Companies that donate to 501c3 charities

[MSWR0319]

Do any of you know of specific companies that donate products to 501c3 charities for silent auctions? I'm fundraising committee head for a group I'm in and am trying to get as many donations for the silent auction as possible. I know American Girl donates, but we're not donating profits to child specific groups this year. I've contacted local sports teams for tickets. I just wondered if there were other well known companies that donated as well.

[robinsmommy]

I think smaller, local companies and credit unions are a better bet - utilities can also be worth checking in with. Generally, the bigger the company, the further in advance you have to plan on getting donations - esp true of the more generous ones, as they have more hoops to jump through to vet charities.

[MSWR0319]

I think smaller, local companies and credit unions are a better bet - utilities can also be worth checking in with. Generally, the bigger the company, the further in advance you have to plan on getting donations - esp true of the more generous ones, as they have more hoops to jump through to vet charities.

We already go to all of the local companies in the area. I was just trying to find some new items for the auction that we don't normally get. We have about four months, so I'm ok on time for the most part.

[SnuggleBuggles]

Disney will give you 4 1 day park hoppers.
Chipotle came through with $50-100 gift card (can’t remember)
You really better off with local business. When you solicit (by mail, email or in person) give them a simple to use form. I found it really increases results.


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[rlu]

See's Candies. They do fundraising drives but I have also received gift cards from them in the past for my company to raffle off for local charities. https://www.sees.com/contact-us

[jacksmomtobe]

I ran an online auction for 6 years.

*Restaurants - check out their websites for instructions on how to request a donation. Many often have online forms which are very similar in format so it is easy to submit a bunch. They always go for at least face value.
*Grocery stores such as Whole Foods, Wegman’s etc These also go for face value or above as people feel they are going to spend this money anyways.
* does anyone in your org have connections to a unique experience such as a behind the scene tour or hard to get tickets to an event or sports game.
*summer camps
*Green Mountain Coffee used to donate keurigs. They stopped for awhile however I thought I saw that they were doing it again.
*A lot of bigger companies now get so many requests that they are harder to get donations from unless there is a connection to your locale. I thought I saw that Disney was no longer giving passes or possibly they got more restrictive and thus my org wasn’t eligible - the details are online and they need I think a 60 day lead time.

PTO today had a msg board chain on companies to contact for donations so that may be worth a perusal.

https://www.ptotoday.com/boards/35-a...-donation-list

They also had this more recent article on the topic which seems to point people more towards local businesses:
https://www.ptotoday.com/pto-today-a...r-your-auction

Good luck! I will post later if I think of any more specific cos to recommend

Also as someone said above having a simple form and a letter indicating how the money will be used and your tax id# are helpful to close donations. Explain to the donor how donating also benefits their business ie exposing them to new potential customers etc.

[pharmjenn]

Our school seems to get gift cards from Target, Home Depot and Lowes. Often we use the cards to buy supplies, or items to complete a basket . Some of the hotel chains and airlines (I think SWA did) I know a couple years ago I googled and found a long list that someone on a PTA type message board had posted that gave me some ideas of who to contact.
I am an hour from Napa wine country, and 2 hours from the beach, so we also contact vendors in those areas and get lots of wine donated, wine tastings, Segway tours etc and put them together into a staycation, or an overnight if we get hotel.

[mom2binsd]

Most restaurants, and business will, if you have parents with businesses, people who work for dentists, insurance agents, banks, small businesses, car dealerships, get them to ask for any donations.

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[TwinFoxes]

American Girl will donate a doll. Our PTA auctions one off every year.
https://good360.org/companies/americ...on-guidelines/

[TwinFoxes]

Oh, and if you live in a metro area with sports team, most of them will donate anything from signed merchandise to cheap seat tix. Same for collegiate athletics.