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How to use fundraising in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, adjective

Fundraising means the process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses. Example: “My mom pimped me out, for my fundraising skills, to the United Way for a fundraiser.”

Examples of fundraising by meaning

adjectiveRelating to raising money (funds), particularly for charities.

  • LMJV staff have been supporting the hospital for years through fundraising events that have raised a total of £10,000, gaining the contractor recognition as a Charity Champion for the hospital.2020 December 16, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 70

More sentences with fundraising

  • My mom pimped me out, for my fundraising skills, to the United Way for a fundraiser.From the entry pimp out
  • His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.From the entry cause
  • The fundraising campaign was successfully stewarded to completion on time.From the entry completion
  • "I have the dubious honor of being in charge of fundraising for roof repair on the town youth gymnasium." Meaning, it's an honor to be tasked yet something unwanted.From the entry dubious honor
  • Gay fundraising changed when the Human Rights Campaign Fund hit the scene.1987 May 9, Gordon Gottlieb, Richard Burns, Sue Hyde, “Homocrats and Liberationists: Burns and Hyde Consider the Community's…. From the entry high-ticket
  • Major parties have long relied on large-scale campaign contributions, and the LDP was only recently mired in an illegal fundraising scandal.2025 July 24, Ned Temko, “In Japan, too, voters want their country to be ‘great again’”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from…. From the entry ldp
  • Paul Hetherington, fundraising director for the charity Buglife, says artificial turf is far from an eco-friendly alternative to natural grass.2019 August 2, Isabella Kaminski, “Turf it out: is it time to say goodbye to artificial grass?”, in The Guardian. From the entry artificial turf
  • In fact, almost every article we came across online called donor fatigue an excuse for poor fundraising planning.2019 February 4, Taylor Waldon, “The Truth About Donor Fatigue and How to Avoid It”, in GiveWP. From the entry donor fatigue
  • This year’s fundraising has seen a cycleathon, various charity concerts and resident Carolyn Storey run the London marathon.2016 October 13, Charlotte Duncker, “War memorial project reaches halfway point”, in Bury Times, Bury, Greater Manchester, page 47, column 1. From the entry cycleathon
  • The gleam of Manhattan's moneyscapes – the lavish fundraising banquets, the mansions, the clothes – have an Arabian Nights allure.2010 September 23, Peter Rainer, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: movie review”, in The Christian Science Monitor. From the entry moneyscape
  • Niamh and Hannah organised various fundraising events in the school on Cancer Awareness day such as a cycle-athon, staff coffee morning and bake sale.2019 March 27, “School noticeboard: Earlston High School”, in Border Telegraph, Galashiels, Scottish Borders, page 30, column 1. From the entry cycle-athon
  • So-So, tonight, tonight, let’s look at where that time actually goes, and let’s begin with the most obvious form of fundraising: fundraisers.2016 April 3, “Congressional Fundraising”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), via HBO. From the entry party
  • So how about taking the plunge in the Firth of Forth as a "loony dooker" for fundraising fun in a more northern setting?2013 December 4, Kate Townshend, “Cold turkey: top 10 Christmas swims in the UK”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London…. From the entry loony dooker
  • Ignatieff's predecessor, Stéphane Dion, was a hard sell on the fundraising circuit, but so far, the new leader has proven to be a draw.2009 March 24, Jane Taber, “Liberals fill coffers with pay-per-schmooze”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 24 Mar 2009. From the entry hard sell
  • Actually by membership contributions which are not adequate, by fundraising activities, by friendly local organizations, and hopefully by grantspersonship which has not yet materialized.1981 April 18, Jim Kepner, “A Look at the National Gay Archives”, in Gay Community News, page 9. From the entry grantspersonship
  • In contrast, she said, women join sisterhoods and do volunteer work for Jewish fundraising organizations that are run and dominated by men.1975 April 21, Eleanor Blau, “Feminists Decry the Role Of Women in Jewish Life”, in The New York Times. From the entry sisterhood
  • Or, to mangle a bank fundraising deck into meme-speak: SVB Financial’s “We have excellent capital and funding!” T-shirt has people asking lot of questions already answered by its shirt.2023 March 9, Alexandra Scaggs, “Silicon Valley Tank(s)”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry meme-speak
  • I quickly scanned through the list: cleaning and maintaining the studio, rehearsals and recital, and the fundraising options — parents' night out, dance-a-thon, and a mommy-and-me spa day.2020, Lea Coll, Take a Chance on Me. From the entry mommy-and-me
  • After officially entering the Democratic primary last month, Biden smashed records with a $6.3 million first-day fundraising haul and has led the crowded pack in recent polls.2019 May 17, Antonia Noori Farzan, “The Onion turned Joe Biden into a lovable meme. Now one writer is apologizing.”, in Washington Post. From the entry Uncle Joe

Meaning of fundraising

  1. noun The process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses.
  2. adjective Relating to raising money (funds), particularly for charities.

Full definition of fundraising

Questions about fundraising in a sentence

How do you use fundraising in a sentence?
Fundraising is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “My mom pimped me out, for my fundraising skills, to the United Way for a fundraiser.”
What is a short sentence with fundraising?
“His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.”
What does fundraising mean?
Fundraising means the process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fundraising (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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