# fundraising

Pronunciation: say "FUND-ray-zing" /ˈfʌndˌɹeɪzɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The process of collecting money by asking individuals and businesses for donations.
   - Simple: Asking people and companies for money to support a cause or group.
   - _The campaign's fundraising brought in over two million dollars in three months._
   - _Many nonprofits rely on fundraising to cover costs that grants don't reach._

## Adjective

2. Involving efforts to collect money for an organization or cause, especially a charity.
   - Simple: Having to do with collecting money for a group or cause.
   - _The museum's fundraising committee meets quarterly to plan donor outreach._
   - _Volunteers launched a fundraising drive after the flood damaged the community center._

## Origin

Formed by combining "fund" and "raising".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fundraising (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).