"Waging War Against Big Cookie Dough!"

Welcome to Everybody Hates Fundraising!

My mission is to teach schools and non-profits how to raise money in a way that respects the integrity of all potential donors.

I am not employed by any outside fundraising company with an agenda to sell cookie dough, wrapping paper, gift cards, scented pencils, or anything else they want to charge you through the nose for.

I believe in good, old-fashioned school carnivals, car washes, raffles, auctions, golf outings, spaghetti dinners, pancake breakfasts, and walk-a-thons. These events build community and keep the profits local.

I don’t believe in sending 40% or more of the money we raise to some faceless, out-of-state fundraising company, whose only concern is their own bottom line. I think that 100% of the profits should stay with the school or with the non-profit.

I know locally-grown fundraising events take more time to plan and require more volunteers to run, but I’m here to say that all the extra effort it worth it! I want to help you figure out the most efficient, profitable, and local ways to run these events.

I do sell some items on my site, and I make a small commission from their sales, but they are either information-based e-books with a “how-to” theme or they are passive fundraising programs like recycling printer cartridges. I will not endorse anything that will require turning your students or clients into a zombie sales force. Yuck.

I have created a free school fundraising e-Course, which is delivered to your email inbox once per week.  The course breaks down the job of “school fundraiser” and talks about several strategies you can use to raise money without frustrating or annoying your school families.  Please check it out!  Again, it’s free to you, and you can unsubscribe at any time if you don’t find it useful.

Also, if you’d like to be notified anytime I post a new article on the blog, you can sign-up for that on the right sidebar.

Thanks again for visiting Everybody Hates Fundraising.  Please take a few minutes to look around my site and don’t forget to sign up for the free e-course. I’d love to get your feedback on our mission.

Thanks!

Jim Berigan
Petoskey, Michigan

Photo by: jelene