Donations through your friends or foundation gives you the resources to enhance your basic library services. Wild Apricot has put together more than 200 fundraising ideas for you — everything from art auctions to cow pie bingo. They’ve rated them by complexity, cost, and expected return, and organized them by category:

• Contest Fundraising Ideas
• Ongoing Fundraising Ideas
• Event Fundraising Ideas
• Fundraising Ideas For Kids
• Mega Fundraising Ideas
• Online Fundraising Ideas
• Quick Fundraising Ideas
• Raffle Fundraising Ideas
• Fundraising Sale Ideas
• Unique Fundraising Ideas

If you’re brainstorming ways to find more money for your library, read Wild Apricot’s full blog post for some new ideas.