Derby Without Borders Nonprofit Status
Donation protected
What your donation will help with:
Derby Without Borders is currently applying for official non profit status as a 501 (c) 3. The registration fees associated with filing can be between $1000 to just over $2000. Your donation will go to help us gain non profit status which will allow the project to collect more substantial donations and receive grant funding in order for us to expand.
What is Derby Without Borders:
Derby Without Borders is a project dedicated to remove barriers to accessibility in the sport of Roller Derby. Since its creation in the Spring of 2017 it has grown and evolved.
Our projects:
The equipment distribution project:
This is DwB's first and most successful campaign. We collect new and used roller derby equipment and ship or send in people's luggage to leagues who have more difficulty accessing equipment. The purpose of this project is to help leagues expand recruitment and retention by making equipment more readily available.
In July of 2017 we had our first donation booth at RollerCon where we collected new and used equipment donations to be sent to Sailor City in Argentina where customs create obstacles in accessibility to receiving equipment.
Our next booth was at the 2018 World Cup in Manchester where we partnered with Quad Skate Shop and Strong Athletic and collected donations for Golden Coast Roller Derby in Johannesburg, South Africa.
We also worked closely with Smarty Pants and Texas Rollergirls to collect and ship donations to the Cairollers in Cairo, Egypt.
In November 2018, Derby Without Borders was invited to have another donation booth at the WFTDA Championships in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here we were able to collect and send equipment to both Kyoto, Japan and Lima, Peru.
In 2019, through our collection points at various locations throughout the world we have been able to get equipment donations to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Shanghai, Beijing and Bali.
We hope to continue this momentum and reach even more teams throughout the rest of the year.
Travel Fundraising:
The other campaign Derby Without Borders has executed has been to aid in crowdfunding for 2 teams based in Argentina (2x4 and Sailor City) to offset some of the travel costs of attending playoffs in A Coruna, Spain. We were able to raise roughly $2,500 for each team who were both able to travel and compete in the tournament in September 2018.
We are currently hosting a fundraiser for 2x4 again this year to help offset their travel costs to the US.
Coaching Resources
We have been working with an increasing number of some of the best roller derby coaches the world has to offer. Many of them have enthusiastically agreed to donate free coaching clinics in the regions we are working with. Coaching is such a valuable resource in this sport and many of our regions do not have the same opportunities and access to coaching as other regions.
In 2019 we have hosted 2 bootcamps; 1 in Hong Kong and 1 in Bangkok, with a 3rd scheduled for Bali later this year.
Boot Camps in developing regions to increase support and culturally competent accessibility.
For more information please contact Mae Dae at [email redacted] or visit our website www.derbywithoutborders.org
Derby Without Borders is currently applying for official non profit status as a 501 (c) 3. The registration fees associated with filing can be between $1000 to just over $2000. Your donation will go to help us gain non profit status which will allow the project to collect more substantial donations and receive grant funding in order for us to expand.
What is Derby Without Borders:
Derby Without Borders is a project dedicated to remove barriers to accessibility in the sport of Roller Derby. Since its creation in the Spring of 2017 it has grown and evolved.
Our projects:
The equipment distribution project:
This is DwB's first and most successful campaign. We collect new and used roller derby equipment and ship or send in people's luggage to leagues who have more difficulty accessing equipment. The purpose of this project is to help leagues expand recruitment and retention by making equipment more readily available.
In July of 2017 we had our first donation booth at RollerCon where we collected new and used equipment donations to be sent to Sailor City in Argentina where customs create obstacles in accessibility to receiving equipment.
Our next booth was at the 2018 World Cup in Manchester where we partnered with Quad Skate Shop and Strong Athletic and collected donations for Golden Coast Roller Derby in Johannesburg, South Africa.
We also worked closely with Smarty Pants and Texas Rollergirls to collect and ship donations to the Cairollers in Cairo, Egypt.
In November 2018, Derby Without Borders was invited to have another donation booth at the WFTDA Championships in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here we were able to collect and send equipment to both Kyoto, Japan and Lima, Peru.
In 2019, through our collection points at various locations throughout the world we have been able to get equipment donations to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Shanghai, Beijing and Bali.
We hope to continue this momentum and reach even more teams throughout the rest of the year.
Travel Fundraising:
The other campaign Derby Without Borders has executed has been to aid in crowdfunding for 2 teams based in Argentina (2x4 and Sailor City) to offset some of the travel costs of attending playoffs in A Coruna, Spain. We were able to raise roughly $2,500 for each team who were both able to travel and compete in the tournament in September 2018.
We are currently hosting a fundraiser for 2x4 again this year to help offset their travel costs to the US.
Coaching Resources
We have been working with an increasing number of some of the best roller derby coaches the world has to offer. Many of them have enthusiastically agreed to donate free coaching clinics in the regions we are working with. Coaching is such a valuable resource in this sport and many of our regions do not have the same opportunities and access to coaching as other regions.
In 2019 we have hosted 2 bootcamps; 1 in Hong Kong and 1 in Bangkok, with a 3rd scheduled for Bali later this year.
Boot Camps in developing regions to increase support and culturally competent accessibility.
For more information please contact Mae Dae at [email redacted] or visit our website www.derbywithoutborders.org
Organizer
Mae Dae
Organizer
Santa Rosa, CA
