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What’s interesting about the basis boosters club is that they raise $50,000 to $70,000 per year from parents but never provide any reporting on what they do with the money.

Since you are knowledgeable about what people would like to see, volunteer to help.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS charged a LOT for everything. The 5th grade dance was $35. Every “fun” thing the kid might want to participate in (trick or treat with teachers at school etc)… $20. The 5th grade trip… hundreds of dollars. [/quote]

Then it does sounds like the school nickels and dimes you as someone upthread says.[/quote]

Know that if your kid goes to BASIS, you should budget at least a thousand per year for field trips, clubs, sports, parties, donations. This does not include aftercare. Would be nice if school shared costs by grade.[/quote]

Not our experience.[/quote]

How much are you giving to ATF and Boosters?[/quote][/quote]

Weird, since as a 501c3 nonprofit they file a 990 every year as required by the IRS. The 990, as you may know, shows the details of every dime of expenditures.[/quote]

True, but it doesn't name the specific items. It's more high level so you don't know how much went to staff holiday party vs picnic [/quote]

Right, 990's don't show the "details of every dime of expenditures". They only report spending in broad categories. There's no way to connect specific fundraising activities to particular expenses.[/quote][/quote]

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