Budget Activity

By: Matt Goryance, Jessica Gatten, and Janelle Campbell

When figuring out the budget for this schools athletic programs we start with $120,000 available to us. The donation from the alum gave us another $20,000, and we decided to have the football team, swimming team, and men’s and women’s track teams complete a fundraiser giving us an extra $15,300. These three numbers totaled together give us $155,300 to work with. We then decided not to single anyone out and make everyone pay to play, since we all had to pay to play in high school we figured these kids could pay to play too generating more money for athletics. A total of 459 student athletes paying $75 a piece totals $34,425. After the pay to play, donation, fundraiser, and money to begin with we have $189,725 in total. The required expenses total $151,350 so after subtracting that from our total money we have $38,375 left to make decisions with.

We decided to use the left over money on jerseys and equipment and not pay for any trips. The sports, equipment, and prices are below but the total for all of it is $26,400. We plan to save the left over $11,975 for future expenses.  That way we don’t have to worry about sending certain teams on trips and we would also not resurface the courts this year.

Sports we ARE paying for:

·         Football – New Helmets $6000

·         Men’s Soccer- New Jerseys $1200

·         Women’s Soccer- New Jersey $1200

·         Men’s/Women’s Swimming- New Suits $1800

·         Women’s Track & Field- Shot Puts $200, Discus $300, Landing Mats $6,000

·         Men’s Track & Field- Shot Puts $200, Discuss $300, Landing Mats $6,ooo

·         Hockey- Jerseys $2,000

Things we ARE NOT paying for:

·         Men’s Basketball- Court Resurfacing $10,000

·         Women’s Basketball- Court Resurfacing $10,000

·         Baseball- Tourney in Florida $10,000

·         Softball- Tourney in Florida $10,000

·         Men’s/ Women’s Downhill Skiing- Training in Colorado $10,000

We are trying to be fair to every team and pay for some of their needs now and keep some money for later so hopefully we can afford everything in the near future.