Things to Think About when Fundraising for a Church

If you are trying to plan some fundraising for a church, you’ve probably gotten to the point where you are trying to figure out which fundraising idea you should be considering. How do you choose the right one for your church? There is, as it turns out, no absolutely correct way to do fundraising for a church, and if you want to have a successful fundraising effort, all you have to do is a little research about which type of church fundraiser is going to work the best.

Think about which people you plan to sell to. Is this the sort of fundraising for a church that will target the congregation directly, asking them to give their support after services or at church events? Or will you be doing the kind of fundraising for a church that will require a team of parishioners to go out into the community and ask for support in that way? Whatever you decided to do, your fundraising will need to match up to your customers.

How much money do you need to make while fundraising for a church? This can affect what sorts of fundraising for a church you want to do. If you need to raise a significant amount of money, obviously something like lollipop fundraisers wouldn’t work out that well, because you’d have to sell them for months on end to make any real progress. On the other hand, if your fundraising for a church is just going to pay for moderate expenses, then something like candy bars could work for you. Some fundraising for a church activity is suited for larger efforts, and some for smaller. If you have a lot of people who are helping with the fundraising for a church, you could go all-out and do something like pretzels, which suit groups with more selling power.

Cheerleading scratch card

Cheerleading scratch cards are an obvious choice for a cheerleading fundraiser. With their natural outgoing personalities, cheerleaders are champs at encouraging others to go for the win! Meaning they can easily cheer people on to donate money to their team. Each cheerleading scratch card raises $100 and shipping is free.

What You Should Know

Here is an example of the coupon page you give to the people as a “Thank You” for participating. You can create a custom coupon handout with your town’s unique businesses.

As you can see from the profit chart below the lowest profit percentage you will make from using scratch cards for fundraisers is 85%. There are, however, price breaks that can increase your profit percentage. The more cards you purchase the higher your profit potential for each card. The profits and profit percentages shown are based on successfully having all 50 dots scratched off on your scratch card:

Profit and Cost

 

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Cards Bought Cost Per Card Each Card Raises Your Profit $ Your Profit %
100 $5.00 $100.00 $9,500 95%
25 $7.00 $100.00 $2,325 93%
10 $10.00 $100.00 $900 90%
1 min. $15.00 $100.00 $85 85%
Color Xploder Lollipops

Color Xploder Lollipops are a super fun candy.  These swirl lollipops look like a tie-dyed shirt. All of the different flavors are mixed together to create a unique mixture of color and flavors. Since no two lollipops are exactly the same you are offering a new, fresh product each time someone buys one of your Color Xploder fundraising lollipops.

What You Should Know

You will make 50% profit when you sell our Color Xploder Lollipops no matter how many cases that you purchase. You will sell the lollipops for two times the cost. Here is a quick profit chart for you to review:

Profit and Cost

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Cases Bought Cost Per Case Profit %
1 min $320.00 50%
Chocolatiers Candy Bar Fundraiser

Want to go with a tried and true fundraising product? Then go with a Chocolatiers Candy Bar Fundraiser! You can earn profits as high as 60%. There is a small one case minimum and shipping is always FREE. These candy bars are manufactured in a peanut-free facility and guaranteed to be peanut-free.

What You Should Know

Candy fundraising profits are determined based on the number of cases of candy that you sell. The more cases you purchase the lower your cost per case. Take a look at the profit chart for more details:

Profit and Cost

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Cases Bought Cost Per Case Profit %
1 min $120.00 50%
Main Street Sweet Shoppe Candy Fundraising

The Main Street Sweet Shop has reinvigorated candy fundraising. It has exciting new products, and people love the 1 case minimum. This fundraiser comes with free shipping and has high-profit percentages.  Plus, gummy bears and sour gummies keep people ordering more!

What You Should Know

You will receive 2 carriers per case. There are 40 bags of each fantastic flavor!

  • Original Sour Jacks
  • Nuclear Sqworms
  • Sour Jacks Watermelon

Profit and Cost

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Cases Bought Cost Per Case Profit %
1 min $120.00 50%
School Fundraiser

School Fundraising Made Easy

If you feel that selecting the best school fundraising idea is a daunting task, don’t worry! Since it seems the gap between school budgets and funding required for extracurricular programs is getting larger every year, the need for profitable school fundraisers is growing.

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Sports Fundraising Ideas That Win

Sports fundraising goes hand-in-hand with playing sports. Whether you are a basketball, football, soccer, or cheerleading organization, we have fundraisers that will score big money for your team.

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Church Scratch Cards

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