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  1. Recruit help. Encourage your friends, family members, professors, etc. to get involved in this important fundraising effort. Get them involved by assigning specific jobs and goals.

  2. Let IJM Know. Email  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  to let IJM know that you are planning to do a fundraiser. We want to pray for you and provide any resources and guidance you may need to be successful.

  3. Determine your potential. Think about your friends and family members. Think about your campus ministry. Think about your community and local businesses. If they all felt as passionately as you do about helping these victims of oppression, what could they give? How could they help? What if everyone at your church or student ministry gave $1? What if they gave $5? What if they gave $10?

  4. Establish aggressive goals. Based upon your potential, set some aggressive goals for the number of victims you can help rescue. For example, it costs an average of $500 to help rescue a victim of slavery and an average of $1,000 to help free a girl from forced prostitution. If you would like to help free two children from slavery and help rescue one girl from forced prostitution, you would raise $2,000. Some larger groups may set aggressive goals of raising $10,000, $20,000 or even $100,000. Just think of how many victims that could help rescue.

  5. Develop a plan. Working with those you recruited to help, develop a plan for reaching your goal as quickly as possible. You might consider the following:
    a) Giving a gift. Our experience shows that it is much easier to ask other people for gifts of financial support when you have given a gift as well. Think about what moves you and motivates you to give, and communicate that to those you are asking to give.

    b) Raising money from your friends and family members by asking them to give a gift to support your efforts. You should ask for a certain amount (i.e. give up a movie - $9 – to help free a child from slavery) to help you reach your goal.

    c) Giving a talk about injustice and collecting a special offering at your campus ministry service or Bible study groups.

    d) Conducting a special event such as the Loose Change to Loosen Chains campaign, Run for Justice or hosting Justice Week on your campus.

  6. Communicate. You know God is passionate about justice and He is calling us to embrace this passion and help His people. You have also heard the stories of many victims of oppression in our world. Clearly communicate these messages as you work to raise support so people can understand the need, the call and how their dollars will be invested to make a difference in our world for God’s kingdom.

  7. Implement your plan. Make sure that you actually implement and follow your plan with a focus on specific goals, results and timelines.

  8. Celebrate your successes. Without your efforts, IJM would not be able to actually go and do the work of justice. Take some time along the way to celebrate what God has done through you. Because of your partnership, children will no longer toil for endless hours, weeks, months and years in slavery and they will no longer be raped in prisons of abuse and terror. Share the joy of what your gifts and efforts will accomplish.

  9. Send your gifts to IJM. Send your gifts to PO Box 58147, Washington, DC 20037. You should make your check payable to International Justice Mission and indicate that this money was raised through your Campus Chapter. Include a note and pictures telling us your group’s story. Knowing that students are putting forth the time and effort to support the work of justice encourages IJM staff around the world.

  10. Share your successes with others. Please contact Cheryl Noble, student ministries program manager at IJM at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and tell us what your chapter is doing so that we can share your good news with others. You can share your activities, events and results as others will learn from what you did and may be able to do something similar within their Campus Chapter.

  11. Communicate with IJM. IJM is committed to keeping you updated about what your dollars are doing and the results of your investment. We will post stories, pictures and updates about the lives that you have touched and the children that have been rescued as a result of your support. Share these with others so they can “meet” those that have been helped and share the joy of seeking justice and rescuing the oppressed.
 
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