The Our Community Fundraising Formula

A good fundraising plan rests on six pillars. These are: Donations; Grants; Community-Business Partnerships; Membership/Alumni/Friends; Special Events; and Earned Income.

The workings of these six pillars are described in more detail in the help sheets below, or for a more comprehensive account of how to apply each pillar in your own group, refer to the Our Community publication, The Complete Community Fundraising Handbook.

	Fundraising Basics
	Donations
	Appeals
	Workplace Giving
	Wills & Bequests
	Grants
	Community-Business Partnerships
	Sponsorship
	Membership/Alumni/Friends-of
	Special Events
	Fetes and Festivals
	Earned Income
	Postage Stamps and Fundraising
	Collection Tins/Buckets
	Raising Funds for One-off Needs

These help sheets are been based on many years of experience with community fundraising, plus information from our two main newsletters that are now used by thousands of community groups across Australia every month.

• Raising Funds, which is Australia's most practical and best value newsletter packed with ideas, innovations and strategies to raise money. For more information on Raising Funds - or to subscribe - Click Here.


• EasyGrants, Australia's most popular directory of grants funding from Federal, State and local Government and the philanthropic and corporate sectors. For more information on EasyGrants - or to subscribe - Click Here.