On this note, I know of a club that requires raffle ticket sales and will apply whatever tickets are sold to next years dues. Purchasing raffle tickets is a tax deduction, whereas paying Club dues for your child is not. A few parents have been known to purchase the equivalent of next year's dues in raffle tickets, which represents the equivalent of a 20 - 30% discount when they apply their tax deduction.
Why do clubs need fundraisers?
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On this note, I know of a club that requires raffle ticket sales and will apply whatever tickets are sold to next years dues. Purchasing raffle tickets is a tax deduction, whereas paying Club dues for your child is not. A few parents have been known to purchase the equivalent of next year's dues in raffle tickets, which represents the equivalent of a 20 - 30% discount when they apply their tax deduction.
Thank you!
Not the clubs I have seen. Maybe you just need to look for a better one.
That will get you the IRS 990 forms. To get a better picture, you should look into the club a little harder, in their bylaws or constitution, and how they actually conduct business. Key points - how do they select their Directors? Who is eligible to vote on club business? When was the last independent audit performed? How often do the Directors meet? Are the meetings open to the public? To voting members?
The California Secretary of State supposedly has a lot of this information for non-profits chartered in California.
coachrefparent
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Or, just find a club you and your kids like, that seems to offer a fair price and overall experience for your child's needs, doesn't do fundraisers if you don't like them, etc., and have fun watching them play soccer.
Seems like a better plan for a better life than threatening your kids' club with lawsuits over the language of the "contract", bitching about fundraisers, and just overall always being a stressed-out, confrontational, and all around pain in the a$$.
Seems like a better plan for a better life than threatening your kids' club with lawsuits over the language of the "contract", bitching about fundraisers, and just overall always being a stressed-out, confrontational, and all around pain in the a$$.
Just looked at the player agreement. The golf balls are included in the agreement, but there is nothing else with regard to additional funds needing to be raised.
I'm just hoping someone on the team owns a business they are willing to put up on a teebox and that some of the parents like to play golf and this becomes a non-issue.
Overlap
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when the club fees went through the roof, started 2 years ago and now it's catching up in a big way...
zebrafish
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I think you should.
The DOC in my club makes over 200K/yr in salary. It goes well beyond *need*. The golf "fundraiser" is another fleecing of parents to make people on both sides of that deal (golf club, soccer club) more money. I'd imagine the DOC gets a few free rounds in return for doing it at the golf course in question. The golf club rakes in a bunch of fees. The soccer club rakes in a bunch of money.
Then the club can tell prospective parents that the club's annual fee is lower than the actual cost in order to compete with the club down the street for that parent's check.
Thank you!