Fundraisers

Fund Raising Ideas

• http://hackerspaces.org/blog/2009/05/18/fundraising-ideas-we-got-them/
• prosper.com, zopa.com
• "deli dollars" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/delidollar-offers-route-to-business-funding-1071370.html
• swap meet
• The Club Mate Pattern
• Metalab Lessons learned
• bake sale
• classes
• contests
• Make Mag subs: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/03/make_money_fundraising_program.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
• computer help "clinic"
• amazon affiliate code
• google adsense

Membership Dues

• See Membership Fees

Fund Rasing Kick-off Party

• charge admission?
• request donations?
• sell food, drinks?
• raffle?

Selling Beverages

• Energy Drinks?
• Soda?
  • Root Beer?
  • Pepsi / Coke?
• we need a vending machine or a fridge and a cash box
• Lemonade-bot (feed it lemons, sugar, and water, it pees out ice cold lemonade)

Classes

I think what NYCResistor does is charge for the classes, then give half the $ to the teacher and keep half for the org.

Pledges (Online)

• * http://www.kickstarter.com/learn-more
• http://pledgie.com/ http://pledgie.com/campaigns/4801
• http://www.pledgebank.com/ http://www.pledgebank.com/LeedsHackspace

Soundproofing on Pledgie.com

This campaign was a success! We reached and exceeded our goal of $360.

• http://pledgie.com/campaigns/5086

General Purpose Pledgie.com Campaign

Here is a general purpose campaign that can take donations for us. It has no target dollar amount. It is set to expire on December 31, 2009.

• http://pledgie.com/campaigns/5296

MakerBot on Pledgie.com

Here is a campaign to raise money to buy a MakerBot for Hive13. Goal: $750.

• http://pledgie.com/campaigns/5391
• http://store.makerbot.com/featured-products/cupcake-cnc-basic.html

List of Early Contributions that ought to be Reimbursed

• $1150 safety deposit
• $50 to open bank account
• $125 to incorporate