Professional fees
Founder-led New York engagements begin at $1,500.
Weddings, extended occasions and destination engagements are quoted according to duration and logistics. All professional fees are paid directly to The Legacy Foundation. Third-party expenses are separate.
The complete schedule — four packages, every rate, the full terms — is shared after email verification. Everything that governs how a quote is built is on this page.
How a quote is built
Five rules, applied in order.
- 01
A written quote comes before any payment.
Every request that is accepted receives a versioned written quote with each line separately itemised. You accept the quote before anything is charged, and a revised quote supersedes rather than edits the old one.
- 02
The package fee is chosen first.
Packages are defined by event hours — four, seven, or ten — plus the preparation each one requires. The right package follows from the occasion, not from negotiation.
- 03
A holiday or short-notice premium is 25%, and applies only to the package fee.
It never touches travel days, additional time, taxes or third-party expenses. Where both a major holiday and short notice apply, one premium is charged — they do not stack.
- 04
You pay once, and there is nothing to sign.
Half reserves the date; the other half is charged to the same card on the morning of the event, so there is no invoice waiting for you afterwards. Where the event is a week away or less, it is settled in a single payment instead. The terms are accepted in the payment step itself.
- 05
Third-party costs pass through at cost.
They carry no markup and no premium, and they are never described as charitable support. Wherever practical you should purchase tickets and travel directly rather than through the Foundation.
Not included
What the professional fee excludes.
- Admission or event tickets
- Airfare, rail and ground transportation
- Hotel
- Meals outside those included at the event
- Visas or destination requirements
- Event-specific wardrobe beyond ordinary black tie or business formal
- Security requested by the client
- Other third-party costs approved in writing
Where the Foundation advances a cost on your behalf, you prepay it and receive a separate, itemised expense statement. Expense reimbursements are not charitable support and are never presented as such.
Occasionally an evening is going well enough that nobody wants to leave. If one runs on past its hours, additional time is $200 the half hour — noted here quietly, and only so that it never has to be mentioned on the night.
Cancellation
What happens if plans change.
Reserving a date takes it off the calendar, and only a few engagements are possible each month. So the reservation is what carries the risk of a cancellation — and because the balance is only taken on the day itself, it is also the most you can ever lose.
Within 48 hours of reserving
A full refund, in cash. This applies whenever the event is at least eight days away at the time you pay, and it lapses exactly forty-eight hours afterwards.
More than 21 days before the event
The reservation is not returned, but its full value becomes a reschedule credit, good for twelve months against another occasion.
21 days or fewer before the event
The reservation is not returned. At this distance the date cannot realistically be filled again. Nothing further is charged.
If the Foundation cancels
A full refund of professional fees and any prepaid expenses, whenever it happens and for whatever reason.
The reservation is the most you can ever lose by cancelling — the balance is only taken on the day itself, so it is never charged on an engagement that does not happen. A reschedule credit may be used once, is not transferable, and applies against the price in effect when it is redeemed. No tips or gratuities are accepted, and no payment is ever taken in cash.
Tax
What your payment is.
The Foundation treats the professional fee as payment for services and will not issue a charitable-contribution acknowledgment for that fee. Individual tax treatment may vary; consult your tax adviser.