10-Minute Money Tune-Ups

Come Up With a Fundraising Budget

By spring, the end of fundraising season is in sight—but inevitably the fundraising requests from school, church/synagogue and extracurricular programs will be back soon enough! Take a few moments to review how much money you’ve donated to your child’s organizations over the past year, and whether that fits into your overall budget. Use this number to figure out what your ideal budget would be for these fundraising pleas. Write that down somewhere you won’t lose it and keep it in mind over the coming year, straight through to Christmas wrapping paper season.