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Anonymous wrote:Summer team does it but for charity. Normally we raise 3-4 thousand dollars with a team of ~125.

Thank you. Our team is probably a little bit smaller, but this would be an overall club fund fundraiser, not just for the team. I think we would be very happy to make $3-4k.

Fwiw, if the beneficiary was the pool which members already pay a significant amount of dues to instead of a charity I think we would raise significantly less.

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Anonymous wrote:Our summer team does one. We have approximately 175 kids on the team and average around $15,000 raised.

This is our second year and there are a lot of prizes and they recognize the kids who swam the most laps or raised the most money throughout the season, so it is a big deal to the kids.

Besides the registration, the team pays for everything. We don't pay for our banquet, breakfasts, pep rally supplies, etc. So we would rather have a tax deductible contribution then nickel and dime throughout the summer.

Is this for a summer pool? Typically summer pools are classified as social clubs, 501c4 and contributions are not tax deductible.

OP here.
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We have a boosters club to support our swim team. Our high school and summer team both have them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our summer team does one. We have approximately 175 kids on the team and average around $15,000 raised.

This is our second year and there are a lot of prizes and they recognize the kids who swam the most laps or raised the most money throughout the season, so it is a big deal to the kids.

Besides the registration, the team pays for everything. We don't pay for our banquet, breakfasts, pep rally supplies, etc. So we would rather have a tax deductible contribution then nickel and dime throughout the summer.

Is this for a summer pool? Typically summer pools are classified as social clubs, 501c4 and contributions are not tax deductible.

OP here.
+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our summer team does one. We have approximately 175 kids on the team and average around $15,000 raised.

This is our second year and there are a lot of prizes and they recognize the kids who swam the most laps or raised the most money throughout the season, so it is a big deal to the kids.

Besides the registration, the team pays for everything. We don't pay for our banquet, breakfasts, pep rally supplies, etc. So we would rather have a tax deductible contribution then nickel and dime throughout the summer.

Is this for a summer pool? Typically summer pools are classified as social clubs, 501c4 and contributions are not tax deductible.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Summer team does it but for charity. Normally we raise 3-4 thousand dollars with a team of ~125.

Thank you. Our team is probably a little bit smaller, but this would be an overall club fund fundraiser, not just for the team. I think we would be very happy to make $3-4k.

Overall club fundraiser? Like the swim team is raising money for the pool? That seems odd, does the pool support the swim team (one budget)?

Anonymous wrote:Our summer team does one. We have approximately 175 kids on the team and average around $15,000 raised.

This is our second year and there are a lot of prizes and they recognize the kids who swam the most laps or raised the most money throughout the season, so it is a big deal to the kids.

Besides the registration, the team pays for everything. We don't pay for our banquet, breakfasts, pep rally supplies, etc. So we would rather have a tax deductible contribution then nickel and dime throughout the summer.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Summer team does it but for charity. Normally we raise 3-4 thousand dollars with a team of ~125.

Thank you. Our team is probably a little bit smaller, but this would be an overall club fund fundraiser, not just for the team. I think we would be very happy to make $3-4k.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Summer team does it but for charity. Normally we raise 3-4 thousand dollars with a team of ~125.

Thank you. Our team is probably a little bit smaller, but this would be an overall club fund fundraiser, not just for the team. I think we would be very happy to make $3-4k.

Anonymous wrote:Summer team does it but for charity. Normally we raise 3-4 thousand dollars with a team of ~125.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone on this board belong to a club that does a summer fundraiser in the form of a swim-a-thon? If so, how big is your club membership and about how much money do you raise?
Thanks

just a warning- USA swimming owns the phrase 'swim-a-thon' and several variations of it- if you do anything like this you have to give them a cut. We do something like this, but we call it something completely different. We don't raise that much money. We pick a different charity every year.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone on this board belong to a club that does a summer fundraiser in the form of a swim-a-thon? If so, how big is your club membership and about how much money do you raise?
Thanks