3 Reasons Why Traditional Nonprofit Fundraising is Life-Sucking

One time I purchased a tub of cookie dough that sat in my fridge for three years.

"All for the sake of supporting my community," I said.

This is all fine and grand if the organization had received most of my money. Unfortunately, they didn't. On average, only 50% of the profit is returned to the nonprofit.

How many tubs of cookie dough, racks of magazines and wrapping paper does a person actually need? How many will a person actually use? Some might say there is actually a need for these things in life. Okay, true, there might be. But when the goal for a non-profit is to make money while peddling these products - is it really providing value to the organization, the community and the person selling?

1. Nonprofits put so much time into facilitating a fundraiser and that the actual return is demoralizing.
2. It suffocates the community by forcing nonprofits to run multiple fundraisers.
3. People within the organization are not actually excited to "sell" whatever it is they are selling.

Might I propose a better way: AllStar Fundraiser. It is answering the need for real dollars to be put back into schools To do that, they need money. Often, a lot of it. www.asfun.io

Be the change you want to see. Can we change the culture of traditional fundraising? Can we put actual, life-giving dollars back into the hands of the systems that need it most? I'm in. Are you?