"Can you tell me a little bit about your company?"

Music Rewards Fundraising is owned by GAO, Inc., a music distributor based in Denver, Colorado. We buy in bulk directly from the major music labels for a variety of programs; our purchasing power allows us to offer high-quality CDs and cassettes at prices that are a good value to your supporters, and still provide you a 40% profit margin.

The Music Rewards Fundraising staff has many years experience working both with for-profit and non-profit organizations. We are especially attuned to the needs of non-profit organizations; we understand their unique financial constraints, and the constant demands placed upon them.

You can contact Music Rewards Fundraising toll-free at (800) 770-9735, or by mail at 2103 Stratford Court, Suite 1NE, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126. You may also select the Contact Us option to receive additional information regarding our programs, or e-mail us at info@raisemoremoney.com.

"Who manufactures
these CDs and cassettes?"

Music Rewards Fundraising purchases its CDs and cassettes direct from the major music labels, including Disney, Sony, EMI-Capitol, Universal/Polygram, and BMG. Every CD and cassette is brand-new, in its original packaging.

"Are any of these CDs and cassettes available in stores?"

We believe they're a terrific value. Your supporters are getting hand-picked music from top artists, at a price very close to what they would pay at a retail store. There's never a shipping charge, either to your group or to your supporters (music clubs and online retailers typically add $3 or more to the cost of each CD for shipping and handling). A minimum of 40% of each purchase goes directly to your organization. So, your supporters are getting great music, at great prices, and supporting a great cause at the same time.

Our experience has shown that consumers are more than willing to spend $8 to $10 for CDs like these to support worthy causes such as yours. In fact, many people tell us they're surprised we can offer quality music at these prices, and still deliver $4 out of every $10 to the organization selling the CDs and cassettes. Compared to candy bars, cookies, etc., music is seen by most as a superior value.

Few, although some of the selections are currently on the Billboard music sales charts. We don't focus on new releases in our programs for one simple reason: value. To provide a minimum 40% margin to your organization, new releases would have to be sold at $20-$25 each, instead of the $8-$10 price structure in our program. In our opinion, that just isn't a good enough value for you or your supporters.

Our formula for delivering the maximum value possible is simple: provide a wide variety of music, from top-name artists your supporters know and love, at the lowest price possible. Each year, the Music Rewards Fundraising staff reviews literally thousands of CDs and cassettes in the most popular music genres, constantly searching for the best values possible. We believe you'll find that the CDs and cassettes we offer are the best available for the price.

Although we continually add new selections throughout the year, the basic structure of our programs (around 100 selections in the brochure) remains the same. We've determined that this makes for the best balance between (a) appealing to a variety of musical tastes, (b) keeping the time required of your supporters to a minimum, and (c) keeping the time required of you to a minimum.

If, for example, we offered a catalog with 300 selections, it would take much longer for your supporters to sift through the selections to find something they liked. Thus, the time you would have to spend selling would also be greatly increased. Also, the greater the number of selections, the more work to tally those selections. We've purposely streamlined our programs to require the least time and administrative work possible.