How conferences are using registration pages to raise funds that expand diversity

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**NOTE:** "*" indicates funds were increased through full or partial donation matching.

# Tech conferences that have successfully used their registration page to do substantial fundraising for expanding diversity:

* [$10] PyCon 2014 (PyLadies) 

* Steel City Ruby (attendee travel fund) https://twitter.com/ashedryden/status/282572950366986240

* [$10, pre-checked box] Fluent Conf 2014 (Women Who Code) https://twitter.com/suzaxtell/status/488709539777105920*

* [$10, pre-checked box] OSCON 2014 (Devoxx4Kids) https://twitter.com/ashedryden/status/282572950366986240 *

* [$10, pre-checked box] Fluent Conf 2013 (Girls Who Code) http://fluentconf.com/fluent2013/public/content/girls-who-code *

* [$10, pre-checked box] Fluent Conf 2014 (Women Who Code) http://fluentconf.com/fluent2014/public/content/women-who-code *

* [open field; no suggested amount] Strange Loop 2014 (diversity scholarships) https://gist.github.com/cczona/b508c3411708d8366c49#comment-1263248 has lots of details *

# Other conferences, organizations, and events that have successfully done substantial fundraising for expanding diversity:
  * Girl Develop It Boulder (PyCon attendance) http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Boulder/messages/boards/thread/41783452 *


*List developed for CallbackWomen and conference organizers.Thank you for the nudge, @kerrizor!*

*Got additions? Please share them in the comments. Thanks much.*

For Strange Loop 2014 (fyi not "Strangeloop") - we had an open contribution box with no suggested amount. We received contributions in the range of $5 - $500 but by far the most common contribution amounts were around $25, $50, and $100. We had 90 contributions (out of 1100 total attendees) for $5485. https://thestrangeloop.com/attendees/diversity-scholarships

The conference contributed $15,000 and a block of 95 tickets. We raised approximately $55,000 from corporate sponsors and a few non-attendee individuals. With our total funds of ~$74,000 we were able to cover needs for all 95 attendees (mixture of travel, hotel, and other accommodations).

Thanks! Wow, that's tremendous. I hope you'll consider blogging in more detail about that process, to help other conferences repeat that level of fundraising success. Inspiring model.