Question for haunts that are ran or overseen by a nonprofit organization.
Our haunt is put on to benefit the Boys & Girls Club. The building we use year round is owned by the club and is getting to the point where it is requiring more and more maintenance and upgrades, along with the fact that we would like to make improvements to our sets, and possibly use more animation to drop our dependency on so many live actors. Though this haunt is technically a function of the club, it is not really ran by club members. Our house staff have nothing to do with the club except for the fact that we contribute much of our own time and money on this haunt, to benefit them.
Over the years it has been an ongoing struggle to get more of the proceeds to stay at the haunt, and officially oversee all aspects of the haunt ourselves, without the interference of the club. We don’t just collect all the proceeds, keep a stash for ourselves (the haunt) and cut the club a check for the remainder. All the proceeds go directly to the club and then when it comes time the following year to make repairs and build all new again, its like pulling teeth to get even a dollar to come back to the haunt. We have several very talented and dedicated people who want to see this haunt get even better and more professional. In return should greatly benefit the club. However the lack of funding I feel has been holding us back and very dependent on a large number of actors.
This haunt has grown so much over the past 7-8 years, that I’ve seen since I’ve been involved, yet we operate off of about the same ridiculous amount of funding, considering how much we are making for the club.
I have been considering starting an association of a few selected key members of our haunt for which we would host our own fundraisers to help supplement funding to build this haunt. The donations to this association would be kept directly at the haunt.
We tried a couple of years ago setting up a cash donation can at our ticket booth. Those donations were to stay at the haunt, however the club claimed it as there own donations, which ended up not helping our haunt out at all.
Has anyone else seen this at there charity haunt? How has it been managed? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Kelly
Our haunt is put on to benefit the Boys & Girls Club. The building we use year round is owned by the club and is getting to the point where it is requiring more and more maintenance and upgrades, along with the fact that we would like to make improvements to our sets, and possibly use more animation to drop our dependency on so many live actors. Though this haunt is technically a function of the club, it is not really ran by club members. Our house staff have nothing to do with the club except for the fact that we contribute much of our own time and money on this haunt, to benefit them.
Over the years it has been an ongoing struggle to get more of the proceeds to stay at the haunt, and officially oversee all aspects of the haunt ourselves, without the interference of the club. We don’t just collect all the proceeds, keep a stash for ourselves (the haunt) and cut the club a check for the remainder. All the proceeds go directly to the club and then when it comes time the following year to make repairs and build all new again, its like pulling teeth to get even a dollar to come back to the haunt. We have several very talented and dedicated people who want to see this haunt get even better and more professional. In return should greatly benefit the club. However the lack of funding I feel has been holding us back and very dependent on a large number of actors.
This haunt has grown so much over the past 7-8 years, that I’ve seen since I’ve been involved, yet we operate off of about the same ridiculous amount of funding, considering how much we are making for the club.
I have been considering starting an association of a few selected key members of our haunt for which we would host our own fundraisers to help supplement funding to build this haunt. The donations to this association would be kept directly at the haunt.
We tried a couple of years ago setting up a cash donation can at our ticket booth. Those donations were to stay at the haunt, however the club claimed it as there own donations, which ended up not helping our haunt out at all.
Has anyone else seen this at there charity haunt? How has it been managed? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Kelly
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