Treasurer & complianceIndividual Fundraising Accounts: Why Booster Clubs Keep Getting This WrongIt feels like the fairest system in the world: you sell, you get the credit. It is also the practice most likely to cost a booster club its tax-exempt status. Here is the reasoning, and the alternative.Fundraising, spirit wear and the paperwork nobody explains
Practical guides for booster clubs, athletic directors and treasurers: fundraising, spirit wear stores, and the compliance nobody explains.
Treasurer & complianceIndividual Fundraising Accounts: Why Booster Clubs Keep Getting This WrongIt feels like the fairest system in the world: you sell, you get the credit. It is also the practice most likely to cost a booster club its tax-exempt status. Here is the reasoning, and the alternative.
Store marketingYour Spirit Wear Store Is Not Selling. Here Is Why.Almost every underperforming school store fails in the same few ways, and none of them are that families do not want the hoodie. A diagnosis in the order worth checking.
Spirit wear fundraisingOnline Team Stores for Youth Sports LeaguesA league is not a school: no district approval, more teams, higher turnover and parents who already pay fees. What an online store has to do differently to work.
Treasurer & complianceBooster Club Insurance: What Your District Will Actually Ask ForMost clubs discover the insurance requirement about a week before an event, when somebody asks for a certificate. Here is what is being asked for, why, and how to have it ready.
Spirit wear fundraisingHow Much Does a Spirit Wear Fundraiser Actually Make?The honest answer is that it depends on three numbers, and only one of them is the percentage. Here is how to work out yours before anyone opens a store.
Fundraising ideasSchool Fundraiser Comparison: Return per Volunteer HourMost fundraiser lists rank by how much money they raise. That is the wrong axis for a club whose actual constraint is how many people will help.
Vendor selectionPrinting Your Own Spirit Wear vs Using a VendorOn paper, buying blank hoodies and printing them yourself keeps the whole margin. The question nobody asks first is what happens to the forty you did not sell.
Spirit wear fundraisingHow a Spirit Wear Fundraiser Actually WorksTwo different things get called a spirit wear fundraiser, and they carry completely different risk. Here is what each one actually involves, and how the money is worked out.
Fundraising ideasBooster Club Fundraising Ideas, Ranked by What They Cost Your VolunteersMost fundraising lists rank ideas by how much they raise. That is the wrong axis. Here is the same set of ideas scored on the resource you are actually short of: people.
Vendor selectionHow to Choose a Spirit Wear Vendor: 18 Questions to Ask FirstVendor quotes in this category are almost impossible to compare, because everyone describes their percentage differently. These are the questions that make them comparable.
Vendor selectionOnline Team Store vs Bulk Spirit Wear Order: Which One Your Club Should RunA bulk order shows a bigger margin on paper. The comparison only works if you also price the sizes you never sell, the hours spent sorting, and the cash the club fronts.
Spirit wear fundraisingWhat Actually Sells in a School Spirit Wear StoreMost underperforming spirit wear stores have too many products, not too few. Here is how to build a tight range around the people who are actually buying.Enough reading. What would your club raise?
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