Fundraising Resources

• ACA Fundraising Toolkit
• Fundraising for Nonprofit Camps in Uncertain Times (ACA webinar)
• Fundraising for Camps 2020 and Beyond (ACA, New England webinar)
• Major Gift Fundraising: Think Within the Box (Camping Magazine article)

Camp Moves Me is a fundraising program created by the American Camp Association (ACA) for ACA-accredited camps to use whenever they want, however they want.

We have created several different styles of logos for camps to use to promote their fundraisers via social media. Using a logo consistently will help brand your fundraiser so your community will recognize it.

Download Horizontal Logos

ACA, in partnership with DBD Group, provides its members free, downloadable resources to guide camp professionals in fundraising activities. 

This toolkit provides resources to build a fundraising plan for the remainder of 2020, as well as provide the foundation for fundraising into 2021. In this toolkit, you’ll learn how to rethink your case for support, strengthen your relationship with donors and create a comprehensive plan to inform, ask and thank your supporters.

Ant colonies have been used throughout history as models of industry. As a collective, ants are efficient, surprisingly intelligent, and are among the very few animals that organize themselves to collectively carry loads far heavier than an individual member of their species. Ants working together have an astonishing ability to mix collective muscle with individual initiative, and can adjust their course and outcomes based on intelligence provided by a single ant joining the effort.

I am back with Part 2 of our conversation about fund-raising — although I am sure some of you were hoping I would forget! Not a chance. Now we get to the fun part, the rewarding part, and, of course, the part where you will need to remember the joy of facing your fears. I am thinking again of that nervous camper shivering at the end of the diving board, wanting so much to be brave enough to make her first jump into the chilly lake. You are standing next to her and encouraging her, because you know how great she will feel after she takes this scary step.

This article is the first in a two-part series on fund-raising, and to learn even more about this subject, be sure to attend Ann Sheets and Posie Taylor’s session, The Development Doctors Are In, at the 2018 ACA National Conference in Orlando, Florida.