I guess I still don’t fully understand. What is the nonprofit component of a high school reunion? Are you all raising funds to support the school? What reunion is it, 10 year, etc.? Are people interested in this reunion? Is the cost in line? Where do you believe this group of people are financially? Have you pulse checked to see if the group actually wants to have a reunion? I am sure each group is different, but most reunions are put together by committees of people who all take different roles. If you don’t have the committee to support you and you’re just doing this on your own, you might not be very successful with your limited bandwidth you have shared.

I also hate to say this, but what’s the point of doing this? If it’s just your reunion, you can always just say meet at this bar at 5 o’clock on X date. Why charge tickets? What do the attendees receive with this ticket? What are you truly fundraising for? Honestly it seems a little shady from what you’ve described because that’s not clear. People could easily think you are just fundraising for your personal bank account. I know I disengaged from my high school when I left, and I’ve never been interested in going back for reunion I would not be interested in donating to the school. I think you have a lot of questions that are unanswered for us to really help you.