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Fundraiser Expense Worksheet Calculator

Fundraiser Expense Worksheet Calculator
Fundraiser Expense Worksheet Calculator

How to help sellers understand the money

Most elementary school students sell simply because they're excited about winning prizes. On the other hand, older students can better comprehend and appreciate why sales goals are necessary and what it will take to reach them.

An argument can be made that if they have a greater understanding of what has to be done to reach a specific fundraising goal, they may be more apt to participate and work harder.

In other words, they'll take more ownership in selling because they understand what it will take to achieve their objective.

The fundraiser expense worksheet calculator gives your students an active role in determining how many brochure items need to be sold to cover their expenses.

Add Up Your Expenses

Under expenses, in the expense items column, write down what needs to be paid for. This is the purpose of your fundraiser. For example, if you are a cheerleader group, you may be raising money for:

  • Camp
  • Camp Outfits
  • Uniforms
  • Travel
  • Equipment

Below the cost column, put in how much each thing will cost. If you're raising money for more than one thing, add the amounts and put the total in the total space.

Calculate How Many Items

On the right-hand side, divide your total amount by 5. The average profit for each item sold from a brochure is about $5. So if you need to raise $100, you'll need to sell 20 items:

Total Items Needed = Dollar Amount Needed ÷ 5

Success Team Members

Effective sellers never go it alone. They're good at asking other people they know to help them sell. Under success team members, right down your name and four other names of people you feel confident can help you sell. For example, you can ask your parents, older brother or sister, aunt, and a close family friend. Below the items column to the right, write down the number of items you'll commit to selling and the number of items you plan to ask the four other people to sell. In our example above, you could sell four items while asking four others to sell 4. If successful, your team will have met your 20-item goal.

Additional Tips

  • You can also use this worksheet to calculate each student's fair share goal.
  • Make copies of the worksheet and have your students fill this out at your kickoff meeting.
  • Offer an additional incentive and tie it into your students reaching the item goal. For example:
    • Everyone reaching the goal will get their name in a grand prize drawing. For every five additional items sold, their name will be added again.
    • The first student to reach the goal and turn in their completed worksheet along with their order form and money envelope wins _______________.
    • Make sure to have your students write in what the additional incentive is on the worksheet.
  • Before turning in their worksheet, ensure students write the item amount they sold in the total items sold box.

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