I donate 5 percent of every booking I make for in-person wedding coordination. A fellow vendor named Marissa Solini gave me this idea and with her consent, I made it part of my business from January 2020 to December 2023. I hibernated the program in December 2023 due to a lack of revenue.
$6,710 gifted since January 2020
January 2020-December 2023: $3,967.50 to one of the following nonprofits: Shout Your Abortion; The National Multiple Sclerosis Society; The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; Our Children’s Trust; SMART Reading; KEXP 90.3 FM; Basic Rights Oregon.
March 2020-June 2022: $2,742.50 to wedding vendors in need (average gift size was $82.50 to $135 per vendor, depending on the size of the booking).