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If I had the opportunity to teach a skill to someone else, I would show how to conduct fundraising campaigns for a worthy nonprofit organization. Once a leader in a nonprofit group has the skills and the experience he or she could use those skills to help raised needed funds.

We would start with some basic fundamentals. A nonprofit group should be incorporated so that donations people and businesses make can be tax-deductible. There are groups representing the American Bar Association in nearly every city in America and they offer a half hour free consultation to nonprofits. This is a good starting point for a group, to achieve the ranking of a 501(c)3, a federally licensed nonprofit corporation.

Benefit Concert

There are many ways to raise funds other than just asking for handouts or sponsoring a bake sale. A good starting point is to plan a community benefit concert. Choosing the bands to play at the concert is important, because if you plan to attract middle class families, as well as younger college age students, you'll need to avoid hard rock, hip hop, and bands that are heavily tattooed and/or noted for tunes that are provocatively laced with controversial lyrics.

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What kind of nonprofit are you part of? That has an impact on what kind of music you may wish to play. If you are an animal rescue group, or a group that helps homeless people (or rescues stray dogs and cats), or otherwise an organization that offers humanitarian services, you generally have a better chance of attracting paying customers to an event because the public loves to provide support for animals, for wildlife, and as a rule people feel good about helping homeless people and battered women as well.

Ideally, a musical act that has national appeal (and sells records on a national scale) but is based locally should be your group's first choice. Realistically, you're not going to get Bob Dylan or even Taylor Swift to come and play, but putting together some locally (or regionally) respected groups (perhaps 2, no more than 3) is enough of a draw to get started with the fundraising. Charging a reasonably low price for entrance is smart: maybe $8 for adults, $6 for students….....

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