When you go to fundraising trainings [I've attended too many over the past 30 years], you sometimes hear stuff that's useless. One useful thing however is to think of fundraising as friendraising. You are asking people to be part of a group project. It's meaningful when people accept the invitation.
My friends did a Sunraiser, which while a nod to their artist moniker, was also uplifting: “What’s a SUNRAISER? It’s simple. The capital we raise will rebuild our shop. Then we’ll pay it forward by volunteering our labor to a local non-profit. Sunraising creates a cycle of gratitude and support.”
