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Originally Posted by Gdeaver

After you get all that fund raising money, who holds it and controls it? Beware that school districts like to get a hold of it and control it. It usually ends up in the general building fund and has been known to disappear. If the school district insists on controlling all funds, You can sort of protect your efforts by having donors buy specific materials. Some companies much prefer to pay a specific invoice.

Agreed.

This comes into play especially when booking transportation and/or hotel reservations. We simply removed our funds from the so-dubbed "school account" and we now have mentors manage an account for us. It is much more reliable for our purposes.

Obviously, this is not the only answer and all school districts are run differently. As always, be sure to look into other options before making a choice.