Maybe I haven’t searched hard enough, but I couldn’t find much of anything.Might want to look online. I think there are shooting sports groups trying to get kids interested.
If you want to go all in it would be wise of you to form a 501c3 and then you can do exempt raffles. This depends how you feel about doing some state paperwork and irs stuff though. Probably about $200 all in for forming the non profit corp, state entity filing and all the other crap. Not hard, but takes a little time/patience. But it does open the door to the charity gaming options. Which clubs do they practice at? GPIW lets kids shoot at cost. Have you considered asking the trap managers for any sponsorship for outside events? (state, region, etc.) Your "problem" is that you are running as individuals. There are far more opportunities for teams in the grant/sponsor/program arena. The best recommendation from me is to shift it from fundraising to sponsoring. Consider creating a team name even though they compete individually. Then use something like owayo to make shirts for them (mock them up and show the perspective sponsor even) I've used owayo before pretty hard to beat the cost for one off custom shirts. Anyway, there's my thoughts.Anyone have any good ideas for a fundraiser for my girls trap shooting ? Anything I come up with seems like begging and then I see school sports getting tax dollars and fundraisers lol trying to come up with a good one. they are really good and would love to keep them going but ouch $$$ and it is a sport just like any other the problem is we homeschool so no shells or competition entries paid for.
Also keep in mind that most of that sort of stuff is figured a year out. They have X budget and you have to apply for stuff way ahead of time to even get in to the list.Maybe I haven’t searched hard enough, but I couldn’t find much of anything.
We have tried every team within an hour of us. School teams will not allow homeschoolers. Yes I know there was a law passed. But if I made waves like that chances are the kid’s experience on the team would not be great. The 501c3 has came up as a possibility before… our club right now we shoot at is going through some issues. GPIW is about an hour from us.If you want to go all in it would be wise of you to form a 501c3 and then you can do exempt raffles. This depends how you feel about doing some state paperwork and irs stuff though. Probably about $200 all in for forming the non profit corp, state entity filing and all the other crap. Not hard, but takes a little time/patience. But it does open the door to the charity gaming options. Which clubs do they practice at? GPIW lets kids shoot at cost. Have you considered asking the trap managers for any sponsorship for outside events? (state, region, etc.) Your "problem" is that you are running as individuals. There are far more opportunities for teams in the grant/sponsor/program arena. The best recommendation from me is to shift it from fundraising to sponsoring. Consider creating a team name even though they compete individually. Then use something like owayo to make shirts for them (mock them up and show the perspective sponsor even) I've used owayo before pretty hard to beat the cost for one off custom shirts. Anyway, there's my thoughts.
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I more so meant to present yourself as a team, not try and join an existing one. I've been out of the youth scene for quite some time - https://sssfonline.org/ may have some resources.We have tried every team within an hour of us. School teams will not allow homeschoolers. Yes I know there was a law passed. But if I made waves like that chances are the kid’s experience on the team would not be great. The 501c3 has came up as a possibility before… our club right now we shoot at is going through some issues. GPIW is about an hour from us.