I agree. My chapter held, and still holds, one large-scale fundraiser every year, along with a couple of bake sales and the like. For the big fundraiser, we took whatever money we raised, deducted expenses, and sent the rest to our charity. Some expenses are incurred ahead of time, of course, but we always had enough $ in the sorority's bank account (from local dues) to cover that until the revenue came in. For the smaller fundraisers, either the $ came in up front (i.e. people ordered something to be delivered at a later date) or in the case of bake sales, we asked sisters to bake something to sell - typical outlay for ingredients was less than $10. $30 is a bit much when you're a starving college student.
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