[Organizers] Organizers Digest, Vol 44, Issue 6
Katie Olmstead
kdolmstead at aol.com
Wed Dec 5 05:30:30 PST 2018
A small thing we do, but it adds up (in cash and good community), is once a month, during one of the dances I regularly run (Experienced Contras in Greenfield MA) is a Contra Clothing Exchange. I offer barter (bring two, take one) or buy ($5 for tops or bottoms and $10 for dresses) OR have nights where I just say "Pay whatever you want!" The proceeds go to Friends of the Greenfield Dance. I am one of those people who has been dancing forever and like to pass on oldies but goodies, and then get something new-to-me. It is super fun to see my old clothes dancing around on the floor in a new body. It isn't exactly a revenue stream. It has probably brought in a couple hundred dollars over the last 2 or 3 years, but it good community, fun, and hey, it's something.
Katie Olmstead
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Ideas for revenue BEYOND the door entry price (Winston,
Alan P.) (Lisa Marie Lunt)
2. Re: Ideas for revenue BEYOND the door entry price (Winston,
Alan P.) (Terri Widergren)
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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:25:19 -0500
From: Lisa Marie Lunt <lisalunt at gmail.com>
Cc: organizers at lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Organizers] Ideas for revenue BEYOND the door entry
price (Winston, Alan P.)
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The Rehoboth, MA Contra uses the Amazon Smile prgram. I'm pretty sure you
need to have a 501(c)3 (a legal, non-profit designation in the U.S.) in
order to do this. You have to make sure that you have the Smile program
turned on or logged in when you make orders in order to do this.
There is also the Facebook 1:1 match on Giving Tuesday (the Tues after U.S.
Thanksgiving). I don't know what the details are, but again, non-profit
status is required, and because the match is limited, people need to be
logged in and ready to donate exactly when the clock turns to the
designated match time.
On Tue, Dec 4, 2018, 4:46 PM Terri Widergren via Organizers <
organizers at lists.sharedweight.net wrote:
> This is in response to Emily's question,
>
> We are fledging contra dance group in Tri-Cites, WA. This was our first
> year bringing contra back after a 5 year hiatus for lack of volunteers. We
> are a fairly inexperienced group and coordinating the dances, but we're
> committed!
>
> We do one contra dance a month, and have a raffle with items we've had
> donated by local businesses It does not bring in much revenue, but we only
> average about 24-28 in attendance. Depending on the item, we make between
> $20-40. We do have to have a license with our State's gambling commission
> which has its own cost and labor involved. We will decide mid-year when
> our license has to be renewed if its worth the effort and expense.
>
> Thanks,
> Terri
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:24 PM Claire Takemori via Organizers <
> organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Alan,
>> Actually Amweek last year applied for a CDSS grant to help us cover
>> scholarships and the change in registration pricing for last year.
>> We went from $700/person to a sliding scale and we were not sure that we
>> would get enough full & over-paying folks to cover the lower-income folks
>> and scholarships.
>> We were able to use the funds to bring in a new to the scene band that
>> has grown in leaps and bounds over the past year & half and will be the
>> band for our NY Eve dance this year.
>>
>> Claire Takemori (also BACDS dancer, caller, organizer, cat herder)
>>
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>> 1. Re: Ideas for revenue BEYOND the door entry price
>> (Winston, Alan P.)
>>
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>> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 20:17:53 +0000
>> From: "Winston, Alan P." <winston at slac.stanford.edu>
>> To: "organizers at lists.sharedweight.net"
>> <organizers at lists.sharedweight.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Organizers] Ideas for revenue BEYOND the door entry
>> price
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>> Bay Area Country Dance Society:
>>
>> - Offers various levels of membership with no additional perks beyond the
>> entry-level (and that perk is a $2 discount on admission to regular dances,
>> but given that we also have a "pay what you can" option at those dances you
>> don't really save any money on buying a membership).
>>
>> - On the membership form there's also an opportunity to donate for
>> targeted funds, eg youth scholarships, need-based scholarships. (Youth
>> scholarship money then goes to get under-30 people to our camps and
>> weekends, in hopes of encouraging a new generation of contra and English
>> dancers.)
>>
>> - As a 501c3 gifts are tax-deductible, and we've occasionally been given
>> something and had an employer match it. We don't have a development
>> division and we don't solicit donations or being named in wills, but
>> sometimes people give us money anyway.
>>
>> - We're working on implementation, but people have tried to give us
>> money through Amazon Smile (where a percentage of your purchases goes to
>> your designated nonprofit recipient if they provide Amazon with routing
>> numbers, etc) and we think we're going to do that. (I personally feel
>> awkward soliciting people to give our dance organization money through a
>> specific mechanism that could be benefiting organizations that save lives.)
>>
>> - We hold three dance weeks (American Week, English Week / Hey Days,
>> Family Week), one contra weekend (Balance the Bay), one English Weekend
>> (Fall Frolick). The camps and the English Weekend all have auctions which
>> often include items like dance/tune compositions, services (accordion
>> serenade), crafts, and camper-made jams, etc. The camps don't always make
>> money but the auctions make it likelier that they will, and when they do
>> make money it's usually enough to offset losses in other areas of the
>> organization. (When a week-long residential camp tanks badly, it loses a
>> lot of money. A non-residential weekend where food isn't provided has
>> fixed costs (staff, sound, staff travel, rent) which put a cap on how much
>> you can lose and have potentially large upside once the fixed costs are
>> covered.)
>>
>> - We sponsor a number of performance teams. Many cover their expenses
>> via member dues and busking. Mayfield Morris, when it was active,
>> collected no dues but spent a lot of energy on various fundraisers which
>> enabled even less-flush team members to participate in team trips to
>> distant morris ales, England, etc. The team ran an annual garage sale and
>> a series of afternoon teas with entertainment.
>>
>> We've never applied for a grant as far as I know.
>>
>> Queer Contra would count the door money before the end of the evening and
>> if they weren't making rent or couldn't pay the band well enough they'd
>> have an announcement about the shortfall and pass the hat for more
>> contributions, which worked out satisfactorily as far as I know.
>>
>> -- Alan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/4/18 8:25 AM, Emily Addison via Organizers 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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Subject: Re: [Organizers] Ideas for revenue BEYOND the door entry
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Also, we did pursue sponsorships, with the idea we would find businesses
to sponsor $150 for a month annually. No success. We've had a couple of
businesses willing to sponsor a month and it's been helpful. Our biggest
issue is the lack of volunteers and time to ask. With the sponsorship we
included opportunity to advertise through our email and newsletter and at
the dance. We also provided 4 free dance tickets.
Look forward to hearing from others who have had success in other ways.
Terri
On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:45 PM Terri Widergren <twidgal at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is in response to Emily's question,
>
> We are fledging contra dance group in Tri-Cites, WA. This was our first
> year bringing contra back after a 5 year hiatus for lack of volunteers. We
> are a fairly inexperienced group and coordinating the dances, but we're
> committed!
>
> We do one contra dance a month, and have a raffle with items we've had
> donated by local businesses It does not bring in much revenue, but we only
> average about 24-28 in attendance. Depending on the item, we make between
> $20-40. We do have to have a license with our State's gambling commission
> which has its own cost and labor involved. We will decide mid-year when
> our license has to be renewed if its worth the effort and expense.
>
> Thanks,
> Terri
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:24 PM Claire Takemori via Organizers <
> organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Alan,
>> Actually Amweek last year applied for a CDSS grant to help us cover
>> scholarships and the change in registration pricing for last year.
>> We went from $700/person to a sliding scale and we were not sure that we
>> would get enough full & over-paying folks to cover the lower-income folks
>> and scholarships.
>> We were able to use the funds to bring in a new to the scene band that
>> has grown in leaps and bounds over the past year & half and will be the
>> band for our NY Eve dance this year.
>>
>> Claire Takemori (also BACDS dancer, caller, organizer, cat herder)
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2018, at 1:11 PM, organizers-request at lists.sharedweight.net
>> wrote:
>>
>> Send Organizers mailing list submissions to
>> organizers at lists.sharedweight.net
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>> organizers-request at lists.sharedweight.net
>>
>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>> organizers-owner at lists.sharedweight.net
>>
>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>> than "Re: Contents of Organizers digest..."
>>
>>
>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. Re: Ideas for revenue BEYOND the door entry price
>> (Winston, Alan P.)
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 20:17:53 +0000
>> From: "Winston, Alan P." <winston at slac.stanford.edu>
>> To: "organizers at lists.sharedweight.net"
>> <organizers at lists.sharedweight.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Organizers] Ideas for revenue BEYOND the door entry
>> price
>> Message-ID: <1fe10a73-16b7-4643-f29a-068300982101 at slac.stanford.edu>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>
>> Bay Area Country Dance Society:
>>
>> - Offers various levels of membership with no additional perks beyond the
>> entry-level (and that perk is a $2 discount on admission to regular dances,
>> but given that we also have a "pay what you can" option at those dances you
>> don't really save any money on buying a membership).
>>
>> - On the membership form there's also an opportunity to donate for
>> targeted funds, eg youth scholarships, need-based scholarships. (Youth
>> scholarship money then goes to get under-30 people to our camps and
>> weekends, in hopes of encouraging a new generation of contra and English
>> dancers.)
>>
>> - As a 501c3 gifts are tax-deductible, and we've occasionally been given
>> something and had an employer match it. We don't have a development
>> division and we don't solicit donations or being named in wills, but
>> sometimes people give us money anyway.
>>
>> - We're working on implementation, but people have tried to give us
>> money through Amazon Smile (where a percentage of your purchases goes to
>> your designated nonprofit recipient if they provide Amazon with routing
>> numbers, etc) and we think we're going to do that. (I personally feel
>> awkward soliciting people to give our dance organization money through a
>> specific mechanism that could be benefiting organizations that save lives.)
>>
>> - We hold three dance weeks (American Week, English Week / Hey Days,
>> Family Week), one contra weekend (Balance the Bay), one English Weekend
>> (Fall Frolick). The camps and the English Weekend all have auctions which
>> often include items like dance/tune compositions, services (accordion
>> serenade), crafts, and camper-made jams, etc. The camps don't always make
>> money but the auctions make it likelier that they will, and when they do
>> make money it's usually enough to offset losses in other areas of the
>> organization. (When a week-long residential camp tanks badly, it loses a
>> lot of money. A non-residential weekend where food isn't provided has
>> fixed costs (staff, sound, staff travel, rent) which put a cap on how much
>> you can lose and have potentially large upside once the fixed costs are
>> covered.)
>>
>> - We sponsor a number of performance teams. Many cover their expenses
>> via member dues and busking. Mayfield Morris, when it was active,
>> collected no dues but spent a lot of energy on various fundraisers which
>> enabled even less-flush team members to participate in team trips to
>> distant morris ales, England, etc. The team ran an annual garage sale and
>> a series of afternoon teas with entertainment.
>>
>> We've never applied for a grant as far as I know.
>>
>> Queer Contra would count the door money before the end of the evening and
>> if they weren't making rent or couldn't pay the band well enough they'd
>> have an announcement about the shortfall and pass the hat for more
>> contributions, which worked out satisfactorily as far as I know.
>>
>> -- Alan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/4/18 8:25 AM, Emily Addison via Organizers 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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