Fundraising event ticket subsidy calculator

Calculate required standard price and unfunded cost before standard sales with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Total event cost (USD)
5000
Committed sponsor funding (USD)
1500
Standard tickets to sell (count)
100
Concession tickets (count)
20
Concession ticket price (USD)
10
Required standard price (USD)
$33.00
Unfunded cost before standard sales (USD)
$3,300.00
Concession subsidy vs standard (USD)
$460.00

Try another scenario

Total event cost (USD)
5000
Committed sponsor funding (USD)
2000
Standard tickets to sell (count)
100
Concession tickets (count)
20
Concession ticket price (USD)
10
Required standard price (USD)
$28.00
Unfunded cost before standard sales (USD)
$2,800.00
Concession subsidy vs standard (USD)
$360.00
Calculation method

Calculation method

Required standard price (USD)

max(0,(a-b-d*e)/c)

Unfunded cost before standard sales (USD)

max(0,a-b-d*e)

Concession subsidy vs standard (USD)

d*max(0,(a-b-d*e)/c-e)

Symbols and units
a
Total event cost (USD)
b
Committed sponsor funding (USD)
c
Standard tickets to sell (count)
d
Concession tickets (count)
e
Concession ticket price (USD)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Single event break-even arithmetic, assumes all entered tickets sell and all entered costs/funding are realized. No demand forecast. Supported limits: All numeric inputs must be finite. Only the explicitly described mathematical scenario is supported.
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