FUNDRAISING

The required band operational expense and PISD funding do not cover all of Clark Band’s necessary expenses, so, fundraising through the booster club is necessary. The band boosters hold numerous fundraising events throughout the year. Those events include the Pasta Concerto and Silent Auction, Restaurant Nights, Tamale Sales, a “Write-a-Check” campaign and more. To meet the needs of the band and keep costs like the band operational expense and trip fees as low as possible, the boosters must raise money. Your support in fundraising is critical.

To meet the band’s needs, the boosters must raise $50,000+ in a typical year.

All fundraisers will serve to benefit each student equally. IRS rules and PISD policy prohibit “individual fundraising accounts” wherein students can earn a “benefit” of reducing their individual costs through fundraising.  When that benefit is credited to only those individuals who participate in fundraising (and not to every student equally), that violates the rules of being a non-profit organization, which is a designation the booster club holds.  Instead, the IRS and PISD dictate that any raised funds must benefit the band as a whole to reach each student equally. 

So how, then, can a family reduce their costs through fundraising? Meeting the financial needs of the band through fundraising will reduce the obligation to meet it through other means such as student fees.  When you increase one piece of the pie, another piece can get smaller. So, the more funds we raise as a band, the lower our individual “per student” fees and costs will become. Fundraising participation will be critical.