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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A very misleading amount as I know for certain the PTA did not raise half, a third, a fourth that amount! This exorbitant amount includes the budget for enrichment and after school care operations. The actual money raised by PTA is way less tha $1.4million.[/quote]

CAP's source for the Janney fundraising data is the Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax. So if it wasn't $1.39M, then Janney PTA lied on its tax return. [/quote]

The number includes the gross collected for aftercare and other after school programs that parents pay for which are organized by the PTA.

They didnt lie, rather the way the number is presented was intentionally misleading.[/quote]

If Janney parents donated the money so the school could offer after-school, it's still fundraising. Without the money, there would be no after-school program (or at least not a program open to all students, or until 6pm, etc.) The money is used to operate, or at least heavily supplement, the after-school program. Why wouldn't it be counted as fundraising?

You may think that "fundraising" should only be considered the discretionary money that the PTA uses on "fun things" like field trips, but that's not how fundraising (or how tax-exempt organizations' financial reporting) works. [/quote]

I pay for aftercare. Its a service received like babysitting. It is not counted as a donation. I do not take a tax deduction for it.

Other schools have an outside program run aftercare. The parents get the same service, but it is accounted for differently because it is not coordinated by the pta. My kids are not getting any additional benefits because it is organized by the pta..[/quote]

You're describing a cost-neutral program. But the money taken in from parents by the PTA is still fundraising by the PTA. That is why it is reported as such on their tax forms. If you don't like how it's being perceived, then you should advocate to pay the provider directly in the future so as to not hit the Janney PTA books. [/quote]

I dont care how its accounted for. Its just unfortunate that ignorant reporters and posters use the numbers to imply that the Janney kids are getting more than kids at schools with an outside aftercare.[/quote]

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