If you have interest and aren't amply funded, I'll give you a grant to cover your entry fee to play NAQT at Clemson. :^) We're interested, but in NAQT and not so much ACF-ish stuff. Seriously though, it's not like we'll be throwing tons of cash into the tournament. It'll be roughly the same cost for us as a trip to play in Chattanooga, and considering that we can't find the NAQT opportunity we want, we might as well host if we can. Back to your serious question- We have gotten at least one alumni donation out of the blue, but beyond the union's funding of us, we get money from holding a high school tournament, and we seem to always have a plan on the backburner to seek corporate donations. We've gotten a grant from the administration before, but not for travel. If you have a status as a student organization such that you're allowed to solicit donations and advertise on campus, you should be able to ask for tax-deductible donations and sweeten the deal by offering sponsor credit on your ads on campus. At least that's the way it works here, where the corporations may only advertise here in partnership with campus organizations. Soliciting works best in June and early July when companies are setting their budgets. We've been looking lately to target local restraurants that offer trivia nights, because we feel more comfortable advertising that type of thing as a sponsor. It also opens opportunities for non-monetary support, like hosting our group there on a trivia night with discounts, or advertising our events there during trivia. We'll have to wait and see how well those plans work. We have gotten a grant from the school before to run a high school tournament (cheaper than normal and not for fundraising) aimed at recruiting seniors to come to Clemson, but never a travel grant. They got to present the school to prospective students, and we got to show prospective players that we had a new and growing program. The best advice I can give is to be creative and keep in mind that to get something you have to give something. You don't have to be a big established program to offer things like advertising or prestige. --- In quizbowl_at_y..., scoobyhed <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > It seems to me that if you are amply funded but have little interest, > maybe you should start a grant program for other teams that aren't > amply funded and have a lot of interest... > > Hee hee > > But seriously, I have a question. Do any of the teams out there get > funding from sources other than student activities funds? You know, > alumni donations (yeah right), grants, whatever. How can a new small > growing team get in on that action? > > Jason > Tulane
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