Booster Club Fact Sheet
Fiction: CMS gives North Meck enough money for all athletic team needs.
FACT: CMS only gives each school about $6,200 total for all athletic needs. This is a fraction of what is needed to adequately support the 17 North Meck athletic teams. Additional money comes from team fundraisers, the Booster Club, and the Athletic Control dollars (ie, gate funds).
Fiction: Booster Club only helps out the big sports, or the winning sports.
FACT: The Booster Club provides some money for all 17 athletic teams. This year, North’s Booster Club has allocated $12,000 across the 17 teams. About 45% of this is split evenly among all teams (each team gets $314). The other 55% is split based on the number of players per team and the amount of fundraising that these teams do through the Booster account.
Fiction: Most Booster Club money comes from membership dues.
FACT: The top three components of Booster income are Concessions (primarily Fall football), the annual summer Golf tournament, and the Banner sales program. A percentage of Concession revenue does go to the teams that provide the volunteers for the concession stand (12.5% of total sales), but a larger percentage goes into the general income allocation. So a large concession revenue night benefits all teams!
Other items of interest:
1. The Booster Club is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.
2. In addition to the $25 booster club membership fee, additional dollars can be donated and identified to go to a specific team (100% of this designation goes directly to the team account!). The season pass cost does not go to the Booster Club, it goes along with Gate money to the “athletic control” fund which it not in the scope of the booster club. It is used under the discretion of the AD.
3. Banners and involvement in the annual golf tournament are two things to consider – revenue from these two activities are huge components of our annual income.
4. Programs – sales have steadily declined, so currently pursuing different options that require less volunteer time and have less potential for losses.
5. Merchandise – sales definitely bring in some income, but primary goal of merchandise sales is increased school spirit and North Meck excitement!
6. The Booster Club is working on providing a credit card option for merchandise sales and membership, and possibly minimum threshold concession orders.