To collect money through personal donations represents a good way to increase your budget (for instance if you need money to develop extra activities). You could fundraise by visiting members of your community (door to door) or using tools such as online platform, which help you fundraise among a wider public.
1) Door to Door is a good strategy not only to collect extra money, but also to have the chance to present your project to the community. You will need to form a fundraising team. If your organisation has a volunteering scheme, it is a good idea to involve volunteers in this project. Send your team members in pairs or small groups and give them informative material to present when asking for money. The informative material should clearly display the name of the organisation, an introduction to the project, and the funding bodies. If you are already implementing the project, you could also add pictures and stories from the participants. Make sure that each donor writes down their names and addresses so that you could personally thank them once the fundraising activities are completed. You might consider inviting directly those who gave money for the project to your final event or presentation in order to thank them once more.
2) Crowd funding websites are platforms that enable individuals and NGOs to advertise their projects and gather funding through people. This way of fundraising is becoming more and more prominent with NGOs that are able to raise sums able to cover all the expenses of a project development. There are difference between the various crowd funding platforms, among most popular there are:
1) Weeve is a platform that connects businesses individual, and non-profit organisations to generate positive social change. It was born with the idea of helping NGOs struggling to get funded through institutional channels. To get started you need to create your own account (it is for free) and customize your own page. At the moment, only organisations registered under the BC Societies act or the Canada Corporations Act could register so you might need to find a partner in order to take advantage of this opportunity.
2) Crowdrise gives the possibility to US registered NGOs to complement their funding through online fundraising. There are several typologies of accounts (there is a small fee to pay for certain accounts). If you are not a US registered NGO you might consider get in touch with an organisation in the US and ask for support.
3) Razoo helps organisations to fundraise for a cause. You need to set up your account (for free). Once again, your organisation has to be registered in the US to start a campaign but you can create your fundraising page under the umbrella of an American organisation, which will act as fiscal sponsor.
4) Catapult is a platform designed to help organisations working with girls and women to achieve gender equality. All registered organisations are eligible (no geographical restrictions) although you must present valid documents certifying that your organisation is registered in your country as an NGO.
