Five Secrets to Keep Your Fundraiser from Losing Money

Five Secrets to Keep Your Fundraiser from Losing Money: Five Secrets to Keep Your Fundraiser from Losing Money

December 2012

Reprinted from the GuideStar Blog

A 2007 study by Charity Navigator revealed that for many nonprofit groups, fundraisers are actually fund-losers: the average organization spends $1.33 on an event for every $1.00 the event raises. Efficient events, however, spent as little as $0.71 for every $1.00 raised, making the event a financial as well as a social success.