We’ve now done our Things 4 Good Candle Fundraiser for five years. With the amazing support of this community we have raised $31,787 for non-profits! Thank you so much. This year was an incredible jump from last year selling 321 candles! ❤️

A bar graph displays the annual fundraising totals for Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser from 2021 to 2025, showing a gradual increase each year, reaching $9,048 in 2025.

Last year we did the first day of the sale at Mount Olivet Holiday Boutique and that resulted in a lot of new people finding our candles — and a lot of transactions. This year we returned to our at home model but still saw a lot of people participating in the fundraiser with 73 unique transactions!

A bar chart displays the number of Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser transactions by year from 2021 to 2025, showing a steady increase.

I also noticed this year that I felt like the distribution of funds between the non-profits seemed much tighter than usual. I went back and did the math and sure enough it was. The “range” between the four non-profits was only 2.4%, less than any previous year.

A bar chart displays the variance in distribution for the Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser from 2021 to 2025, showing a decreasing trend from 17.7% in 2021 to 2.4% in 2025.

Here is another look at this data. In a completely even distribution each non-profit would get 25%. Here we look at the percent over-achievement of the highest performing organization and the percent under-achievement of the lowest. The first year had the highest range ever.

A line graph shows the variance to the mean for the Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser from 2021 to 2025.

This event has become a treasured tradition for our family and I think it has for some of the folks that come as well. Sign up to our family mailing list and check “Candle Fundraiser” to be notified of future sales.

See Four Year Impact.