Ready for fundraising tactics?

You’re ready to raise some funds for a cause you care about! Below provides common tactics that volunteers raise funds, trade-offs for each tactic, and resources to support those tactics.

If you’d like to do this work in a team, you can head to the Build a Volunteer Fundraising Team page. Everything’s more fun when we do it together!

Overview of Fundraising Tactics

• 10 Fundraising Tips (credit: Jeff Blum, All In for North Carolina)

• Tactics: Overview and Tradeoffs

• Finding Your Inner Fundraiser: A Self-Assessment Tool (credit: Kim Klein and Stephanie Roth, Grassroots Fundraising Journal)

• Some Easy Ways to Raise More Money for Our Work

• Fundraising Guide (credit: Seed the Vote)

• Climate Mobilization Volunteer Orientation

Direct Asks

• Getting Over the Fear of Asking (credit: Kim Klein, Grassroots Fundraising Journal)

• Resourcing Fundraising as Part of Supporting and Building Community (credit: Susan Raffo, Grassroots Fundraising Journal)

• Visit a Donor - Not an ATM (credit: Stephanie Roth, Grassroots Fundraising Journal)

House Parties

• House Meeting Handbook (credit: Leading Change Network)

• Sample Invitations, Polls, and Thank Yous (credit: Flip the Vote)

• Host a House Party Guide (credit: Flip the Vote)

• Host a House Party Resources (credit: Movement Voter Project)

• House Party Toolkit (credit: Walk the Walk USA)

Community Events

• Event Planning Checklist (credit: Jody Lerner, Neighbors for Progressive Action)

• Fundraising Event Toolkit (credit: Walk the Walk USA)

Email + Social Media

• Email +Social Media Tips

• Email + Social Media Outreach Templates

• Welcoming Your Friends’ Friends (credit: Nzinga Koné-Miller, Grassroots Fundraising Journal)