fundraising
Sign in to saveAlso known as fund raising, collection of funds
thumb|Door to door fundraising frequently involves a hand-held collection box. Fundraising or fund-raising is the process of seeking and gathering voluntary financial contributions by engaging individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. Although fundraising typically refers to efforts to gather money for nonprofit organizations, it is sometimes used to refer to the identification and solicitation of investors or other sources of capital for-profit enterprises.
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Within Vinony's link graph, fundraising is referenced by 1,620 other articles, and connects out to business, nonprofit organization and foundation.
It sits within the topics Financial economics, Fundraising and Philanthropy.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
5,867 papers- Fundraising and philanthropy in plastic surgery: an essential tool for academic excellence.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2011
- Data-Driven Fundraising: Strategic Plan for Medical Education.JMIR medical education · 2024
- Public and private fundraising as a tool for professional development: What is fundraising?Acta cirurgica brasileira · 2023
- NASN 2023 Endowment Fundraising.NASN school nurse (Print) · 2023
- Grateful Patient Fundraising and the Unconscious Bias.Narrative inquiry in bioethics · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- economic activity
- Image
- Hand holding a red fundraising box.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fundraising
- topic's main category
- Category:Fundraising
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Organizations
- Direct marketing in fundraising
- Automatic withdrawals and street fundraising
- Sources
- Individual donors
- Grants from agencies, foundations or corporations
- Bequests
- Sales and services
- Purposes
- Fundraising methods
- Fundraising events
- Donor relationship and cultivation
- Capital and comprehensive campaigns
- Accountable fundraising
- Professional fundraisers
- Online and mobile fundraising
- Taxation
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Door to door fundraising frequently involves a hand-held collection box. Fundraising or fund-raising is the process of seeking and gathering voluntary financial contributions by engaging individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. Although fundraising typically refers to efforts to gather money for nonprofit organizations, it is sometimes used to refer to the identification and solicitation of investors or other sources of capital for-profit enterprises.
Traditionally, fundraising has consisted mostly of asking for donations through face-to-face fundraising, such as door-knocking. In recent years, though, new forms such as online fundraising or grassroots fundraising have emerged.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fundraising” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.