Charity Fundraising

In most countries, house raffles, sweepstakes and lotteries are the preserve of registered charities for fundraising purposes. Charitable organisations can play a key role in helping homeowners raffle their property. This section features all news related to non-profit charity fundraising.

Win a holiday home and BMW in Australia with RSL

RSL Art Union Draw 274 kicked off recently on the back of yet another successful property raffle.

3.6 Mio Dollar RSL Golden Treasure opens 31 March!

RSL Art Union are gearing up for their biggest win a house raffle of the year, the AUD 3.6 million (£2.17 million) Golden Treasure. Draw 275 promises to be the highlight of the year, with an entire...

Winner of A Piece of NZ home raffle

The Cambridge house raffle organised by pastor Murray Smith and his wife Michelle was won by Warwick Hutchinson from Auckland. He picks up a 5 bedroom home overlooking Lake Karapiro in New Zealand's beautiful Waipa...

Cambridge NZ house raffle a success!

Murray and Michelle Smith set out to raffle off their NZ$1 million home to raise funds to build a new church and community centre in Cambridge, New Zealand. The house raffle, which closed on 31...

New Zealand couple raffle off their home for charity

You could win a million dollar home in Cambridge, New Zealand for as little as NZ$25 (£10). Local pastor Murray Smith and his wife Michelle have decided to raffle off their house to help provide funds to build a new...

Raffle to win a resort in Vanuatu South Pacific

We've featured house competitions and raffles from around the world, but this has to be one of the most exotic property raffles to date. You could win a stunning prime waterfront property on the tropical island of...

Win a home for Christmas

This year there are lots of property raffles closing in time for Christmas. As the end of the year approaches, there is still time to enter for a chance of unwrapping the ultimate present - a dream holiday home. Here is a selection of...

Win a Seaside beach home in Florida

You could win a home for $50 in the Seaside Raffle in Florida, worth $1.5 million (£930,000). The Beach Home Raffle has been set up in support of The Boys & Girls Club, a non-profit organisation...

RSL house raffle 270 ends tomorrow

RSL Art Union regularly give away luxury homes on Australia's sunny Gold Coast to help raise funds for the Queensland charity. Draw 270 features a modern 2-storey waterfront home with 4 bedrooms,...

Northwest Indiana House Raffle winner given choice of 4 homes

Northwest Indiana House Raffle closed a few days ago, offering players a chance of winning 1 of 4 properties locally, and a 1 in 52 chance of winning a prize. With each entry costing $150 and a minimum of 3,900 tickets to be sold to...

Win a Surf for Life home in Australia for Christmas

Surf for Life Lotteries give away 7 homes on Australia's Sunshine Coast every year. Lottery 136 offers you the chance of winning "Beau Rivage", a luxury holiday home close to the pristine beaches of...

RSL house raffle 269 ends in 6 days

RSL Art Union give away stunning homes on Australia's Gold Coast every 3 months to help raise funds for the Queensland charity. Draw 269 is no exception, and features a luxury waterfront home, two...

Win a house by supporting Thai Red Cross

This year's Red Cross Fair in Phuket is offering a bigger prize than ever before: a brand new 240 m² home. In previous years, the top prize has always been a car or truck, but this year the Red Cross hopes to raise ...

Win dream Marin house in San Francisco

Every year, Community Action Marin run the very popular Marin Dream House Raffle, giving away luxury properties in San Francisco. This year, the top prize is a large $2 million home (or a $1.6 million...

New RSL house raffle in Australia announced

RSL Art Union is a registered Australian charity that regularly organises house raffles for fundraising, to help support ex-service men and women. Draw 268 ended yesterday and we are awaiting the details of the...

New home raffle in support of San Francisco charity

This year's SF Greater Bay Area Dream Home Raffle is giving away a $2 million house in Tiburon, San Francisco. In return for a $150 raffle ticket, it offers players a 1 in...

San Francisco Dream House Raffle results

The details of this year's San Francisco Dream House Raffle winners results were announced after being drawn on Saturday. Set up to benefit local charity Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the raffle featured a...

Win a luxury duplex apartment with RSL Draw 268

Australian charity RSL Art Union recently completed Draw 267,...

RSL charity Draw 267 ends in 5 days

RSL Art Union is a registered Australian charity that regularly organises house raffles for fundraising, to help support ex-service men and women. Draw 267 offers players a chance of winning not one, but three...

New Mater Prize Home Australian lottery

The Mater Prize Home raffle 223 giving away a beautiful home in tropical Cairns just closed. The good news is that Mater just launched a brand new competition, giving you the chance of winning either a luxury Hope Island hideaway...

RSL Art Union - win 3 apartments in Australia!

The RSL Art Union's 'Win a Lakeside Haven' Draw 266...

18 days to go to win a 690K pound Gold Coast home!

Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL) has been running regular house raffles over the years to help provide a range of welfare services in Australia. By regularly giving away newly-built homes on Austrlia's sunkissed Gold...

RSL Art Union - stunning Emerald lakeside house to be won!

The highly popular RSL Art Union's 'Win a Golden Treasure' Draw 265 will be carried out on 20 May to pick the winner of an impressive block of apartments worth £1.7 million. In the meantime, RSL have launched a brand new ...

Mater win a house raffle winner announced!

The Mater Prize Home raffle just gave away a stunning $1.2 million (£515,000) waterfront home on the Gold Coast. For those of you that entered house raffle Draw 222, the lucky winner is the holder of ticket 547985 from Jindalee,...

19 days to go to win a 1.7 million pound Gold Coast apartment complex!

Set up in 1956 to help provide welfare services to ex-service men and women in Australia, the Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL) has been running regular house raffles over the years. Focusing on giving away...

Last day to win a 1.2m dollar home in Australia's Gold Coast!

Today is your final chance to win a stunning waterfront home worth $1.2m (around £515,000) in Australia's sunny Gold Coast, thanks to Mater Prize Home, a regular charity raffle set up by the Mater...

Only 12 days to go to win 515K pound home in Australia!

The Mater Foundation is a charitable organisation committed to providing compassionate health care to people living in Queensland, Australia. Run by the Foundation, Mater Prize Home has been running successful...

Introducing the Win a House Competitions Directory

We are pleased to finally introduce our new Property Competitions Directory. Given the difficulties encountered by a number of house competition organisers over the last few months, we have built this great tool to help them promote...

Mississippi doctor wins home raffle

After regularly donating to local charity United Way of Southeast Mississippi, 38-year old Hattiesburg doctor Charles Griffith decided to buy a $100 ticket for the organization's seventh annual "Home Sweet Home...

Australian charity property sweepstakes

While charity sweepstakes giving away properties are commonplace in the U.S., we also regularly come across similar lotteries being run successfully in other countries. In Australia, charity real estate lotteries...

Charity helps US homeowner raffle property on her behalf

The idea of raffling your home as an alternative to selling it in the open market is attracting lots of attention from homeowners around the world. Depending on the local jurisdiction however, a pure house raffle may not be permissible unless it is...

Costs of running a win a house competition vs. selling your property

After years of unprecedented growth, experts agree that the