Southern Decadence 2025 Financial Report

Congratulations to Southern Decadence 2025 for donating $24,000 to charity. Below is our annual Southern Decadence Financial Report.

Southern Decadence 2025 Financial Report

INCOME

Fundraisers

1/1/2025 Carryover Balance from SD52 – 3979.24

5/10/2025 Announcement Party (Oz) – 2026.00

5/17/2025 Hookers Ball (Oz) – 2038.00

6/14/2025 Kerri Kolby Merchandise Auction – 750.00

6/21/2025 Press Party (Bourbon Pub & Parade) – 4712.00

6/28/2025 Broadway Gets Decadent (Hard Rock Cafe) – 958.00

7/12/2025 Party Bus to SIPPS (SIPPS) – 2557.66

7/15/2025 Trivia Night & Poster Signing (Crossing) – 393.00

7/17/2025 Dining Out for Decadence (Chef Rons Gumbo Stop) – 250.00

7/19/2025 Decadence Gets Dirty (New Orleans Phoenix) – 2398.00

7/25/2025 Flamingo Night (Four Seasons) – 635.00

7/26/2025 Buy A Boy (Oz) – 2850.00

7/30/2025 Ladies of Oz (Oz) – 1280.00

7/31/2025 SD Turns the Page (The Page) – 1346.00

8/2/2025 – Pool Party (Crossing) – 634.00

8/2/2025 Bear Necessities (Le CaBARet) – 579.00

8/3/2025 Brilliant Bazaar (New Orleans Phoenix) – 1446.00

8/3/2025 Poster Signing (Golden Lantern) – 125.00

8/3/2025 Dinner at the Page (The Page) – 2055.00

8/3/2025 Celebrity Zingo (Corner Pocket) – 839.00

8/11/2025 Just Us Lounge Event (Just Us Lounge) – 1426.00

8/14/2025 Men of the Page (The Page) – 1318.00

8/15/2025 Sarah’s Birthday Fundraiser (Bourbon Pub & Parade) – 3419.20

8/15/2025 Romy’s Art Auction (Bourbon Pub & Parade) – 1050.00

8/19/2025 Dining Out for Decadence (Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown) – 400.00

8/23/2025 Turnabout Show (Crossing) – 691.00

8/23/2025 Fundraiser (R Bar) – 363.00

8/27/2025 Showtunes & Divas (Bourbon Pub & Parade) – 995.00

8/29/2025 Grand Marshal Show (Golden Lantern) 328.00

9/1/2025 Willie’s Liquor Basket Raffle (Tickets sold at all SD events) – 4871.00

9/16/2025 Donation (Ambush Magazine Gay Appreciation Awards) – 175.00

Total Raised from Fundraisers: $46,887.10

Sponsorships

Stem Nola – 1000.00

Commander’s Palace – 1000.00

Golden Lantern – 1000.00

Lynx Noir – 1000.00

Powermark – 1000.00

SIPPS – 1000.00

Gulf Coast Pride – 1000.00

Jennifer Solms & Cory Seaton – 1000.00

Allen Hollis – 600.00

Mambos – 500.00

Corner Pocket – 500.00

Crossing – 500.00

Oceana Grill – 250.00

Aspen Estate Planning- 250.00

Cat’s Meow – 250.00

Deb & Mona – 220.00

J & G Holdings – 200.00

Miss Gay Lagniappe – 100.00

Benjamin Bigelow – 100.00

Appletini Review – 100.00

In-Kind Sponsorships

Stem NOLA – 1900

Ambush Magazine – 1000.00

Hilton Riverside Hotel – 1000.00

Tito’s – 1000.00

New Orleans Phoenix – 500.00

Pulcinella – 250.00

Jimmy Gale & Andy Parker – 250.00

Total Raised from Sponsorships: $11,570.00

EXPENSES

Parade

Parade Insurance: 1491.00

Parade Clean Up (Shitty Smitty Clean Up Krewe): 3800.00

SDGM & Entourage Costume Budget ($2k each): 8000.00

Parade Permit (City of New Orleans): 103.25

Formers Luncheon (Hard Rock Cafe): 1100.00

Banners (banners.com): 340.86

Parade Security (NOPD): 6756.68

Parade Security (Sheriff’s Office): 4720.00

Total Parade Expenses: $26,311.79

Other

Bank Fees: 22.75

SD Merch (Elektra Cosmetics): 400.00

Entourage Shirts (Screen Printing Unlimited): 2865.50

Photographer (Craig Fremin Photography): 325.00

Parade Captain Supply and Website Reimbursement: 273.82

Total Event Expenses: $3,887.07

Charity

Women with a Vision, Inc: $12,000.00

NOAGE: $6,000.00

LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana: $6,000.00

Total Donation: $24,000.00

SUMMARY

Sponsorship: +$11,570.00

Fundraisers: +$46,887.10

Parade Expenses: -$26,311.79

Expenses: -$3,887.07

Donation: -$24,000

Balance Forward for SD54: +$4,258.24