FUNDRAISING SURVEY
Conducted by Olympic peninsula Audubon Society
For the
AUDUBON COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON
October 19, 20, 21, 2007
Restoring and Protecting Washington’s Natural Areas

Fundraising is one of the major chapter-related topics to be discussed at the October 2007 ACOW Conference.  The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society has agreed to survey the Audubon Chapters in Washington State.  The results of this survey will be shared with those Chapters who participate and the attendees of the ACOW Conference.  We’re confident the collated information will be useful for every chapter.  This survey may be filled out by anyone knowledgeable about your Chapters operations.  It is not intended to be an accounting project.  Estimates are perfectly acceptable.  The survey is intended to measure the range and scope of fundraising activities conducted by the Audubon Chapters in Washington.

The survey document has been transmitted to you in electronic format so that you can fill it out and return it electronically. Alternatively, print this page, fill it in and mail the hard copy to our OPAS President at his address near the bottom of this page.

 Thank you for your participation.

Your Name and Chapter position:  __________________________________________
Your E-mail address:  ____________________________________________________
Your Chapter’s Name:  ___________________________________________________

Please indicate below the activities your Chapter conducts each year to raise money for your organization:

Admission Fees
    Does your Chapter charge admission to one or more events?
    If so what type of events did you have and how much profit did you net?

Annual Fund Raising Event
    Does your Chapter conduct an Annual Fundraising Event?
    If so what was the event and how much did you net?

Annual Meetings or Banquet -- If your Chapter conducts an annual dinner meeting:
    How many attend?
    How much do you charge?
    How much profit do you make?

Bird-A- Thon
    If you conducted Bird-A-Thon last year how much did your Chapter net?

Classes
    Does your Chapter offer bird or other classes?           How many/year?
    How much profit did you net?

Fee for Service Activities
    Does your Chapter conduct any fee for service activities?
    If so what were they and how much profit did you receive?

Festival
If you conduct a Birding Festival or any other type of Festival how many people attend?
    How much profit did you make?

Grants
    Did your Chapter submit any grant requests last year?         How many?
    If so what type of grant did you submit?
    Did you get the grant?         If so how much money did you get?

Local Dues
    If you have local dues, how much do you charge?
    How many local dues-paying members do you have?
What percent of the total National Audubon members in your area are local members?
Sales
    Do you have an organized sale site such as a gift shop?
If so how much did you gross last year?

    Do you sell items at fairs, festivals, etc?  
    If so how many times did your Chapter set up a sales site?
    If so how much did you gross last year?

Silent Auction
    If you conduct a silent auction how much profit do you make?

Other
Please list any other sources of revenue you have and the profit you derive from those sources.


Please return the completed survey to:

Bob Hutchison, President
Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society
391 Blakely Blvd.
Sequim, WA 98382-8999
rbrycehut@wavecable.com  
    360/683-7265