Store marketingHow to Promote a School Spirit Wear Store So It Actually SellsA store nobody is reminded about sells almost nothing. Here is the launch sequence, the calendar of legitimate reasons to message families, and the consent rules to get right first.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.
Store marketingHow to Promote a School Spirit Wear Store So It Actually SellsA store nobody is reminded about sells almost nothing. Here is the launch sequence, the calendar of legitimate reasons to message families, and the consent rules to get right first.
Athletic departmentAthletic Department Fundraising When the Budget Gets CutFourteen teams running fourteen fundraisers is not a fundraising strategy. It is fourteen fundraisers competing for the same families. Here is the department-level alternative.
Treasurer & complianceThe Booster Club Treasurer's Guide: Controls, Calendar and the HandoverYou were elected because you came to the meeting. Here is the handover checklist, the six controls that matter, and the one common practice that puts a club's tax exemption at risk.
Treasurer & complianceDo Booster Clubs Have to File Taxes? A Plain Guide to the Annual ReturnTax-exempt and filing-exempt are different things. Here is which return your club owes, when, and what actually happens if it has been missed.
Treasurer & complianceSales Tax on Spirit Wear and Fundraiser MerchandiseFederal tax exemption says nothing about sales tax. Here is why the two are unrelated, how the state patterns differ, and the one question to settle before a store launches.
Vendor selectionWho Owns Your School's Logo? Permission Before You PrintThe approval nobody asks for until the shirts are printed. Who actually owns the mark, why the district and not the school is usually the answer, and the borrowed-logo problem that gets stores shut down.
Fundraising ideasPTO or Booster Club? Who Should Run the Spirit Wear StoreTwo groups at one school, both able to sell spirit wear, and one store worth more than two. How to decide who holds it, and what happens to the money either way.
Store marketingWhen to Launch a Spirit Wear Store: A Season CalendarMost stores are built when the volunteer had time, not when families were going to buy. Here is the order the year actually happens in, and what to send when.
Treasurer & complianceDoes a Booster Club Need to Be a 501(c)(3)?There is no law saying a booster club must be a 501(c)(3). There are several practical reasons most end up as one anyway — and a few situations where it is genuinely not worth the paperwork.
Treasurer & complianceAre Booster Clubs Tax Exempt? What the Status Does Not CoverTax exempt does not mean exempt from tax. It means exempt from one specific tax, and the ones it leaves behind are the ones that catch clubs out.
Starting a clubHow to Start a Booster Club: The Steps in OrderMost guides list the steps. The order is what matters, because three of them depend on the one before and doing them out of sequence means redoing them.
Starting a clubBooster Club Bylaws: What They Actually Need to SayMost booster club bylaws are copied from another club and never read again. The clauses that matter are the ones nobody thinks about until the disagreement has already started.Enough reading. What would your club raise?
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