You may have noticed, for the last couple of years, that the Buggy Alumni Association logo has been strewn about the course, as well as on cmuTV during coverage of Raceday.\u00a0 While this may seem like a perfect synergistic opportunity to promote the BAA (and it is!), for the last 2 years the BAA has actually be an official sponsor of Raceday.\u00a0 One of our founding missions is to support the undergraduate buggy community, and we have been fortunate enough, thanks to the generous donations of our members, to be able to pick up the slack when other sponsorships have fallen through.\u00a0 This sponsorship costs approximately $5,000 (due to some bookkeeping matters, it was slightly larger in FY18), and this was, by far, our largest single expense in FY18.<\/p>\n
We do also have some other Raceday-related expenses that aren\u2019tdirect sponsorship.\u00a0 The website itself costs money, so some of our donations go to support our online presence.\u00a0 We hand out various items at Raceday, such as the ever-popular Raceday Guides, which requires us to pay for the printing in the necessary quantities. We also host multiple events during Carnival (the Finals Auction, the panel during the Buggy Showcase), for which we provide catering, as well as any non-food\/drink costs associated with the event.<\/p>\n
Then there are the non-Raceday costs.\u00a0 There are several programs throughout the year involving buggy (events such as Tom Wood\u2019s History of Buggy presentation), which we help support.\u00a0 We also provide food during certain morning rolls, such as on Parent\u2019s Weekend and during Homecoming.<\/p>\n
In some years (though not FY18), we also have some one-off costs related to specific BAA projects, such as the new timing systems in use during Raceday 2017, or the lego buggy sets for the Kidzone that you see during Carnival.\u00a0 We are always happy to support alumni projects that benefit the buggy community as a whole, and it\u2019s exciting when something new hits our radar.\u00a0 In fact, we may have some ideas for the upcoming year.<\/p>\n
Our\u00a0 total expenses in FY2018 were $6,440.69.\u00a0 Below is an overall breakdown of those expenses:<\/p>\n
Question 2: \u201cHow much money does the BAA have?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n So how much did we bring in?\u00a0 Our two main sources of income are membership donations and our lead truck auction.\u00a0 Although we require a $10 donation in order to be an official BAA member (which entitles you to great perks such as the Raceday Preview and the Raceday Recap), we welcome donations of all shapes and sizes.\u00a0 Luckily for us, we have some very generous alumni that donate more than $10.\u00a0 Unfortunately, our membership was down this year \u2013 we only had 82 official members in FY18, which is our lowest total in a number of years.\u00a0 Those 82 members donated a total of $3,339.94 in FY18.<\/p>\n The Lead Truck Auction has been our only real fundraiser for the last few years.\u00a0 And while it does well to bring in some money for us, as the \u201cnovelty\u201d of the lead truck has worn off, the amount that we raise from the auction has decreased.\u00a0 The first year of the lead truck auction brought in roughly $2,000.\u00a0 But in recent years, we have failed to achieve our $1,000 goal; this year we brought in $783.<\/p>\n We also occasionally receive company matching donations (certain companies match an individual\u2019s donation to a non-profit organization), though we did not receive any in FY18.<\/p>\n Our total income in FY2018 was $4,147.94.\u00a0 Below is a breakdown for all of the BAA\u2019s income in FY18:<\/p>\n When you put the two together, it looks like this:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FY18Expenses.jpg\")
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