About Us   Latest News   » MTA Toolkit   » Register an Event   Reel Friends Plan   National   Advisory Board   Testimonials   Buy Merchandise   Donate Now   Apply for Assistance   Join our Mailing List   Other Resources   E-mail Us  Fundraising Ideas & Resources Below you will find a growing archive of fundraising ideas sent to us from various sources. Do you have a fundraising idea that's worked well for you? Have you got any advice or encouragement for others who are planning campaign events? » Please send us your suggestions Material is collected and posted here that may be helpful when organizing and publicizing your own fundraising efforts. Be sure to register your event. Ideas Archive: Every Friday we collect $5.00 from crew members on our shoot - we call it "Five Dollar Friday". We do a draw and whoever wins gets the pot which is usually around $300.00 to $500.00. Why not split the pot with the Actors' Fund? The money for the Actors' Fund could be given to the production manager and they could send it on. I think that a lot of film crews would go for this if they were told about it. - submitted by Louise B. Here's an idea called "Five for the Fund". The premise is this: it has long been a tradition in our industry that the theatre community is let into shows (if there are empty seats) on a free, or substantially discounted basis. In fact, this is the only way many of us can afford to see shows. For some reason, this practice is slipping. It seems that fewer and fewer theatres are willing to seat theatre insiders for free, and even the Equity discounts seem to be dropping away. How about proposing a scheme where theatres charge $10 as a rush seat, for anyone who can demonstrate that they are "in the biz". Five bucks would go to the theatre, for expenses, and five would go to the Fund. This would fill seats otherwise left vacant, and feed the Fund, and encourage artistic cross-pollination in the industry, and all sorts of things. Maybe the amount is wrong, but for those theatres who cringe at the idea of giving away anything for free, perhaps this would be an attractive answer. - submitted by Allan Teichman Top  PDF Archive: Click on the links below to download these documents in PDF format. » Get Acrobat Reader  More Than Applause Campaign 2004 Media Release  Actors' Fund Facts and Figures General information about the Fund's history and mandate, sources of revenue and the benefits it provides to the community.  David Rogers' Guide to Organizing an Actors' Fund Benefit David Rogers is an actor who has organized benefits for the Actors' Fund and other causes. In this document he tells you how you can, too. Excerpts from the Department of Canadian Heritage 'Guide to Special Events Fundraising' Some of this material is dated and may not be applicable to your situation, but these texts contain valuable fundraising principles and tips and are a good starting point when planning fundraising events.  What Makes Special Events Winners or Losers  What Are The Different Types of Events  Selection of Ideas - Winners You Can Use  Getting (Almost) Everything Donated to Reduce Your Costs to Nearly Zero  How to Guarantee Income Before You Sell Your First Ticket  Auctions Encourage Top Donors To Give the Limit Top  ©2010 The Actors' Fund of Canada - 1000 Yonge Street, Suite 301 Toronto, ON M4W 2K2 contact@actorsfund.ca / Tel: 416.975.0304 / Toll-Free: 1.877.399.8392 / Fax: 416.975.0306