Fundraising – All Resources
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50 Fundraising Events and Activities
Finding and receiving grant funding
Grant Theory
- Winning grants – Important grant information you need to know
- Creating a successful grant application
- Review the grant guidelines
- Preparing your application
- Writing, preparing and lodging your application
- Always call the grant provider
Open grants
All open grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/grants-open-grants/
National grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/national-grants/
ACT grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/act-grants/
NT grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/nt-grants/
NSW grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/nsw-grants/
QLD grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/qld-grants/
SA grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/sa-grants/
TAS grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/tas-grants/
VIC grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/vic-grants/
WA grants – https://sportscommunity.com.au/grant-category/wa-grants/
Fundraising Articles
Fundraising Theory
- Online communication strategy
- Your communication strategy is the key to fundraising
- Understanding and defining your club’s audience
- What to put on your website
- Why do clubs spend so much time fundraising?
- The secret to fundraising is …
- How can clubs raise funds?
Sponsorship
- Creating the perfect sponsorship proposal
- Storing your Sponsor’s information and handing over to the new Sponsorship Coordinator
- Engagement strategies that make your sponsors feel valued and ensure multi-year commitments
- Sponsorship do’s and don’ts
- Events that create value for club sponsors
- More ways that you can create value for sponsors at your club
- Proving your value to sponsors
- Ways to create value for club sponsors online
- How to create value for Sponsors from your club’s assets?
- How to influence the behaviour of your audience?
- Engaging with your club’s audience
- Your club’s audience
- What are sponsors willing to pay?
- How to value sponsorship packages?
- Factors that create sponsorship value
- How to get your members onboard to help you build sponsorship dollars?
- Building relationships with sponsors
- How to best approach sponsors?
- How to gain long-term sponsors?
- Improving how clubs traditionally manage sponsorship
- What NOT to do when seeking Sponsors
- Why Clubs seek Sponsors?
- Inclusions that sponsors value
- Sponsorship Inclusions
- What is Sponsorship?
Raising Funds for a major Capital Project
Raffles
Apparel and Merchandise
Creating an online shop
Donations and Crowdfunding
Online Video Courses
How to raise funds via sponsorship, grants and traditional methods
Position Descriptions
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Webinars
Podcasts
Tony Harford on running effective committee meetings
Tony Harford on running effective AGM’s
Andrew Walton – a look into the future of sports clubs
Life Saving Victoria’s Paul Shannon on Club Culture
Ben Bainbridge on Major Project Fundraising Tips
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