Find out if you require a permit to run a Membership Fees or Donations fundraiser event. Depending on your group’s goals, you Setting the need for funds and your may need to collect some type of fee to fundraising goal. cover the group’s running costs. Costs Planning your fundraising schedule. such as venue hire, refreshments and Advertising your fundraiser. printing can add up quite quickly and no A memorable kick off or launch. member should be out of pocket. Discuss Maintaining excitement for the duration fees with your committee, this will help of the sale. guide your group. It may be just as simple Finding helpful volunteers. as asking for a gold coin donation or a Motivating your sales team (members). raffle at each meeting or event or an Motivating the group to promote the annual membership fee. sale. Giving safety tips for children. Fundraising Maintaining good bookkeeping. Fundraising is often delegated to a subcommittee and needs someone to Legal implications of fundraising lead; this person is often referred to as the Different fundraising activities may have fundraiser coordinator. The coordinator specific legal registration and compliance should take the time to plan. Planning is requirements. the key to getting the most out of your group’s fundraising program. During the For more information please visit: fundraiser there is always a lot going on, so a clear game plan for your group will Grants help keep the group focused. Being organised will make the fundraising drives Applying for a grant is an option available run easily for your group. for your group to support bigger goals and projects. Your group will need to be Common fundraising options incorporated or auspiced by a registered include: incorporation to apply for most grants. Fundraising events and activities - A grant is a sum of money provided by a examples include dinners, music or government authority, or philanthropic trivia nights, or sausage sizzles organisation to fund projects or in some (including at Bunnings) and fetes cases equipment costs. The money is not Sales income - examples include a loan, but needs to be spent selling Cadbury chocolates, or appropriately and accounted for. This is performing at events known as acquitting the grant. Acquitting Sponsorships and donations many – funds is critical; if a grant is not acquitted community groups and sports clubs correctly the group may be prevented from receive sponsorship from local getting further grants from a granting businesses. body. Grants are awarded through competitions organised by the donor organisation. The requirements for seeking and acquitting Fundraising tips: funding are often different depending on
Membership Fees or Donations Depending on your group’s goals, you may need to collect some type of fee to cover the group’s running costs. Costs such as venue hire, refreshments and printing can add up quite quickly and no member should be out of pocket. Discuss fees with your committee, this will help guide your group. It may be just as simple as asking for a gold coin donation or a raffle at each meeting or event or an annual membership fee. Fundraising Fundraising is often delegated to a subcommittee and needs someone to lead; this person is often referred to as the fundraiser coordinator. The coordinator should take the time to plan. Planning is the key to getting the most out of your group’s fundraising program. During the fundraiser there is always a lot going on, so a clear game plan for your group will help keep the group focused. Being organised will make the fundraising drives run easily for your group. Common fundraising options include: Fundraising events and activities - examples include dinners, music or trivia nights, or sausage sizzles (including at Bunnings) and fetes Sales income - examples include selling Cadbury chocolates, or performing at events Sponsorships and donations – many community groups and sports clubs receive sponsorship from local businesses. Fundraising tips: Find out if you require a permit to run a fundraiser event. Setting the need for funds and your fundraising goal. Planning your fundraising schedule. Advertising your fundraiser. A memorable kick off or launch. Maintaining excitement for the duration of the sale. Finding helpful volunteers. Motivating your sales team (members). Motivating the group to promote the sale. Giving safety tips for children. Maintaining good bookkeeping. Legal implications of fundraising Different fundraising activities may have specific legal registration and compliance requirements. For more information please visit: Grants Applying for a grant is an option available for your group to support bigger goals and projects. Your group will need to be incorporated or auspiced by a registered incorporation to apply for most grants. A grant is a sum of money provided by a government authority, or philanthropic organisation to fund projects or in some cases equipment costs. The money is not a loan, but needs to be spent appropriately and accounted for. This is known as acquitting the grant. Acquitting funds is critical; if a grant is not acquitted correctly the group may be prevented from getting further grants from a granting body. Grants are awarded through competitions organised by the donor organisation. The requirements for seeking and acquitting funding are often different depending on
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