Subject: Delta Variant and Fundraising Events; Innovative Idea to Reach More Supporters

From: Stacy Palmer Subject: Delta Variant and Fundraising Events; Innovative Idea to Reach More Supporters Erin Hall Good morning.It’s not just gyms, schools, and workplaces that are demanding proof of Covid vaccination — now that might become standard practice at charity fundraising events.Some nonprofits are already carding their donors, Emily Haynes learned as she asked charities how the Delta variant is changing their plans for the fall. Many groups are canceling plans for in-person events — especially large ones — but some are keeping small events, like the backyard party (above) that Hopeful Horizons in Beaufort, S.C., held at the home of one of its board members.But even that idea is feeling risky now, says Erin Hall, the charity’s chief fundraiser. “I felt good about an outdoor in-person event a month ago,” she says. “Now I’m not sure, and I don’t think there are any right answers.”What’s clear from Emily’s interviews is that charities will be relying for a long time to come on what they learned from pandemic fundraising. Emily summed those up in her article 7 Tips for Hosting Better Virtual Fundraising Events.And to read a case study of how one charity innovated its fundraising in a time of quarantine,…
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