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These are the top twelve ideas for raising funds at our festival:

1. Corporate Sponsorships – The biggest money is in getting corporate sponsorships, but its also the hardest to achieve without a track record to go on. Most companies want to see your event demographics and attendance figures to gauge how productive an event sponsorship would be for their company. Look for companies with an affinity for the type of festival we are organizing and a synergy with your non-profit organization’s focus. 

 If you aren’t getting corporate sponsors for your charity event, then here is what you need to do. Some of getting sponsorships is just organizational skills, but a good part of it involves changing your group’s attitude or mindset on how to raise money. While grassroots fundraising is powerful, the real money is in getting big corporate donations to your cause.

10 Tips For Getting Corporate Sponsors

1. Attitude – Your group needs to have a genuine interest in working with corporate sponsors for the benefit of all involved, including the company.
2. Affinity – Look for corporate sponsors who have an affinity with your cause, the local area and the locale of your event.
3. Synergy – The corporate sponsorship relationship must be mutually beneficial or its a waste of time and money for the company.
4. WYSIWYG – Your corporate presentation should be colorful and visually explain exactly what they get for their sponsorship dollars.
5. What’s In It For Me? – Price your sponsorship proposal in terms the business understands – demographics, positioning, and media exposure.
6. Network – People do business with people. To grow your network of contacts, attend meet & greet events at every opportunity.
7. Relationships – It’s all about whom you know and who knows you and your group. Leverage every relationship everyone in your group has.
8. Chamber of Commerce – Don’t forget the old timers because not everyone is on Facebook. There be movers and shakers here.
9. Make A List – Brainstorm a comprehensive list of potential corporate sponsors based on affinity, synergy and existing relationships.
10. Work Your List – Divide up your list of potential sponsorship prospects and start conquering!

Don’t be disappointed if you start off with only a few sponsors for your first event. Focus on doing such a great job of giving your sponsors great bang for the buck. After that good word of mouth will be your best friend.

As always with any fundraising event, focus on getting lots of media coverage and leverage social media across the board. Sponsors always love to see their logo prominently displayed on event pics, video, news coverage, etc.

Just remember when you’re starting out that getting corporate sponsors isn’t really that hard if you speak the language of demographics, media exposure and “what’s in it for me.” Corporate sponsorships are a tool that many companies use to grow their brand. Image is everything, so make sure your charity event has the right image for the sponsorships you seek. Sponsorship money isn’t free, so make sure you add maximum value for your corporate sponsors and you’ll have all you need in the years to come.

  

1. Ticket Sales – Selling admission tickets is a great way to cover start-up costs and generate advance publicity for your festival fundraiser. Work with local merchants to place event flyers and posters to spread the word. Use a service like EventBrite.com to handle all your online ticket sales. Bundle a raffle with your admission tickets because everybody loves a chance to win something. Plus, advance ticket sales get people psychologically committed to attending your event. Price your tickets as low as $5 for a first-time event. Sell more tickets by offering early purchasers a discount and also offer a bulk ticket sales discount.
2. Raffles – Use multiple raffles to raise money at your festival, including one that offers door prize drawings for admission ticket holders. 50/50 cash raffles (50% of total raffle ticket sales gets awarded as cash prizes) always do great. You can also do a cash calendar raffle combining a raffle ticket with a festival-themed calendar. Product raffles, gift basket raffles, vacation trip raffles, car raffle, and anything else you can get donated will all help bring in a lot of funds.
3. Silent Auction – Silent auctions are always great moneymakers for any fundraising event. Use a merchant plan to get donations from area businesses by showing them “what’s in it for them.” Follow these tips for running a silent auction. You can also get things like hot air balloon rides, vacation rentals, and autographed memorabilia on consignment for your charity auction. If they don’t sell, they don’t cost you anything. It’s a great way to get some exciting items into your auction inventory without any upfront expense. Here is a list of links to large companies who will donate items for a non-profit auction, including all the major league sports teams.
4. Live Auction – Holding a live auction is an excellent festival fundraising idea. If you have a large enough crowd, hire a professional charity auctioneer because they can double or triple your results. Your live auction should feature your best auction items, i.e. artwork, exotic vacations, unique experiences, etc. This article is packed with charity auction tips, 25 for silent auctions and 25 for live auctions. Be sure to thank all your donors in your auction publicity.
5. Food Sales – Selling food items is a good way to raise money at any event from cupcakes to hot dogs to gourmet food. Another alternative is offering food tastings through special ticket sales, i.e. each ticket entitles the holder to sample one specialty item or to provide access to a tent where they can load up a plateful of food to sample. You can also do “food sales” through vendors like food trucks or food carts by charging those vendors a fee. Also, food with a “State Fair” look & feel sells well at festivals because people are focused on having a good time.
6. Drink Sales – Beverage sales are a big money maker as are tastings or samplings of exotic beverages. Craft beer tastings, wine tastings, and specialty drinks will help you raise a lot of funds and make your event a bigger draw.
7. Merchandise Sales – Sell event t-shirts and other fundraising products to raise more money for your cause. One item that always sells well are the two-for-one pizza discount cards that retail for $10 and cost $2 to $3. They’re available for Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Papa John’s, and Little Caesars. The buyer gets 12 to 20 uses of the card over a 1-year period, so they are a great de
8. Vendor Booths – Charge vendors an exhibitor fee to sell their merchandise at your festival. They can be as simple as vendor stalls or spots, or more upscale like indoor merchandise displays.
9. Donations – Don’t forget to promote your cause with proper signage and provide easy ways for people to give a donation. You can do that online, at your event, at your admission areas, with donation stations, and any other method you choose. Don’t be shy about doing “the ask” at your event.
10. Contests – Things like eating contests or “best of” competitions can raise money for your group through competitor entry fees. They also provide focal points for day-long events that give people a reason to stay longer and spend more money at your event. Demonstrations or performances also serve the same purpose.
11. Grants – While not specifically fundraising at your event, there are many grants available that can offset some of the costs of organizing your festival. Start with you local government, chamber of commerce, state, and then federal grant sources.

GHETTO BEATS STREET FESTIVAL STRUCTURE

• Live Music Concerts
• Street Dance
• sport activities & contests:
• Boating – Power boats, regattas, sailing, tall ships, rowing
• Skate - Longbording
• Run - Bike Downhills
• Parcour, Graphitis, Beat box
• Crossfit games
• Football  11 Game
• Beach Volley
• Street Basketball - Football
• Fashion  Desing - catwalk
• Points of seals
• Food & Beverage
• Ethnic foods 
• Nuts – Cashews, chestnuts, peanuts, pecans, pralines, walnuts, spices
• Coffee, Milkshakes, Wine, Tea,Wetter, Celebrations, tastings
• Electro Auto-mobile Game
• Painting -arts exhibitions
• Games and Kids Corner.
• Biodiversity Les^sence Plantage
• Architects at work & Refugees

PLACE TO BE

Don’t miss the opportunity to join Manifesta 12 opening preview in Palermo on 15 and 16 June 2018!

The City of Palermo was important for Manifesta’s selection board for its representation of two important themes that identify contemporary Europe: migration and climate change and how these issues impact our cities. The multi-layered and deeply condensed history of Palermo – being occupied by almost every European civilization and having long-term connections with Northern Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean over the last 2000 years – has left its traces throughout this multi-cultural society at the heart of the Mediterranean area.

HOW TO MAKE IT

1. Go wet and wild.

Charities up and down the country capitalised on the (crazy) tradition of Boxing Day swims last year, by organising charity dips. by organising charity dips. Themes range from Pirates and Princesses to Angels and Santas. Despite below freezing water temperatures, brave bathers raise thousands of pounds for charities.

And if you can’t wait until Boxing Day, why not organise other adventurous events that will push participants to the limits?

Take-away: People love the great outdoors, so why not take your next event into the elements?

2. Get artistic

Street art has become very popular in recent years and people have been utilising this popularity to run charity street art events, often called paint jams. The idea is to bring together a number of street artists to paint live, drawing in fans to watch these artists in action. By adding a raffle or an auction whilst the paint jam is going, is a great way to bring in extra cash from the event, just like at this paint jam.

Take-away: The popularity of street art is ever growing and there are lots of additional things you can add to a paint jam to give it some festival vibes.

3. Kick your way to your goal.

Whether it’s a football match, a game of rugby, or any other group sport, why not organise a charity match to bring people together? Take a leaf out of Soccer Six‘s book and organise a football match with celebrities.

Take-away: Sporting events are a great way of bringing people together, and even better if there are celebrities involved that people can meet after the game!

4. Get pampered.

Some people love being active and doing charity runs and walks etc., but some people prefer to kick back, relax and even get pampered for a good cause. Pretty Pampers Beauty Essex is offering an afternoon of pampering and entertainment for charity.Take-away: Who doesn’t like to get pampered every now and then? Especially if it’s for charity!

5. Hide clues around your city

Puzzle events, like escape rooms and scavenger hunts are growing in popularity, so this is a perfect time to start your very own! Get inspired by Hidden City and create your own treasure hunt around your town or city.Get people to register as groups, then simply send them a cryptic text that takes them to another part of town. The team who gets to the final destination first wins!

Take-away: People love a challenge, and what better way to test their brain power than with a scavenger hunt.

6. Get gaming

Grab some retro consoles, borrow some TVs and you’ve got yourself a gaming
event. This fundraising event is great for kids and big kids a like. You can take this one step further and get people to play for 24 hours, just like Extra Life. It’s simple, a group of gamers get together, play for 24 hours whilst getting sponsors for lasting the whole stint. Using sites like Twitch means you can let people watch the gamers live!Take-away: This is a great way to raise money whilst people enjoy doing what they do in their spare time anyway. The 24 hour gaming challenge also provides hardcore gamers a great excuse to play for such a long time.


7. Tap into animal instincts

London went ape in September as over 600 people wearing gorilla costumes took to the streets to raise money for the endangered animals. In a truly unique fundraising idea, The London Great Gorilla Run saw runners take on an eight km route past landmarks such as St Paul’s Cathedral and The Tower of London. Participants paid a registration fee of £58, which covered the cost of their very own gorilla suit, and were then asked to raise as much as possible, resulting in £100,000 for The Gorilla Organisation. The event even attracted the attention of celebrities, conservationist Bill Oddie and spoon-bending magician Uri Geller, who handed medals to everyone who took part.Take-away: Can you think of a fun prop or interactive theme that will help your fundraiser stand out?

8. Whet their appetite
The ‘Four Pound Burger Challenge’ is an annual burger-eating contest organised by Norfolk butcher, Ali Dent. Held to raise money for mental health charity MENCAP, contestants are challenged to eat giant four-pound Norfolk patties – the equivalent of 16 quarter pounders!

Ali first ran the contest in 2012, when 109 people competed and only one person completed the challenge (it took rugby player Paul Bridges 57 minutes and 31 seconds to finish). To encourage more entrants Ali has now introduced a second category with a slightly less hefty two-pound burger.

Take-away: Everyone loves a challenge – can you incorporate one into your next fundraiser?

9. Explore cross-dressing
Take-away: Can you organise an original fundraiser that really raises the empathy your attendees feel with the cause?

10. Appeal to little monsters { the Kids }
Take-away: Making a fundraiser interactive, so everyone can contribute and get creative really ups their level of involvement – can you add this interactivity to your event?

11. Let things slide
Take-away: Fun and frivolity are brilliant ways to engage people in fundraisers, and finding one hook you can repeat each year reduces the amount of time you have to spend thinking of new ideas. Can you come up with an original activity that would appeal to your attendees?

12. Show a little tenderness
Take-away: Finding a way to integrate social media with your fundraiser is a brilliant way of gaining extra exposure for your cause. How can you make social media central to your fundraising events?

13. Leave them shaken not stirred
Choosing a good theme can turn an ordinary fundraising event into a great one. Take-away: Tapping into a popular brand or theme that is already familiar can work wonders for your attendee engagement. Game of Thrones, Harry Potter or Marvel Hero’s fundraisers anyone? (NB: Be careful when using trademarked or copyrighted brands for your own purposes – make sure you seek relevant permissions and legal advice where necessary.)

In conclusion

Fundraising is such a competitive market place, so the quirkier and more unique our events the better in order to stand out and excite your supporters. People need a real reason to sit up and take notice of your cause, so get brainstorming and let me know how you get on! Please share any other great, whacky or unusual fundraising event ideas you’ve come across in the comments!