FASSV-PTA BUDGET
Budget Goals
- Balance the PTA budget
- Fund events, activities and projects that benefit the entire FASSV school and community
- Make a donation to the school to sponsor a project in-need
Main Fundraising Activities
- Kermesse: $4,950*
- Yearbook + DVD: $3,400*
- SCRIP: $3,000*
- Silent Auction: $3,000
- Spring Rummage Sale: $1000
- Amazon Smile: $400
*Approximate net income after deducting expenses
Other Fundraising Activities
- School Spirit (T-shirts, other FASSV-branded merchandise)
- Box Tops for Education
- Sport Basement
- TV5Monde
- Fundraising Social Events: Wine/cheese tasting event, Garden Party
- English Scholastic Book Fair & French Scholastic ordering program (income is given in books and school supplies/~ $3,000 Scholastic dollars for library and classrooms)
Main Expenses
- ˜ $13,970 in operational costs, which includes:
- ˜$8,930 for all of the school-wide social events (Halloween Parade, Thanksgiving Lunch, Winter Celebration, Galette Celebration, International Week Lunch, Teacher Appreciation, Graduation, etc.)
- ˜$3,480 for class specific events / items (Class “fun” money, Graduation, T-shirts for Quebec trip, backpacks for Coloma trip)
- ˜$700 for the School Garden and sustainability program
- ˜$960 for PTA administration (website, accounting…)
- Budget surpluses run by the PTA are donated back to the school the following year to sponsor a project in-need; parents are given the opportunity to vote on one of several projects in-need identified by the school administration and parent community. Some projects funded in recent years include new classroom furniture, Chromebooks and iPads for the classrooms, and musical instruments. Projected donation for 2020 is ~$9000.
| FASSV-PTA Budget Overview | |
| September 2019-August 2020 | |
| GROSS INCOME | BUDGET 2019/2020 |
| Fundraising Activities | |
| Yearbook DVD | $6 500 |
| Amazon Referral Link | $400 |
| Electronic fundraising-eScript | $20 |
| SCRIP | $39 000 |
| Garden Party | $4 000 |
| BoxTops for Education | $50 |
| School Spirit Items | $1 100 |
| Spring Rummage Sale | $900 |
| Wine and Cheese party | $1 160 |
| TV5MONDE | $100 |
| Cash Donation /misc. income | $50 |
| Silent Auction | $3 500 |
| Kermesse | |
| All purpose and Raffle Tickets | $6 500 |
| Donation by Sponsors | $100 |
| Total Gross Income | $63 380 |
| Cost of Goods Sold | |
| Fundraising activities | |
| SCRIP Shipping and Handling | $200 |
| SCRIP cards purchase | $35 000 |
| Yearbook | $3 500 |
| School Spirit Items | $1 000 |
| Auctions | |
| Silent Auction | $20 |
| Total Cost of Goods sold | $39 720 |
| Gross profit | $23 660 |
| EXPENSES | BUDGET 2019/2020 |
| Office funds | |
| Post office, mailing | $10 |
| Bank/Accounting expenses | $100 |
| PTA – Website | $100 |
| Quickbook Fees | $750 |
| Social Events-School Wide Events | |
| Welcome Back Gouter | $250 |
| Halloween Parade Gouter | $130 |
| Teacher Appreciation | $600 |
| Galette Celebration | $600 |
| Garden party | $2 500 |
| Fundraising Social event: Wine event | $1 000 |
| Halloween | $250 |
| Thanksgiving | $300 |
| Winter celebration | $1 500 |
| Kermesse | |
| Kermesse entertainment-games | $450 |
| Kermesse food-drinks | $800 |
| Kermesse General-decorations | $350 |
| Permit for Kermesse | $200 |
| Class Budget ($10/student) | |
| PS Student fun money | $200 |
| PK Student fun money | $230 |
| K Student fun money | $360 |
| 1st Grade Student fun money | $250 |
| 2nd Grade Student fun money | $250 |
| 3rd Grade Student fun money | $230 |
| 4th Grade Student fun money | $140 |
| 5th Grade Student fun money | $170 |
| Graduation gift | $500 |
| T-shirts for Quebec (5th grade) | $700 |
| Backpacks for Coloma (4th grade) | $450 |
| Outdoor Improvement | |
| Garden Maintenance | $700 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Miscellaneous | $500 |
| Projected Donation to FASSV | $9 090 |
| Total Expenses | $23 660 |
| Net income | $0 |
How can you help?
Get involved by…
- Reviewing and voting on the annual budget
- Joining a PTA Committee:
- Yearbook
- School Garden
- Silent Auction
- Rummage Sale
- Welcome and Social Committees
- Volunteering at PTA-sponsored school events
- Becoming a Room Parent
- Joining the PTA Board
- Participating in fundraising events
- Donating to the PTA (tax deductible, sometimes matched by your company)
