I need to raise funds using the internet for a 501c3 organisation that
specialises in youth education and runs a museum.

Would like references to other non-political organisations that have
been successful in fund raising campaigns using the internet as a
primary tool.

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I have found the following articles providing references to successful
online fundraising campaigns.


Heifer International: 
?Heifer International and Beaconfire Consulting have partnered since
1997 to develop one of the most innovative and successful online
fundraising programs?Heifer's online alternative gift
catalog?www.heifer.org and catalog.heifer.org. Beaconfire has served
as a strategy, marketing, and technical partner to Heifer throughout
the relationship and the joint effort has generated more than $15
million in online contributions from more than 110,000 generous
donors.?
http://www.beaconfire.com/clients/stories/heifer01.php 


AIDS Walk New York:
?Fundraising and the Internet -- for AIDS Walk New York, it's the
ideal combination. AIDS Walk New York announced that since 2002, when
event participants were first offered personalized websites with
linked email, more than $3.6 million has been raised online. During
the past three years, over 132,000 New York AIDS Walk volunteer
fundraisers have been offered access to Internet fundraising tools
provided by Kintera(r) Inc. (NASDAQ: KNTA), a leading software as a
service provider to nonprofit organizations.?
http://www.charitychannel.com/article_11271.shtml 


SolvePoverty.com (Using Affiliate Programs)
?Opportunity International's work with SolvePoverty.com over the last
2 years has been a great success with over AU$200,000 being raised
creating more than 1300 jobs, providing more than 1500 weeks of
distance learning and helping to build the pilot GLOW Learning Centre?
http://www.solvepoverty.com/about.asp 


WAMU 88.5:
?WAMU 88.5, the American University Radio the largest public radio
station in Washington, DC and the fifth largest in the nation, has
just completed their Spring 2000 membership campaign in March with a
total of $830,154 in pledges from 9,239 individuals.?

?Of that total, 3,569 pledges were from new members and 3,594 were
made over the Internet. Internet pledges accounted for $237,434 or 29%
of the total.?
http://www.techsoup.org/howto/npostory_article.cfm?articleid=14&topicid=10


Aquaplastics.org:
?Aquaplastics.org, the click-to-give online fundraising site for
WaterAid, has reached its target 45 days ahead of schedule, raising
?150,000 for the charity.?
http://www.fundraising.co.uk/news.php?id=4773&rtype=news 


Mass911:
?The auction raised $68,000 more than their goal, and was created and
launched within the tight timeframe of three weeks. The total online
auction raised almost $138,000, had 2035 total bids placed on 632 of
the 900 plates. The largest bid placed was an online bidder for $7,500
on a single plate!?
http://www.cmarket.com/stories_ma911.htm


Boston Globe?s Internet Auction:
?The seven-day auction raised $35,860, and there were over 2,000 bids
placed on all 131 items. The Boston Globe realized over 85% of the
value of the donations. The Boston Globe plans to add an annual
auction to its marketing plans, and expects to more than double the
funds raised in 2005.?
http://www.cmarket.com/stories_bg.htm 


Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau?
?The five-week auction exceeded the Greater Boston Convention &
Visitors Bureau?s fundraising goal, raising more money than the
previous year?s silent auction. The online auction engaged more
participants than the golf event?s live auction. The community
feedback was very positive. The online auction was the clear winner ?
raising more money with less time and fewer resources.?
http://www.cmarket.com/stories_gbcvb.htm


Miami Children?s Hospital:
?The auction was a success. The Foundation tripled the money it raised
the previous year, due in part to the online auction. The feedback
from the community and the Foundation?s board was overwhelmingly
positive.?
http://www.cmarket.com/stories_mchf.htm


Roger Williams Park Zoo
?In just two weeks, the online auction generated more than $10,000 in
bids. These high bids were carried into the live auction event at the
Zoobilee Gala. The zoo almost doubled its auction revenue from the
previous year and sparked interest and enthusiasm for the auction and
event.?
http://www.cmarket.com/stories_rwpz.htm  


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