Non-Profit Comedy
 

Often political and always hilarious, Non-Profit Comedy has been been featured
in the Seattle P-I and has raised over $50,000 for worthy non-profits.
Current one-night record: $8,900 for Puget Sound Community School!!!

"Congratulations on a fabulous show. This was a great event, a wonderful way for us to
get outside the proverbial box, and to laugh! I'll have to become a devotee of your
other shows (if I can figure out how to do that with two little ones at home...)"
-- Peter Drury, former Development Director, Sightline Institute


Next show! Tue June 30: NARAL Pro-Choice Washington

Show details: Showtime 8-9:30pm at the Comedy Underground, 109 S. Washington St. in Occidental Park. Cover is $12 ($6 w/ student ID), at least half gets donated, buy tickets at the door. The Comedy Underground is open to all ages except Fri/Sat, but it is always a free speech zone, so think twice if you're easily offended or bringing impressionable youths. The club is down a flight of stairs but elevator access is available if arranged in advance. Free street parking is often available nearby, as are pay parking lots and most downtown buses.


Behind-the-scenes details for non-profit partners and for comics

Scroll down for Is Non-PC right for me?, for Non-PC in the news, to sign up for email updates, and to read about shows in previous years.


Shows in 2006 (Total amount raised: $14,387!!)

In reverse chronological order: Tuesday December 19 featured guest producer Kelli Robson, a surprise appearance from Last Comic Standing runner-up Ty Barnett (!), and a packed house that brought in $966 for Safe Schools Coalition! Tuesday December 12 NARAL Pro-Choice Washington had their second show of the year, and it was worth it: they brought 109 people to the club, Hari Kondabolu headlined, and we raised a new record high: $1,211!! Tuesday December 5 Heneghen headlined and Cascade Land Conservancy raised $220. Tuesday November 28 Emmett Montgomery guest produced the show for Bad Fruit Foundation and raised $170. Tuesday November 21 we braved the rain and raised $190 for Stone Soup---buy holiday gifts from their non-profit rural marketplace shopthefrontier.org. Tuesday October 31 we raised $104 for Yes on I-937 (Clean Energy Initiative). Tuesday October 24 Kelli Robson guest produced (and Peggy Platt headlined!) a show for Lambert House, raising $353. Tuesday October 17 Vince Valenzuela headlined and we went head-to-head with the Rolling Stones, who were playing next door; we still raised $279 for Center for Social Justice! Tuesday October 10 UW CHID raised $157. Tuesday October 3 Youth Tutoring Program brought a crowd of 130 people and raised $1,145! (This is our new record high!) Tuesday September 26 Heneghen headlined a great show that raised $705 for University District Service Providers Alliance. Tuesday September 19 we raised $140 for Home Alive. Tuesday September 12 Hari Kondabolu guest produced and headlined the show for Hate Free Zone, which raised $713. Tuesday September 5 we raised $266 for Voters for Affordable Housing. Tuesday August 29 Heneghen, Brad Upton, and Vince Valenzuela starred in the show for Veterans of Modern Warfare, which raised $110. Tuesday August 22 Andy Peters guest produced (and David Crowe headlined) the show for Planned Parenthood, bringing in 126 people and $1,057. Tuesday August 15 Brad Upton headlined and we raised $276 for Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network. Tuesday August 8 Heneghen headlined and we raised $105 for Futurewise (formerly 1000 Friends of Washington). Tuesday August 1 Peggy Platt headlined (!), Harrold Gomez did a guest set (two winners of the Seattle Comedy Competition in one night!), and Aradia Women's Health Center brought 100 people to the club and raised $951. Tuesday July 25 we raised $614 for Jobs with Justice. Tuesday July 18 we raised $130 for Conversation Cafe/New Roadmap Foundation and had a fabulous time, with guest sets from Seattle Comedy Competition winner Ron Osborne and Heneghen. Tuesday July 11 we raised $53 for Corporate Accountability International. Tuesday June 13 Travis Simmons guest produced the show for Downtown Emergency Service Center and raised $805. Tuesday June 6 NARAL Pro-Choice Washington brought 120 people to the club and raised $1,069; Meghan Hounshell headlined! Tuesday May 30 BABES Network-YWCA raised $56. Tuesday May 23's show for El Centro de la Raza featured Latino comics Rodger Lizaola, Jay Sierra, and Vince Valenzuela and raised $122. Tuesday May 16 UW Young Democrats raised $150. Tuesday May 9 Poverty Action raised $208. Tuesday April 25 Kelli Robson guest-produced a show for the Pride Foundation and raised $500. Tuesday April 11 (the official inaugural Non-Profit Comedy show!) we had an audience of 100+ and raised $812 for Real Change, including a generous donation from comic Craig Gass, a Seattle native who's made it big with Howard Stern in New York and plunked down some serious cash for extra stage time (and brought down the house with a set about King-5's Jim Foreman being the sacrificial lamb of TV news). Tuesday March 14 (the unofficial inaugural Non-Profit Comedy show!) we packed the club with 158 people and raised $750 for Northwest Environment Watch (now called Sightline Institute) during the second-to-last High Contrast Comedy show in Seattle. Total amount raised in 2006: $14,387. Number of shows: 31. Average raised per show: $464.

    May - Aug 2009

Tue May 5*: Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Tue May 12: Cascade People's Center
Tue May 19*: Bangin Pavement for Boobies (Breast Cancer 3-day)
Wed May 20, 8:30pm: Benefit for Non-Profit Comedy comedian Jay Sierra, who is seriously ill
Tue May 26: Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
Tue June 2*: Rebuilding Together Seattle
Tue June 9: Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance (guest producer James Parkinson!)
Tue June 16: No show.
Tue June 23*: Safe Schools Coalition
Tue June 30: NARAL Pro-Choice Washington
Tue July 7*: Available!
Tue July 14: YouthCare
Tue July 21: Children's Home Society of WA
Tue July 28*: Available!
Tue Aug 4: Washington Public Campaigns
Tue Aug 11*: Available!
Tue Aug 18: Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project
Tue Aug 25*: Available!
* Potentially tight parking---Mariners game

    Sept - Dec 2009

Tue Sept 1*: Available!
Tue Sept 8: Available!
Tue Sept 15*: Available!
Tue Sept 22: Available!
Tue Sept 29*: Available!
Tue Oct 6 (tentative): Jewish Federation Young Leadership Division
Tue Oct 13: Available!
Tue Oct 20: Available!
Tue Oct 27: Available!
Tue Nov 3: ACLU of Washington State (tentative)
Tue Nov 10: Comedy competition?
Tue Nov 17: Comedy competition?
Tue Nov 24: Comedy competition?
Tue Dec 1: Available!
Tue Dec 8: Available!
Tue Dec 15: Available!
Tue Dec 22: No show
Tue Dec 29: No show
* Potentially tight parking---Mariners game

    Jan - Apr 2010

Tue Jan 5: Available!
Tue Jan 12: Available!
Tue Jan 19: Available!
Tue Jan 26: Available!
Tue Feb 2: Puget Sound Community School
Tue Feb 9: Available!
Tue Feb 16: Available!
Tue Feb 23: Available!
Tue Mar 2: Available!
Tue Mar 9: Available!
Tue Mar 16: Available!
Tue Mar 23: Available!
Tue Mar 30: Available!
Tue Apr 6: Available!
Tue Apr 13: Available!
Tue Apr 20: Available!
Tue Apr 27: Available!