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How to Create Your Crowdrise Page
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Tax ID
Letter of Attestation
Privacy Policy
BIDMC Employees: Emails and Stationery
Team Resources
Team Facebook Group
What are Offline Donations and How Do I Handle Them?
How to Add Offline Donations to Crowdrise?
What Do I Do With Check and Cash Donations?
What Are Matching Gifts?
Where Can I Find Offline Donation Reports?

How to Create Your Crowdrise Page

  1. Visit treadstrong.org
  2. Click the ‘Fundraise for this Campaign’ button (along the right side of the screen)
  3. Sign into your existing Crowdrise account or sign up for a new account
  4. Accept the $7,500 fundraising minimum and enter your credit card information
  5. Build your personal fundraising page!
    a. Upload your photo(s)
    b. Write a compelling “Why I am running” story, make sure to include the fund
    c. Set your fundraising goal for $10,000 (while this is not the minimum, it’s what you should aim for … or more!)
  6. Edit your story and/or photo gallery during the training season as needed. Use first names only if you are sharing other people’s stories and get their permission first.

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Tax ID

    BIDMC is a 501©3 organization, and our tax id number (TIN) is 04-2103881.

Letter of Attestation

    Some businesses require proof that you are fundraising for BIDMC so a template, that you will need to complete, is provided in these instances.
    Download the template letter for Marathon runner attestation here.

Privacy Policy:

HIPPA:
  • Only first names are to be used when telling your story or someone else's story
  • You MUST obtain prior written approval from the person (or family) if telling someone else’s story

BIDMC Employees: Emails and Stationery:

  • Please avoid from using BIDMC e-mail distribution list for solicitations, bcc recipients
  • Stationery only BIDMC staff may print solicitation letters or flyers on BIDMC stationery, this is only in the instance where the BIDMC logo can be used to promote the team. The Team BIDMC treadstrong logo is to be used in all other instances.

Fundraising Tips:

  • Share the URL for your personal fundraising page with potential supporters. Individuals can also visit treadstrong.org and select your profile from the list of team members
  • Ask using multiple channels to spread the word about what you are doing (snail mail, email, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)
  • Ask again and get creative about how you’re doing it. If you’ve already explained your story and your mission, start sending updates about training milestones.
  • It’s not about you! It’s about the amazing program you are supporting. Keep this in mind when you’re hesitant to ask again.
  • Take advantage of all your resources, especially friends and family members who can act as your champions and also fundraise within their own networks on your behalf.
  • Have fun and be creative with your fundraising methods. One past runner baked brownies for anyone who donated more than a certain amount on Mondays. Other runners have approached businesses (restaurants, Spin and Yogo studios, the paint bar) about donating a percent of their proceeds.
Fundraising Incentivies
  • Host a Stella and Dot Jewelry party and receive 20% of the sales. For more information contact Tracy Bass at tracybass22@gmail.com.

  • Host a fundraiser at Uno Pizza that allows up to 20% of all check totals, during the event, to be donated back to BIDMC. Find more information and contact information here.

    • Need a place to host a fundraising event?
    • For more information contact Elizabeth Awtry, Event Coordinator for Loretta’s Last Call, The Lansdowne Pub and Bill’s Bar at at elizabeth@lansdownepubboston.com or by calling (617) 247-1222. Based on availability, they offer space to runners on Monday-Thursday nights or Saturday and Sunday afternoons. They offer light appetizers and raffle prizes as well.

    Team Facebook Group

      Please send the request to join our Facebook group! It’s private, so we’ll need to approve the request. When you are searching for it, the group name is Team BIDMC.

    What are Offline Donations and How do I Handle Them?

      An offline donation is a gift in support of your run that is not made on Crowdrise. These gifts will be processed by the BIDMC Office of Development and included on a weekly report sent to all runners every Friday. It is your responsibility to review this report and enter any new offline donations received so that they may be counted in your total:

      • Checks made payable to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center or BIDMC with “runner’s name / Boston Marathon 2017” in the memo line can be sent to: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Office of Development, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.
      • Cash gifts can be submitted in one of two ways:

          • By mail Please use the cash to purchase a money order or bank check and send to BIDMC using the check instructions above.

          In person Please contact Amy Fisher at ajfisher@bidmc.harvard.edu to schedule a time to meet at either 20 Overland Street or 330 Brookline Avenue in Boston to submit the donations.

      • Please contact Catherine Halpin at chalpin@bidmc.harvard.edu or 617-667-3393 regarding gifts by wire transfers, stock or from a donor advised charitable gift account.

      • Matching gifts are a great way to increase your fundraising total. Be sure to ask if your employer has a matching gift program. Also ask people within your network if their company has a matching gift program.

        All matching gifts will be automatically be applied to the fundraising totals of the same runner the original gift was made to. Matching gifts will appear on the offline donations report once received by BIDMC. Forms provided by the donor’s employer can be mailed to the following address:

        Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
        Office of Development
        330 Brookline Ave (OV)
        Boston, MA 02215

    How to Add Offline Donations to Crowdrise?

    1. Visit treadstrong.org and log into your Crowdrise account
    2. Click the ‘Manage Campaign’ tab
    3. Click ‘Advanced’ on the menu at left and select ‘Offline Donation Manager’ from the options
    4. Enter offline donations using the fields provided, and select ‘Submit’

    Where Can I Find Offline Donation Reports?


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