Building Your Fund

Spreading the Word

Fundholders are encouraged to let others know about their fund and invite individuals to contribute to their fund. Some fundholders send letters or emails when they open a fund, annually, or on special events related to the fundholder and their interest(s). The Foundation provide a letter template to help you with this effort.

The Foundation provides a letter template to help you with this effort. The Spartanburg County Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. One benefit of having a fund at the Foundation is that component funds may use the Foundation’s nonprofit status to provide tax receipts letters for donors to your fund. Foundation staff manages generating and emailing/mailing these letters for you.

Some fundholders wish to hold fundraising events to grow their fund, raise awareness, and engage the community in their fund purpose.

Fundraising Events

The Spartanburg County Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. One benefit of having a fund at the Foundation is that component funds may use the Foundation’s nonprofit status to provide tax receipts letters for donors to your fund. Foundation staff manages generating and emailing/mailing these letters for you. The IRS regulations related to fundraising for any component funds held by the Foundation. Fundholders must follow these regulations to protect the Foundation’s 501(c)(3) public charity tax status.

All new fundholders are given a copy of the Fundraising Policy. Individuals involved in planning a fundraising event for a fund may not have received this information. It is important for all involved in planning any fundraising event to review the policy and FAQs.

Resources for Fundraising Events

Fundraising FAQ’s
Fundraising Policy
Fundraising Sample Budget PDF EXCEL
Blank Fundraising Budget Form PDF EXCEL

Fundraising Application

This application is to be completed by any Spartanburg County Foundation fundholder planning to host a fundraising event.

Name of person completing application(Required)

First Last

Phone Number(Required)

This is the phone number we will call if we have questions about your application.

Email(Required)

Primary Fundholder Name (if not the same as applicant)

First Last

Fund Name and number(Required)

Name of Fundraising Event(Required)

Date of Fundraising Event(Required)

Event start

Event end

Describe the fundraising Event. Please include a description of the activities.(Required)

How many participants do you expect?

Have you hosted this event before? If so, for how many years?(Required)

What is your $ Fundraising Goal?

This is the net amount of money you hope to raise – the amount of money left after subtracting all expenses from revenue.

Please upload a copy of your EVENT BUDGET

Max. file size: 64 MB.

Please upload copies of any sponsorship materials (letters/flyers/packets) you plan to use to recruit sponsors.

Max. file size: 64 MB.

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Resources for Fundraising Events

Fundraising Application

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