mapleme
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Post by mapleme on Oct 4, 2017 7:03:42 GMT -6
I run a craft show every winter and a part of the craft show is a raffle for a charity that is run by said charity. The charity gathers several grand prizes for the raffle and every vendor donates a smaller prize to the raffle.
Right at the charity's deadline for grand prizes they have backed out, leaving me hanging. Now I'm trying to figure out what to do. I could drop the charitable portion of the event and vendors could keep their raffle items. I could try to run the raffle myself (which I don't have the manpower to do). Or I could come up with another way to raise money for a charity that utilizes those donated craft items and doesn't require so much work for the charity (which I think is the hard part for the possible charities).
I need to decide this by the weekend because I need to get posters printed.
WWYD?
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piccyami
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Post by piccyami on Oct 4, 2017 7:44:02 GMT -6
Could you possibly do a silent auction with the donations?
Other than that, my multiples group does drives for things (new/gently used books for the United way, who then divides them up to different organizations, stuffed animals for police and fire departments to give to the kids they encounter, and general donations to a charity of choice, like shelters and foster closets) and a bake sale for our NICU.
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Post by mapleme on Oct 4, 2017 8:13:58 GMT -6
Doing deliveries in silence does great things for problem solving. Here is my new plan: I choose a charity, I run the raffle and hire one person out of the market budget. They contribute 2+ volunteers and there are no grand prizes, so I don't need to do ahead fundraising.
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Post by sarenu on Oct 4, 2017 9:43:20 GMT -6
Make sure to check about raffle licences. Some states require them even for nonprofit groups.
I think it's because technically it's a form of gambling.
Your charity that ran the raffle may have had the necessary documents already.
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Post by mapleme on Oct 4, 2017 10:09:05 GMT -6
Make sure to check about raffle licences. Some states require them even for nonprofit groups. I think it's because technically it's a form of gambling. Your charity that ran the raffle may have had the necessary documents already. I had never heard of this (and I've been facilitating this raffle for 12 years) so I googled and it doesn't apply in Vermont. However was very interesting to read Vermont law pursuant to fundraising games of chance. For example, I can't pay the person that I have working the raffle more than $2000 in wages that day. Fortunately I think that we're safe there.
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Post by sarenu on Oct 4, 2017 11:13:52 GMT -6
Make sure to check about raffle licences. Some states require them even for nonprofit groups. I think it's because technically it's a form of gambling. Your charity that ran the raffle may have had the necessary documents already. I had never heard of this (and I've been facilitating this raffle for 12 years) so I googled and it doesn't apply in Vermont. However was very interesting to read Vermont law pursuant to fundraising games of chance. For example, I can't pay the person that I have working the raffle more than $2000 in wages that day. Fortunately I think that we're safe there. Evidently Wisconsin has some weird laws then. Not that the one you mentioned isn't odd at all.
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Post by piccyami on Oct 4, 2017 11:20:16 GMT -6
I had never heard of this (and I've been facilitating this raffle for 12 years) so I googled and it doesn't apply in Vermont. However was very interesting to read Vermont law pursuant to fundraising games of chance. For example, I can't pay the person that I have working the raffle more than $2000 in wages that day. Fortunately I think that we're safe there. Evidently Wisconsin has some weird laws then. Not that the one you mentioned isn't odd at all. Your suggestion didn't sound odd at all. Of course, there was one time my college decided to do a casino night with no real money, and someone found out and housing paid a HUGE fine before the event even happened. Everyone learned to research everything you want to do. There's probably paperwork to do.
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Post by mapleme on Oct 4, 2017 18:42:57 GMT -6
I had never heard of this (and I've been facilitating this raffle for 12 years) so I googled and it doesn't apply in Vermont. However was very interesting to read Vermont law pursuant to fundraising games of chance. For example, I can't pay the person that I have working the raffle more than $2000 in wages that day. Fortunately I think that we're safe there. Evidently Wisconsin has some weird laws then. Not that the one you mentioned isn't odd at all. I think that a license for raffles makes sense as a law on some places. Vermont tends to make laws around how people are already using a system (like creating a certification for people to sell things that they bake in their home), so I'm also not surprised that there are no hoops for fundraising raffles here.
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