Why Online Parish Church Fundraisers Transform Community Fundraising Efforts
Local parishes depend on the generosity of their community to give back to sustain its operations and support parishioners. But many parishes only hold a pastor and limited staff to facilitate on-site donations and fundraising opportunities. Today’s blog explores the power of online parish church fundraisers and how Go Raise Dough can help your parish continually raise funds to support your growing needs.
An Increasingly Digital World
Parishioners who attend services will often see baskets being passed around halfway through services to collect monetary donations. As people attend church with less cash in their pockets, churches must determine different ways to increase their community giving in today’s digital world.
According to recent statistics, 60% of churchgoers are willing to give to their churches digitally and nearly 50% of all church-giving is made with a credit or debit card. While these statistics do not mean churches need to forgo their traditional practices, there are ways to subsidize church community fundraising efforts with an online church fundraiser. Go Raise Dough has three online fundraisers that can help you engage with your community members and raise funds to support your needs.
Addressing Immediate Parish Needs
When it comes to parish fundraising, we know your parish office staff wears many hats. Communicating with your parishioners, planning parish events and managing volunteers are just some of the few things your team may do in their day to day. And what is most precious, their time.
At Go Raise Dough, we have seen parish fundraisers struggle simply because they did not have the bandwidth to plan, organize, market and encourage their parishioners to participate. But our online fundraising platform makes it easier than ever to raise funds to support your parish. Let’s take an example from one of our most successful online parish church fundraisers.
Real Community Impact
St. Patrick’s School and Parish in Wentzville has hosted a fall festival raffle for years in mid-September. They made the transition to our online raffle platform in recent years to give their parishioners an easy and fun way to support their school. In 2024, they raised a new high of $119,025 in raffle ticket sales, generating a 30% increase in funds raised since 2020.
In their planning process, they selected the Go Raise Dough Mega Online Raffle option. This allowed them the ease of multiple ticket purchases, the ability to purchase across devices such as cell phones, iPads, desktop computers, through St. Patrick’s students and on-site during the festival itself.
Start Your Parish Church’s Fundraiser
At Go Raise Dough, we provide simple ways to fundraise to save you time and put focus on your community causes. From our progressive Queen of Hearts Raffle to our traditional cash and 50/50 raffles, we put ease back into your fundraising efforts while you generate a spirit of fun and connection with your community.
Ready to learn more? Visit our raffles to plan your next community fundraiser.