As the Director of the Manhattan Twins Club, I often get asked how we deal with fundraising. Our club is run a bit different then most because of our membership size (we occasionally hover around 900) and location. One major difference is that our club barely makes money from our consignment sales. We charge each mom a table fee and we don’t take a %, but I know many clubs who bring home THOUSANDS with just a few percentage points from their sale. If your club is too small to do this, or you don’t have the (wo)manpower to run a major event, here are a five quick tips to help move your clubs bank account in a positive direction with thinking outside of the Consignment Sale box! Please feel free to add your comments and let us know how YOU do things in YOUR neck of the woods.

Step 1: What can you offer a sponsor?

Before you start fundraising, you need to think of what can you offer a sponsor or donor. You also have to think of what your club is looking to get, partnerships, sponsorship, battleships, lol. I couldn’t resist that last one.

Maybe you just want to get some free stuff for your members to add value to your dues. This is sometimes overlooked, but adding value could make it possible to raise your yearly dues adding a bit more cashola in the bank at the days end.
I personally find it’s pretty easy to get free stuff, $$ is a different story. But you can also use the free stuff for raffles to help you raise more $$.