Fundraising Ideas

Making an effort to raise your own funding is looked on favourably when you are applying to funders, ideas can often lead to lots of fun and bring your club community together too.

Read more on generating additional funding, an article by Steven Dillon >> Top 10 Tips to Generate Revenue

Fundraising ideas:

• Bar income and club hire (birthday parties, quiz nights, community group meetings, band practices, new parent groups)
• Sponsor signage
• Quiz night fun
• Business House competitions
• Senior & Junior combined club night
• Red Level/ tournament for all ages
• Themed competitions: Halloween, Mad Hatters, Christmas Cracker, Doubles & Bubbles (Hot Shots clubs get marketing material for lots of these kids of events)
• Councils and reserves often allow non-profit organsations to clear logged excess from forest areas for sale as a fundraiser
• Annual dinner and auction
• Bake sales
• Entertainment books, hardcopy and online 
• Crowd funding options like this one
• Buddy nights – bring a friend for a small fee to join a coaching programme or club social night
• Raffles
• Club shop selling club merchandise
• Sausage sizzles
• Family fun day
• Car boot sale, Facebook marketplace sale, annual garage sale.
• Exhibition match
• Tennis marathon
• Hit-a-thon
• Chore-a-thon
• Tennis photo shoot, family, group, team photos on court, percentage to club funds
• Challenge the coach
• Restaurant night – a willing community restaurant that will give you a good deal and engage all members; anything over the breakeven amount is the clubs, or a portion of sales goes to the club
• Guess the balls in the boot, Jellybeans in the jar
• Bequests/philanthropy
• Bingo nights
• Bus tour – e.g. social outing for your club members to local places of interest, sponsors venues along with a culinary treat. Funds to club
• Cocktail party
• Car wash
• Wine-tasting
• Parking arrangements for special events – clubs provide volunteers to direct parking for a percentage of the parking fees
• Auction a dinner with a high-profile coach/administrator – could also be breakfast or lunch
• Sports breakfast/lunch/dinner served by celebrities
• Personalised coffee mugs
• Special vintage port
• Installing a vending machine
• Movie/theatre/concert night, you’ll find one like this in your region 
• Progressive dinner. Members provide the catering and venue, Drinks and nibbles, entrees, mains and dessert are served at 4 different venues. Funds to club, members socialise.
• Merchandising campaign
• Fashion parade. Tennis gear, latest fashions, local business/label. Ticket entry to club funds
• Ghost marathon – make-believe marathon sponsored by your club. The cost of participating could be $20 but no one actually runs/swims/rides because it is a “ghost” marathon. Entrants receive a great t-shirt as a souvenir of their “participation”.
• Dance – Formal Ball, Salsa, Fancy Dress, Country and Western Dance or Boot Scooting with lessons.
• Celebrity autograph and photo session.
  
  

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 Source: Tennis NZ & Sport NZ