Fundraising & Grants

10 Easy Fundraising Ideas for Basketball Teams
Whether you’re a coach, parent or player, the funds it takes to run a youth basketball team can add up. Fees can include uniforms, equipment, balls, court fees, travel fees, hoops, nets, referee and coach fees and more. Running a fundraiser can help alleviate the financial burden for families. So, where do you start? Create…

How to Use Your MoneyMinder Store for an Online Holiday Fundraiser
The holidays are a big time of year for many nonprofits that rely on the generosity of others as their primary source of funding. We’re talking about fundraisers, and during the holiday season, there are plenty of opportunities. Not only are people already opening up their pocketbooks to purchase gifts, they also need a lot…

How to Calculate Your Donor Retention Rate
For many nonprofits, donors are the backbone that keeps their operations running. For others, donors help to supplement other funding sources. In either scenario, if you have donors, it’s good to have a solid understanding of them so that you can maximize their impact on your organization. Like so many things in this world, it…

20 Top Service-Based Nonprofits in the USA
There are thousands of service-based nonprofits in the United States today. These groups are dedicated to children, the elderly, those with disabilities, and those in need. And while the groups MoneyMinder has historically worked with are on the smaller side, we have always had a service-based mindset here at MoneyMinder. Whether it’s for the betterment…

10 Easy Fundraising Ideas for Football Teams
Fall is here and football is in full swing. Whether your athletes are pee wees or playing under the Friday night lights, fundraising is a great way to pay for the sport we all love — one that isn’t cheap. Football fundraisers can help pay for travel costs, uniforms, equipment, camps, tournaments and field rentals.…

MoneyMinder Store vs. Paypal, Square, Venmo and Zelle for Groups
The History of Moneyminder Store (A CheddarUp Partnership) MoneyMinder has served nonprofit groups — like PTAs, PTOs, Boosters, Sports, Scouts, Social, Service and Faith-Based Clubs — for nearly two decades. Over the years, we’ve added countless other groups like Homeowners Associations, Volunteer Fire Departments, Historical Societies, Garden Clubs, Animal Rescue Groups and even Quilters Clubs…

How to Use QR Codes at Fundraising Events
Do you remember back in the day when QR Codes were going to be the next big thing? You just had to download a QR Code reader app and then you could be connected to a website in seconds, without having to type in a lengthy URL. Then, for a little while, it seemed like…

Donation Receipts: Who, What, When, Why and How (With Examples)
For the charitable groups that MoneyMinder serves — Parent Groups, Booster Clubs, Sports Teams, Scouts, Churches, Social and Service Nonprofits — donations are a major driver of success. After all, the support and services you provide to people come at a monetary cost. The more donations you receive, the more support and services you can…