fund-raise

American  

[fuhnd-rayz] / ˈfʌndˌreɪz /

Or fundraise

verb (used with object)

fund-raised, fund-raising

1. to collect by fund-raising.

   The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.

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verb (used without object)

fund-raised, fund-raising

1. to engage in fund-raising.

Etymology

Origin of fund-raise

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

fund-raise fund-raised fund-raising

Mohsen enlists a cleric at the local mosque to help fund-raise, but the results are meager.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

To do so, Gallo said, her organization needs to apply for philanthropic grants and fund-raise heavily to fill in the gaps when county funding falls short.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

Nowadays, fake donation requests also occur with crowdfunding platforms, when people pretend to raise fund-raise informally to exploit the public.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2023

While Mr. Bankman-Fried was scrambling to line up investors, Mr. Miller sent a text to top staff describing the prospect of a fund-raise as “0% likelihood.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2022

“I don’t know, something to help out so that we can have new books or more supplies. We always gotta fund-raise on the basketball team for trips and stuff.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Mr. Johnson had not fund-raised since March, and he said he no longer felt like doing so.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2020

Since then, Pat Russo and Dave Siev, two retired New York City police officers, have fund-raised privately to keep the gym alive.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2020

For years, Ms. Gillibrand has fund-raised for women seeking office through her Off the Sidelines PAC, helping her develop a national network of female donors and a robust list of supporters.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2019

But not all are happy to see their fund-raised dollars go elsewhere – particularly at those schools with large, successful foundations.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2012

Once in Washington, McCarthy networked and fund-raised his way up the food chain, and in four short years became the third-ranking House Republican.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2011

The number of pure defence startups around Munich has doubled to around 60 in recent years, according to the local Chamber of Commerce and Industry, while drone makers have been announcing bumper fund-raising rounds.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Sullivan over a fund-raising ad for the Rev. Martin Luther King that had appeared in the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Mr. Trump has dominated GOP fund-raising since his re-election.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

The closing of fund-raising by the Latin America Reforestation Strategy BTG TIG fund comes as global carbon-trading markets shrunk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

I spent most of my days in the study, e-mailing people around the world, applying for grants, organizing fund-raising events.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini