HOW TO ASK FOR MONEY: AND GET IT Ann Marie Avansino What State - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

HOW TO ASK FOR MONEY: AND GET IT

Ann Marie Avansino

What State are you from? What breed of horse(s) do you own?

RELATIONSHIPS MATTER

RELATIONSHIPS MATTER GOALS MATTER

501 (C) (3) COMPLIANCE Do the activities substantially further the exempt purpose of the organization? http://www.irsvideos.gov/ FundraisingGuidelinesCharities

HOLDING AN EVENT • Ensure that your donors can deduct their contributions. • Check with your state. Many require charities to register with a state agency before asking for contributions • National Association of State Charity O ffi cials at www.nasconet.org.

HOUSEKEEPING = GOOD RECORDS • Not just a memo of acknowledgement but a letter of thanks • In-kind donation over $250 = acknowledgement of value is accurately described • Acknowledgement also must either state that: no goods or services were provided by the organization, or describe any such goods or services that were provided and give a good faith estimate of their value.

California Western Dressage Association PO Box 44 Sunland, CA 91041 www.cawda.org March 16, 2016 Wrangler Customer Relations Department wranglerweb@vfc.com DearCustomer Relations, Thank you for the donation of Wrangler Jeans for the Northern California Western Dressage Train the Trainer held at Murieta Equestrian Center March 9-10, 2016. The jeans were a fun item, a favorite of those who attended and had a great impact on our event. Western Dressage of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation EIN 27-3143450 Please use this information for your tax purposes. For tax purposes, no consideration was given in exchange for your gifs and donations. We greatly appreciate the donation to our organization. For your support, we added your name to the Sponsors list in our welcoming packet at the Train The Trainers TM Clinic, displayed your donation with your sponsorship information and will recognize Wrangler on our Facebook page and in the newsletter. We look forward to a productive 2016, and appreciate your contribution to our organization which will help us reach our goals for the year. Sincerely, Ann Marie Avansino, Committee Member Vivian Mevorah, Northern Vice President

IT’S OUT THERE, LET’S GO GET IT Some key industry statistics and economic indicators: Estimated number of horses in the U.S. - 9.2 million Estimated number of horses by activity • Recreation- 3,906,923 • Showing- 2,718,954 • Racing- 844,531 • Other- 1,752, 439 Estimated number of horses in each of the 50 states • Texas (1 million), California (700,000) and Florida (500,000) are the leading horse states • 45 of 50 states have at least 20,000 horses

Direct, indirect and induced economic impacts of the industry in U.S. • Contributions to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) $102 billion via direct, indirect and induced spending • Number of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) jobs produced 1.4 million http://www.horsecouncil.org/economics/

LINKS TO HELPFUL INFORMATION • http://www.irsvideos.gov/ FundraisingGuidelinesCharities • http://www.thefundraisingauthority.com • www.nasconet.org • www.stayexempt.irs.gov. • https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/ fundraising

We Honor the Horse. We value the partnership between horse and rider We celebrate the legacy of the American West Our Mission is to build an equine community that combines the Western traditions of horse and rider with Classical Dressage “IT’S ABOUT THE JOURNEY…”-LARRY MAHAN