distribution and administrate your fundraiser for you. You get the benefit of our fundraising software on your website and the power of a locally branded name, eliminating the need to send send people to our website or even have them enter the code from from the fliers at checkout.

The choice is yours! We think you’ll love our service and it is absolutely FREE to register as a school or nonprofit, so give us a try!

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In addition to our own online fundraising program, our website includes:

Fundraising Ideas: Hundreds of articles packed with tips
Ideas for school fundraisers, church fund raising, youth sports candy fundraiser sales, and conducting nonprofit fundraiser or charity event. We cover all the various ways to raise funds, compare programs and activities for the effort involved, and evaluate hundreds of companies. We help schools, churches, and non-profit groups raise more funds.

Fundraiser Blog
Looking for great fundraisers ideas? On top of our more than 500+ pages you can browse of fund raising tips, we have an excellent blog with contributors from all over the United States! Our contributors are hand picked fundraising experts with backgrounds of exceptional competence as a Fundraising Coordinators, PTO Fundraising Advisers, and Fundraising Professionals. You can view our blog or click any of the links below to our most popular tips:

Fundraiser Ideas Forum
Visit our forum for sharing tips with other site visitors. Read the latest posts on what other school groups are doing. Share information with each other. Trade tips about raising funds for your sports team or discuss special events for schools and charity.

School Fundraisers: Tips For Schools
Reviews of programs that consistently produce excellent results. Articles on elementary, middle and high school fundraising, cheer leading, sports, band, plus more great event-style activities for schools and related sports groups.

Fundraising Events: Event Ideas & Programs
Fund raisers and programs for non-profit groups of all sizes. Articles on Auctions, Progressive Parties, Car Wash, Scratch Cards, T-Shirt Fundraisers, Bracelets, Planning A Charity Golf Tournament and many more! Read more about these unique free fundraisers!

Donation Requests: Sample Donation Request Letters
Sample fundraiser letters that you can copy. See which donation request letters work for other nonprofit groups. Includes tips and advice on how to write your own letter or thank you note.

Fund Raising: How-to Articles
Key organizational articles packed with advice on getting publicity, recruiting volunteers, easy sales tips, and adding a merchant plan. Lots of how-to information, capital campaign, and great school PTA/PTO organizational tips.

Fund Raising Tips: Increase Results
Great sales tips for getting the best results from your efforts. These fundraiser tips are lengthy excerpts from my best-selling book. All of these articles are guaranteed to help your school, charity, non-profit, or church group improve your bottom line.