Charity Fundraising facts
While investigating facts about Charity Fundraising, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 2006 Michael Vick started a charity for at-risk youth. The charity spent $20,000 of its budget on programs for kids, paid $97,000 to a friend of Vick's who acted as the foundation's "fundraiser" and gave the remaining $50,000 in its bank account to Vick's financial adviser.
Laura Bush keeps a relatively low-profile, although she does at times speak at charity fundraisers.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 16 of the best facts about Charity Fundraising I managed to collect.
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A college in Canada dropped Cystic Fibrosis charity from its fundraiser because it was "too white"
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Chevy Chase is involved with charity fundraising, active environmentalism, and politics. He raised money for Bill Clinton in the 90s.
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Edward Norton founded a for-profit fundraiser called Crowdrise that skims from donations toward non-profit charities
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In 1991, Sean Puffy Combs promoted an AIDS fundraiser with Heavy D held at the City College of New York (CCNY) gymnasium, following a charity basketball game. The event was oversold, and a stampede occurred in which nine people died.
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In 1991, P. Diddy promoted an AIDS fundraiser after a charity basketball game. The event was oversold, and a stampede occurred in which nine people died.
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The German town of Wunsiedel managed to turn an annual neo-Nazi demonstration march into a charity walkaton fundraiser with proceeds benefiting EXIT Deutschland- a nonprofit that helps people escape extremist groups
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A common Charity fundraising tactic is to bet on and race rubber ducks down a local river/waterway. These are known as "Derby Duck Races".
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Many Women's Rugby Teams play a traditional/annual Prom Dress Game, often for charity fundraising.
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Over a five-year period, charity-fundraising parachute jumps in the UK (of which 70% were for National Health Service causes) cost the NHS over $800,000 in jump-related injuries.
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Vladimir Putin sang Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino at a charity fundraiser.
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There is an annual event (part-charity fundraiser, part-world record attempt) in which multiple people from different nations around the globe plan to simultaneously imitate Michael Jackson's Thriller Dance. It takes place on the Saturday preceding Halloween. - source
About Captain Beany, a Welsh eccentric and charity fundraiser. In 1986 he set a world record for the longest bean bath, which lasted over 100 hours. He also officially transformed his flat into the Baked Bean Museum of Excellence. - source
An Adelaide School raised AUD$276,830 from their original $900 goal for the charity "Do It In A Dress" when Greens Senator Cory Bernadi tweeted about the fundraising event, hoping to spark backlash against the school.
