There's no reason why a fundraising company owned by a school parent should not make a profit when working with the school just like every other fundraising company your PTO uses.
Just take great care to use a consistent set of decision making factors when evaluating every vendor quote/proposal. The last thing your PTO wants to do is alienate other business-owning parents by capriciously rejecting their fundraising proposals.
I, too, feel like it is ok for a parent/business to make a profit on fundraising. SOMEBODY profits from MOST fundraisers- Otis Spunkmeyer or Yankee Candles. Why not somebody local? It could open up a can of worms, but the PTO has the right and obligation to evaluate each offer that comes its way and decide from there. You don't have to accept one fundraising opportunity just because you accepted another.
We have a parent who silkscreens shirts for our school. It's only fair that he makes a profit. It is his equiptment and time. We did compare his prices and shirts to some other companies before making the decision to work with him.
We have a parent that has a partime business. This parent offered to do a fundraiser for our kinder classes. I recently found out that this parent will make money from this fundraiser. Can the board enforce that all proceeds of the fundraiser must go to the school? I am concerned if we allow a parent to hold a fundraiser and profit from it, we will be opening a can of worms for other parents to want to do the same.
Does this seem inappropriate to anyone else? I feel like it's a conflict of interest to hold a fundraiser and profit from it.
