Ask your police department to do the same. Ask stores in your community if they would sponsor a donation coupon display for you. Customers shopping bill. The program makes giving simple. Engage your donors with a gift registry.
Groups can register their wish list, then let supporters know what s needed.
A gift registry gives donors a change to go shopping and give directly. Donors appreciate knowing exactly where their money is going. And giving clothing, furniture, supplies and other necessities may help donors feel more involved in the group-leading to continued support in the future. New rules from the American Institute of CPAs mean a greater percentage of your fund-raising expenditures may be reported as costs. And high fund-raising costs could hurt your group s image with the press, and bar your group from taking part in United Way campaigns and the Combined Federal Campaign.