| Fundraising with Jim Hlavac's Music I was given the talent to endlessly create new music. That is, I can sit down and create wholly formed new music for hours on end. Now, I can create an hour (give or take a few minutes) long CD of my piano music, freshly created, composed and improvised especially for your organization. And you can use this CD as a fundraising tool. You can sell it or you can use it as a gift for donors. |
| Potential Revenue for your organization: You can have copies made for less than $3.00 each, and if you order in sufficient numbers you can drive the cost down to $3.00. There are hundreds of CD copying services around the country, each will have their own process and costs. Here are two examples: You make 1000 copies for $2.00 each -- or $2,000, plus the $1,000 to Jim Hlavac. Plus about $500 to create the artwork. Your total cost is $3,500. You sell the 900 copies (100 retained for your archives, given as gifts and the 20 copies to Jim Hlavac) of the CD at $15 each -- earning $13,500. Thus you have a $10,000 revenue gain for your institution. It would not be unreasonable to charge $20 for the CD -- thus increasing your revenues. Of course, you can make a second set of 1000 copies when you sell out the first set, and thus you will save the $1,000 payment to Jim Hlavac and the $500 to create the artwork. You make 2,500 copies of the CD at $1.00 each -- $2,500 cost, plus $1,000 to Jim Hlavac, plus $500 for the artwork -- for a total cost for $4,000. You sell 2,400 copies for $20 each for total of $48,000, or a revenue gain of $44,000. |