Fundraising
Embracing Creative with Becca Isdale
It is a challenge for many to pivot in their career path. What can seem like a natural fit for someone might end up being creatively stifling, or not provide the same satisfaction that it once did. And when most jobs are 40+ hours a week, unfulfilling work takes a toll on a person’s mental health. Creative entrepreneur Becca Isdale knows [...]
1 Dude 2 Doodles
Brandon Zingale lives in Cleveland Ohio with his bernedoodle and sheepadoodle dogs Sneakers and Oscar and the three are known on social media for their adorable pet content. When Brandon became ready to launch a merch line, he decided to do so with a t-shirt fundraiser and donate a portion of the profits to The Pet Fund that works to [...]
Defy the Limit with Jacob Agnew
Born three months premature, doctors didn’t expect Jacob Agnew to survive—much less walk. He defied those odds, but it wasn’t easy. Doctors diagnosed him with cerebral palsy at age one and his childhood involved multiple moves, family issues, and surgery. In spite of it all, Jacob pushed through and made it to college. College is a [...]
Black Mental Health Matters
Good mental health support is a necessity more now than ever, and yet these resources are unavailable for many. For many Black Americans, mental health support can be inaccessible as there is the additional difficulty of finding mental health professionals who personally face the struggles with being non-white in America—only 6.2% of [...]
Black Queer Lives Matter
In both online and offline spaces, it has been more important than ever right now to elevate Black lives and Black queer lives. Many times when LGBTQIA+ issues are brought up, Black and indigenous people of color (BIPOC) are overlooked or excluded. As part of the queer Black community, Seattle artist Jadzia Parker wanted to give a [...]
Ali & Jenni: Working for Liberation
Ali Schindler and Jenni Chapman, known on Instagram as Ali & Jenni, are determined to use their powers for good. The San Francisco Bay-area couple works as advocates for LBGTQIA+ and Autism rights and representation. Currently, that work includes running a custom t-shirt fundraiser on the Custom Ink Fundraising platform. The shirt [...]
BloodHound and Thinking Outside the Fundraising Box
BloodHound is an open-source software program that helps businesses identify weaknesses within their internal computer security. After releasing the first version of BloodHound in 2016, programmer Andy Robbins set out to create custom merchandise and give back to the community with a BloodHound shirt fundraiser to benefit the Muscular [...]
Fundraising & Fancy Footwork
When Sammy Zweben organized DANCE 4a CAUSE’s first fundraiser 12 years ago, she had no idea how much it would grow. What started as a modest event in a dance studio involving choreography and canned food has since grown to a big deal in New Jersey—DANCE 4a CAUSE has gone on to raise almost $150,000 for charity! Sammy initially started [...]