[Organizers] Ideas for revenue BEYOND the door entry price

[Jonathan Roveto]

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 <
organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> 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.
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