This subseries contains materials documenting several programs instituted by the Center to raise funds. The materials include correspondence and receipt books for the Wilshire Volunteer Services Fund, a chapter of the Volunteer Services Fund-a charitable fundraising organization incorporated in California in 1971-set up in November 1972 by Morris Kight, Don Kilhefner, and Ken Bartley, to enable individuals to make tax-exempt donations to the Center (1) before the Center had obtained tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service, and (2) without making reference to the word "gay" in tax and donation forms. The Fund, which provided the Center in its first two years of existence with a substantial portion of its operating funds, ceased operations at the end of 1974, after the Center had obtained tax-exempt status. The subseries also includes a file of correspondence and receipts relating to the Gaywill Funky Shoppe, which was set up in 1971 at 1519-1521 Griffith Park Boulevard. The Shoppe was never a success financially, and was closed after its manager was murdered on the premises in 1973. Additional materials include a file of miscellaneous papers and membership forms relating to the Friends of the Center, a membership organization set up in 1974 to support the goals of the Center; records of funding appeals and events sponsored by the Friends can be found in Subseries 3.1 and Series 4, respectively. The records of the Building Fund, set up in 1976 to fund the purchase the Highland Avenue facility, include correspondence, receipts books, and pledge forms and invoices; additional information on fundraising events for the Fund can be found in Series 4. The subseries also includes correspondence and notes concerning an unrealized plan to institute bingo at the Center.