Telephone fundraising

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: capital campaign

by SOFII

How direct mail and the phone together can secure massive support from lower dollar donors. By following the approach described here, nonprofit organisations that find it difficult to reach very wealthy donors can supplement their capital campaign.

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Strømme Foundation: ‘poverty buster’ (‘fattigdomsbekjemper’)

A special group with a special mission. The ‘poverty busters’ get access to their own website, merchandise and activities.

by SOFII

Strømme Foundation is an innovative Norwegian charity working to fight poverty in the developing world. The scheme is an imaginative way of engaging younger donors.

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Bulgarian Red Cross: ‘one SMS, one hot meal for one Bulgarian child’ campaign

Above and below: powerful posters were developed for the campaign.

by SOFII

These campaigns successfully united several established fundraising techniques including building corporate alliances and the use of new and old media.

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RSPCA’s ‘sow tethering’ telephone campaign

Free range pigs

by SOFII

Any marketing campaign that can have such an impact on members of parliament on the eve of taking their country to war has to be worth recording. This campaign is notable as one of the early UK examples of fundraisers using the telephone.

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