Animal shelter fundraiser ideas your supporters play on their daily walk
A lot of the people who love your shelter walk a dog every day: adopters, volunteers, neighbors who share your posts. Among animal shelter fundraiser ideas, this one meets them on that walk. We build a themed scavenger hunt bingo board with you, supporters pay to play it, and 100% of the proceeds go to your shelter.
Every board comes from the same list of finds, and the first to fill five in a row calls a Tingo. A dog in a raincoat, a squirrel up a tree, a water bowl outside a shop: the finds are things a dog walker passes anyway.
How it works for your supporters
You share it the way you already reach people: your email list, your social posts, a QR code at the front desk or in every adoption folder. Supporters pay for the game, and that payment is the donation. They join in the app or in a browser, clip on the leash and head out.
A dog walk fundraiser people join from their own street
An organized group walk takes a route, a date, volunteers and good weather. A board lets supporters walk on their own schedule, in their own neighborhood, and still be part of the same fundraiser. Make it a timed game that ends on the day of your next adoption event, and the game wraps up on schedule, with the most Tingos winning.
If you already run a dog walk fundraiser, put the sights along its route on the board too.
Animal rescue fundraiser ideas built around your animals
We write the board with you, from your knowledge of your shelter and ours of what makes a good find. If your adopted dogs go home in a bandana with your name on it, that's a find. The board carries your name, your colors and your logo.
With dog rescue fundraiser ideas like this, the finds come from places your adopters already know.
Pet fundraiser ideas for cat rescues too
A board for a cat rescue sends supporters looking for cats in windows, an orange tabby on a porch and a bird feeder in a neighbor's yard.
A prize for the winner
Name a prize when you set it up, and everyone sees what they're playing for. Whoever has the most Tingos when the game ends wins it. A donated grooming session or a portrait of the winner's pet makes a good prize.
Animal shelter fundraiser ideas for your board
These are the kind of finds that make a good shelter fundraiser board. Yours would be built around your own shelter, your animals and your town.
On a dog walk
- Dog in a raincoat
- Fire hydrant
- Squirrel up a tree
- Dog in a bandana
- Shop water bowl
- Dog waste station
- Tiny dog
- Fluffy dog
- Dog in a stroller
- Dog on a porch
- Puddle
- Pet store
At the dog park
- Tennis ball
- Agility ramp
- Double gate
- Muddy paws
- Dog fountain
- Flying disc
- Puppy
- Gray-muzzled dog
- Dog with a stick
- Golden retriever
- Dachshund
- Husky
For cat people
- Cat in a window
- Cat on a porch
- Black cat
- Orange tabby
- Cat in a sunbeam
- Cat statue
- Bird feeder
- Bird bath
- Butterfly
- Catnip plant
- Cat tree
- Cat flap
Let's build a board for your shelter
Tell us about your shelter or rescue: the animals you care for, the people who support you, and what you're raising money for. We'll come back with ideas for what a Tingo fundraiser could look like for you. Let's Tingo works the same way for nonprofit fundraisers, fundraising events and church fundraisers, and you'll find everything else we build on our partners page.