Fundraising with coffee

5 Ways to Find A Coffee Fundraising Partner

#1: Quality and Efficiency
A coffee fundraising company will need to get high-quality, freshly roasted coffee to your supporters in an efficient way. A good initial test is to ask what kinds of coffee beans they use. (Arabica coffee beans are higher quality, while Robusta beans are generally "filler" coffee.)

#2: Labels You Can Design
Among the most ideal coffee fundraising companies, you get to create your own label. This gets put on the front of each coffee bag delivered to a member of your organization. Every time your supporter receives coffee from your fundraising partner, the supporter is reminded of your casue. The best coffee fundraising companies can work with you to create great labels in full color designs.

#3: Companies that Promote Community
Companies that promote community are generally companies or ventures which advance their primary social missions using a business model. Does your coffee fundraising partner provide employment opportunities for people who are needing more help than they are currently getting in the existing workforce market?

#4: Do they pay residually?
Wrapping paper: one-time sale. Chocolate bars: one time sale. Suckers, butter braids, grapefruits, pistachios, magazines, etc. etc. etc. These are all one-time sales. Your coffee fundraising partner needs to have high quality coffee, and should pay you every time your supporters return to re-order coffee from them. In this way the coffee fundraising company you choose will actively create a year-round income source so that your organization can have the funding it needs.

#5: Connections with your Coffee (Partner)
Coffee fundraising is based on good relationships. The coffee fundraising company you choose should work with you one-on-one, assigning a single representative to help your organization build more income through the sale of coffee. The coffee fundraising company you choose should make your fundraising experience smooth, simple, successful, and fun.