Fund a Fundraiser

Fundraisers are a great way to raise awareness, gain supporters, and of course, raise funds. However, effective fundraisers require planning, negotiating, and often hard-to-come-by seed money. Funding a fundraiser isn’t so simple. This was the issue faced by Yayoi Shionoiri, the winner of GOOD Maker’s first Create Your Own GOOD Maker Challenge competition, and the premise for this challenge. GOOD Maker will provide $500 to an organization or individual to host a fundraiser for a social cause.

Tell us about your fundraiser and how you would leverage $500 to raise at least three times that amount. You could sell posters of children’s drawings for your art organization, cater ethnic food for your multicultural organization, or rent out a cool eco-friendly space for your environmental organization; the more creative the better. Share your fundraising idea with us here, and you could win $500 to make your idea and your ideal fundraiser a reality.

Submit your fundraiser idea between May 22 and June 13 (noon Pacific Time). From June 13 to June 27, we’ll open it up to public voting. Rally your colleagues and friends to get behind your effort and join the GOOD community in selecting the winner.

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Submission tips:

• Include a photo or video that represents the idea for your fundraiser. Photos should be in JPG, PNG, or GIF format, at least 570 × 345 pixels and no larger than 10MB. To include a video, use a YouTube URL.
• Write at least 3-5 sentences that explains how the $500 award will help launch your fundraiser.
• Email us with any questions at maker@goodinc.com

• This Challenge is open for submissions from May 22 noon PT to June 13 noon PT. Individuals, groups, and nonprofits are eligible.
• Submitted ideas must be able to be activated with $500. Let us know how you’re going to put this money to work!
• Fundraisers are expected to gross at least three times the award amount ($1,500).
• Projects will be featured on this page and public voting will be open from June 13 noon PT to June 27 noon PT.
• The project that receive the most votes will win $500 to hold the fundraiser.
• In order to vote, log in with your GOOD account. If you don’t have a GOOD account, it’s free to join. All you need is an email address or a Facebook account to register. You will be emailed a link that you need to click in order to validate your address.
• Read all the rules.