Check Payment - 2025 Taste of Schaumburg’s Not-for-Profit Day Application
About the application
54th SEPTEMBERFEST
Sponsored by the Village of Schaumburg
Labor Day (Monday, September 1, 2025) is set aside to give local community groups the opportunity to raise funds, primarily through the sale of food and beverage items. This aspect of Septemberfest dates back to the original intent of the festival's founders. The Taste of Schaumburg is held the first two of the three days of the festival; not-for-profit organizations partner with restaurants and food vendors to sell food and beverages on Monday,
Sept. 1, 2025. Participating restaurants sponsoring not-for-profit organizations may also serve alcohol on Monday.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Interested organizations must submit an application by Monday, July 7, 2025.
About the event
Terms & Conditions
To be eligible to secure a space at Septemberfest, your non-profit organization must be either based in Schaumburg, or have over 50% of its members living in Schaumburg. In general, any organization which participated in the festival the preceding year shall have first option on that particular food item to be sold. If, however, an organization runs out of the food item it is selling before 7 p.m., the ability to exclusively sell that item the following year will be jeopardized. Please see attached Taste of Schaumburg's Not-for-Profit Day Guidelines for Septemberfest 2025.
Questions on the application
Business information
- Business name
- Legal business name
- Contact name
- Address
- Phone
- Website (Optional)
- Logo (Optional)
Additional information
- Name of Organization
- Description of Organization
- Name of Representative
- Address
- Cell Phone # - Use dashes in this 10 digit format: 847-923-3605
- Food or Beverage Item Your Group Sold at Septemberfest 2024
- List Food or Beverage Item, Sale Price & Portion Size Your Group Intends to Sell This Year - Indicate if item is Vegan, Vegetarian or Gluten Free
- List Food or Beverage Item, Sale Price & Portion Size Your Group Intends to Sell This Year - Indicate if item is Vegan, Vegetarian or Gluten Free
- Is a Restaurant or Food Vendor Assisting Your Group?
- If Yes, Please List the Name
- How Will Your Group Prepare the Food?
- Electric equipment to be used (heat lamp, steamer, hot box, cooler, freezer, blender, fan, light, etc.). Include # of units and volts/amps/watts used for each item.
- Upload electrical equipment description information
- Upload electrical equipment description information
- How many four-outlet circuits (drops) with 20 amps of power each do you need?
- Propane equipment to be used (deep fryer, grill, steam table, etc.). Include # of units and # of BTU's.
- Upload propane equipment description information
- Propane users must include a sketch of the booth layout for the cooking appliances (sketches from previous years will not be accepted if there are any changes) with the application or via email to rbenvenuti@schaumburg.com
- Propane sketch of the booth layout.
- Name, Phone #, Address & Email of Volunteer #1
- Name, Phone #, Address & Email of Volunteer #2
- Certificate of Insurance (COI) and Written Endorsement (WE) Required for Booth Holders
- Upload certificate of insurance if available or email certificate of insurance to rbenvenuti@schaumburg.com soon and prior to Septemberfest.
- Upload written proof of endorsement that includes the general liability policy number the endorsement corresponds to if available or email endorsement to rbenvenuti@schaumburg.com soon and prior to Septemberfest.
- $100 refundable security deposit required. The deposit should be in the form of a check and made payable to the Village of Schaumburg (not Septemberfest). To ensure that all Not-for-Profit groups will clean up their area at closing and supply two volunteers, a $100 refundable security deposit must accompany all applications. The deposit check will be held and returned upon inspection by the Septemberfest Not-For-Profit Committee or other Septemberfest Committee member the Monday evening of Not-for-Profit Day at Septemberfest.
- Choose an option for your organization logo
- Upload organization logo if available or email logo to rbenvenuti@schaumburg.com.
- Select a Booth Option at Not-for-Profit Day on Monday (Labor Day)
- TOTAL COST
- I reviewed and agree to the terms and conditions and general rules included in the document section of the application
