YOUR FUNDRAISING TOOLKIT
Thank you for your interest in fundraising for the CDC Foundation. Your support is invaluable to advance our critical research and health initiatives. Whether it's tackling a health emergency like COVID-19 or fighting a chronic condition like cancer or heart disease, we need your help to face these public health issues!
In this toolkit, you will find messaging, helpful tips and graphics to help you share and encourage others to join with you, and information on how to set up a fundraising team. It is your fundraiser, but we will be there each step of the way, to ensure you feel confident, organized and supported. Thank you for advancing the work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and our public health partners! Together our impact is greater.
Gifts to the CDC Foundation Help Save and Improve Lives
Make your fundraiser a success by sharing the impactful numbers behind our work in our fiscal year 2021.
203: Emergency response projects, including COVID-19 response
165: Countries impacted through CDC Foundation programs made possible by our donors
136 domestic and 83 global: programs with CDC and public health partners
1,245 programs: programs supported since 1995
21,036: Partnerships—individuals, philanthropies, corporations and organizations—working together to make an impact
243: Community-based organizations funded in 46 states
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET STARTED
SETTING UP YOUR FUNDRAISER
Create your page: Visit give.cdcfoundation.org/CDCFImpact and create your individual or team fundraising page.
Set a goal: Start with a number that you feel is achievable—you can always edit this on your page once you get a feel for the campaign.
ACTIVATE YOUR NETWORK
Use email, social media and word of mouth to start engaging your personal network with your fundraising efforts.
Tip: Increase your chances of success by sharing your team page with your closest friends and family. The people in your life will want to support a cause that's important to you. Getting your closest friends and family engaged will help build momentum.
KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM
Update Often: Let your donors know when you've reached certain milestones or if there is an exciting update.
Check Your Progress: Check your fundraising page regularly to understand what's working.
Thank Your Donors: Make sure your donors feel the love and know you appreciate them.
TOGETHER OUR IMPACT IS GREATER
The CDC Foundation is a nonprofit that is supporting CDC, public health and community-based organizations throughout the world—impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola.
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DOWNLOAD TEAM EMAIL TEMPLATES
Email your supporters asking them to donate to your fundraising campaign. Here are some sample messages to get you started.
SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE TEMPLATES
I'm raising money for @CDCFound (Twitter and Instagram) or @CDCFoundation (Facebook), a nonprofit that helps accelerate and expand @CDCgov's work. Together, we are helping CDC improve health for people everywhere. Donate on my fundraising page here: [LINK]
I am raising money for @CDCFound to support their lifesaving public health efforts. Please help me by backing this wonderful cause! To make a donation on behalf, please go to my fundraising page. [LINK]
I'm close to reaching my goal of raising $TOTAL to help the @CDCFound save and improve lives. Will you consider a gift to help me reach my goal? [LINK]
Thank you @nameofdonor for donating to support my fundraiser. Together our impact is greater!
My fundraiser is ending soon—can you help me finish strong and reach my goal? Please join me and donate to: [LINK]
Tag us! The CDC Foundation's social media accounts: Facebook: @CDCFoundation Twitter: @CDCFound Instagram: @CDCFound
Credits:
© David Snyder/CDC Foundation