City Of West Hollywood Staff

Special Event Co-Sponsorship Application

Nov 03, 2024
submission #107
Co-Sponsorship Application

Event Information

Name of Person Filling Out This Form Annie Neal
E-Mail of Person Filling Out This Form ---
Phone # of Person Filling Out This Form ---
Organization Name Friends of West Hollywood Elementary
Organization Address ---
Proposed Event Address (if offsite from city facilities) West Hollywood.
Is your organization a nonprofit organization, a West Hollywood Neighborhood Watch Association, West Hollywood business or business the serves the West Hollywood community, or a governmental organization? Yes
Name of Proposed Co-Sponsorship Event FOWHE Annual Gala and Auction
Anticipated Attendance 175
Is this event free and open to the public? No
If not free and open to the public, please explain why. ---
If this event is charging for entry, please list the price(s) to attend ---
Please explain the purpose of this event and why it is important for the City to co-sponsor this event Outside of our Annual Giving Campaign this is West Hollywood Elementary School’s largest fundraising event. It is an essential fundraiser in the spring to ensure we have raised funds to pay the program costs we cover - namely the arts, physical education and technology programs.
How does this event benefit the West Hollywood community and/or the City? As the only public elementary school fully in the City of West Hollywood this event ensures a well rounded, healthy and arts filled education for the children that live in our city.
Please list the names of all event participants (panelists, presenters, performers, speakers, lecturers, etc.) for each/all day(s) of the event: ---
Please provide a summary of examples of a previous event(s) and/or programming produced by your organization that demonstrates the organization’s capability to deliver high-quality events and/or programming similar to the one you are proposing in this application ---
Has your organization received a City of West Hollywood co-sponsorship before? If so, for what event (name & date of event)? Not to my knowledge! It’s possible that it’s happened several years ago but no one currently on our fundraising board believes that we have, we are very excited about the possibility and how much it will help our fundraising to offset our costs!
Is this event held on one date, or multiple dates? One Date

Day of Event Information

Can the dates be changed if needed (e.g., due to venue availability)? Yes
Event date (This date must be no earlier than 90 days from the day this application is submitted) 2025-03-15 18:00

Event Requests and Description

What does your event request in City support: Monetary Support. Not all Co-Sponsorships will include monetary support from the City. Please keep in mind, public funds must be used to support the community, must serve a public purpose, and requests will be reviewed in accordance with all applicable laws. The request must explain how this funding would be used to cover direct program costs. Funds are disbursed on a reimbursable basis after the provision of suitable expenditure documentation (e.g., receipts).
If requesting monetary support, please list an estimated amount: $5,000.00
If requesting facility use, please list the name & location of the facility requested: No Facility Requested

Optional

(Optional) Please include any other comments you wish for the City to know when reviewing this application. ---