8 Questions
8 Questions
Here are 8 questions to ask your committee before choosing a fundraiser:
Does the fundraiser provide a service or product parents want or need?
Hot lunches are the perfect example of this. At my children’s school, every Monday was pizza lunch. It was one day of the week I knew I didn’t have to worry about providing my children with a packed lunch. Whatever day, I loved pizza day even when my kids didn’t. Pizza Day was also our biggest school fundraiser.
And how Budding Artists answers each one:
Does a Budding Artists fundraiser provide a service or product parents want or need?
Budding Artists products are practical and make perfect gifts for loved ones, especially those hard-to-buy-for family members!
Are the products priced within the financial reach of our school community?
Knowing your profit goal will help to narrow your fundraising programs. Gather all of your information and determine if the sale of the product is reasonable for the product. What is the value of the product or service versus the amount of profit? You want your school community to feel that by supporting the school they also received great value beyond the product.
Are Budding Artists products priced within the financial reach of our school community?
As the coordinator for the Budding Artists campaign, you have the ability to set the prices and select products that you feel will support your community’s ability to participate.
Does the fundraiser build a school community?
The best fundraisers are fun and brings the school community together. Building community is an excellent way to connect different families together. When parents feel connected, they are likely to feel more active in their child’s education. Studies have shown when the school community is strong, children are highly academically motivated. Common community building fundraisers are: fun fairs, movie nights, art shows, talent shows, white elephant sales. The trade off is the amount of profit earned to volunteer ratio.
Does a Budding Artists fundraiser build a school community?
We have an Art Show fundraiser option – students create art and put it on display. Invite the community to come pick from the displayed artwork and place their orders for products with the chosen art. We also offer a commemorative tile campaign – every student’s art is put on a tile to create a mural.
How much time does the fundraiser take? How many volunteers are needed?
Create a fundraising plan for the year and decide who will lead each fundraiser. Spacing out the fundraisers will lessen the burn out rate and annoyance of the school community.
How much time does a Budding Artists fundraiser take? How many volunteers are needed?
Budding Artists campaigns can almost run themselves! Volunteers can support the teachers while the students create the art. Otherwise, the only need is to collect the completed artwork, return the artwork, and arrange the distribution of the orders. A campaign takes about 6-8 weeks from start to end.
Do you know how much profit you could receive?
My school was very organized. They had a fundraising goal each year. They knew the participation rate of families in their fundraisers. Unless a fundraiser could potentially raise over a certain amount, they wouldn’t consider it. They were strategic. They were conscious of their school community and didn’t always want to be marketing products to them.
How much profit can a Budding Artists fundraiser earn?
Our fundraiser profit depends very much on your school’s participation, and the profit margin on the products. If your school generally responds well to fundraiser campaigns, and you use our suggested prices at 25% profit, you can expect to earn approx. $10 per student order.
Will teachers be involved? Is it part of the curriculum?
Collecting money and delivering fundraising products is not a teacher’s job. However, if the fundraiser is part of the curriculum then you’ll put less burden on the teachers, and more participation.
Will teachers be involved? Is it part of the curriculum?
For Budding Artists campaigns, we strongly suggest incorporating the art creation as part of the art curriculum – this way the teacher doesn’t have to come up with a new project. Guided artwork tends to produce students’ best work, which in turn, supports a more successful campaign!
Are there any incentives?
Many fundraisers will provide incentives to sell a certain amount or raise funds. Are the incentives environmentally and financially worthwhile?
Does Budding Artists offer any sales incentives?
All campaigns offer a free digital download simply for logging on to the website – no purchase necessary – which helps boost sales by having more engagement. We also have the flexibility to add low-cost incentives to encourage more sales.
Is the company local, provincial, Canadian?
Whenever possible, support local businesses.
Is Budding Artists local, provincial, Canadian?
Budding Artists is proudly Canadian-owned and operated based out of London, Ontario. We serve only schools and organizations in Canada.
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School committees tell us they often hear parents complaining about buying products they don't want in order to support their school
Give Parents Something They Actually Want
Because of Budding Artists Fundraisers
Kids feel pride in seeing their art on useful, everyday items.
Parents appreciate the ease of our fundraisers, and showcasing their children's art as cherished gifts.
Through Budding Artists fundraisers, we have:
Raised more than $220,000
that went to improve libraries, classrooms, gymnasiums, and playgrounds across Canada
Preserved 45,000 images
and counting
Served over 110 schools and daycares
with many coming back year after year
Offered 20+ affordable products
adding new, interesting choices, while keeping traditional products for returning families to have as keepsakes that show a child’s art progression over the years
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Founded in 2007, Budding Artists grew from a simple idea – you can encourage and value creativity by preserving and showcasing artwork.