Hi Emily and all! In the past, Atlanta has done silent auctions and even last year did a thing where people could bid on a dance being made especially for them. The callers at our dance weekend basically made up a dance with the winners' guidance! It was great, and I think we raised like $1k. We also experimented with selling popsicles from a local distributor at our dance weekend, but 40 degree weather didn't really help out that cause...
We also have an on-going "Sponsor a Dance" program where for $150 you can sponsor one of our weekly dances. It's announced, there's cake, the caller lifts you onto their shoulder to gaze upon the dance during a square... okay maybe not that last bit... but it's great. We push it as a way to celebrate our dance, celebrate a birthday, celebrate a special occasion (someone donated $500 one night to celebrate I believe her 30th year dancing), etc. Costco cakes are huge/cheap, so it's really a great excuse for cake at a dance without costing much. Putting my treasurer hat on, I think one good area of concern would be tax implications for various fundraising activities. The other day, I was looking at distinctions between 501(c)(3) and (c)(7), and it lead me down a bit of a rabbit hole about what constitutes tax exempt activities. Does CDSS have good vetted guidance on what 501(c)(3) organizations can do in regard to fundraising that falls under tax exempt activities? I assume most contra clubs wouldn't clear the revenue bar for actually needing to worry about it, though, but I have become curious. Best, Jonathan Roveto Owner/Member Fair Oaks Holdings, LLC Cell: (470) 632-2523 PO Box 131 Smyrna, GA 30081 On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 11:24 AM Emily Addison via Organizers < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi fellow shared weight organizers :) > > Wearing my CDSS hat, I'm wondering ----> Does your dance have sources of > revenue BEYOND the door entry price??? > > A few great ideas were shared at the October CDSS Executive community > meeting in Toronto and we're looking for more! Do you have successful > experience with: > > - sponsorships (individual/company/other) > - grants > - donations (collected at the dance OR one-off/ongoing donor programs) > - other fundraising (e.g., pie/cake sales anyone?) > - membership > - merch … that make money? > - special events … that make money? > - other? > > I'm pulling together a curated collection of success stories on this > subject for CDSS that will then be shared back out early in the new year. I > would love to hear your ideas and if you know of someone I should talk to > about this, please let me know. > > Thanks! > Emily > PS - I asked shared weight about posters/flyers last month and so wanted > to update you that that collection will be available in January. I'm just > waiting on a few more contributions. > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/organizers-sharedweight.net >
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