1. How to fund your TSA chapter activities and/or your robotics program

2. Educational foundations
Student made products
Private donataions
Civic group funding
Educational foundations
Corporate funding
Grants
Establish a 501(c)3

3. Products made by students that can be sold locally and/or at festivals and craft fairs.

4. Funds donated by individuals

5. Let your students make the sales pitch
Presentations to:
Lion’s Club
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Other
Let your students make the sales pitch

6. Your district may have grants available through an educational foundation.

7. ExxonMobil Matching Gifts Program XTO Energy SWEPCO
Nestle Waters Inc.
ExxonMobil Matching Gifts Program
XTO Energy
SWEPCO
Texas Workforce Commission
Brookshire’s grocery
Woodmill cabinets of Texas

8. Grant funding from a variety of entities

9. Guidelines for beginning a non-profit organization for your state can be found online. Usually includes a filing fee, constitution and bylaws for the organization and other filing fees with your state comptroller.

10. Be sure and get permission to form a local booster club (non-profit) for your program from your local Board of Trustees or school board. Follow any and all local regulations during this process.

11. Be creative. Find ways to raise money in your local community.
Get strategies from other teachers who are successful at raising funds.

12. Let them know they are appreciated!
Any time you get a chance, acknowledge your supporters……newspaper articles, T-shirts and at public events.
Let them know they are appreciated!

13. When our school district says “No,” we say “Go.”
Hawkins High School is a small rural school in East Texas (214 students). Through supporters, we have secured over $14,000 each year since
When our school district says “No,” we say “Go.”

14. Bob Behnke, 38 year educator and TSA advisor.
Contact info:
Bob Behnke, 38 year educator and TSA advisor.