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Church fundraising is a beneficial way to earn extra money for your church while also building community relationships. Church fundraising provides an effective way to reach out to the community for contributions as well as to spread the word about your organization. There are so many different types of fundraising that choosing the right one for your Church can be an overwhelming task. In this article we will talk about fundraising and the different types. We will also talk about how you can make your fundraiser better by taking credit and debit card donations.

Church Fundraiser Types

Direct Sales Fundraiser Your Church Group gets an inventory of fundraising products to be sold by your volunteers. The product is provided to your volunteers who sell the product, deliver it, and collect payment, usually in one trip.

Brochure Sales Fundraiser This is also called Brochure Sales. Your Church Group volunteers are each provided a fundraising catalog to show potential donators and an order form. Contributors select products from the catalog and record the order on the order form. Once your members are done, all order forms are tallied and sent to the fundraising company which ships the products to the contact person for your group fundraiser. Your members and volunteers then deliver the products to your supporters.

Online Fundraiser Online fundraising is generally handled in one of two ways. In the first, a unique website for your group is created. You encourage donators to purchase products or services from that site and you receive a percentage of sales. The second way is to have a coded link on your Church's website that will take the visitor to a personalized page on a company's product site. Again, you encourage supporters to make purchases through the coded link and your group receives a percentage of the sales.

Special Event Fundraiser These types of fundraisers usually consist of setting up an event and inviting people to participate. Events such as car washes, dinners, raffles, plays, and auctions are common but there are lots more to consider.

Accepting Credit and Debit Card contributions

Once you've successfully setup your church fundraiser, you can ask for contributions through your website, by email, on flyers or newsletters, and in written letters. Make sure to include good instructions on how contributions can be made. Contributions could be a weekly offering, monthly withdrawal or a one-time donation, depending on the member's choice.

To really speed up the process you could offer your supports the ability to contribute to the fundraiser using their credit or debit card. This would allow them to easily make a donation without the hassle of dealing with cash or check. A lot of people don't carry cash or check anymore because it isn't convenient. Instead they carry credit cards and debit cards.

To accept credit cards donations you would need a way to accept credit cards. There are lots of options including pos terminals, and online payment gateways.

In this article we talked about the different types of church fundraising and also how to make it easy for people to give with their credit card.