[Bod-fundraising] Fundraising committee meeting notes from today 1.17.12

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

Hi All,
$1825 was contributed by Sustainers in December.
I have sent thank you letters to the following individuals for  
December donations:

Barbara Kessel
Conrad Wetzel
Yvette Scheven
Meg Minor
Gerri Kirchner
Fred Davidson
Walter Feinberg
Al Kagan
Ben Galewsky (Not a sustainer, but sent a thank-you because of size of  
donation.)

I can't find an address for Ruth Oppenheim-Rothschild who donated  
$250, so no thank you was sent.

Any additional donor names that you have, still need a thank you note.

Maybe the fundraising committee can discuss a process of thanking  
donors so that we don't overlap efforts or miss deserving individuals.

Sounds like a very productive meeting.

Durl


On Jan 18, 2012, at 12:51 AM, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:

> One handed, baby in lap meeting notes from today's meeting.  
> Attendees, please correct any inaccuracies:
>
> NEXT MEETING
> Mark your calendars. Our next meeting is Thursday, Feb 16 from 5 -  
> 6:30 pm.
>
> EMAIL
> If you want to email everyone on the fundraising committee, you can  
> do so by emailing:  bod-fundraising at lists.chambana.net.
>
> SUSTAINERS
> The sustainers committee has been merged with the board's  
> fundraising committee to continue that work. Anyone who donated in  
> response to the appeal by the sustainers committee will continue to  
> have their contributions earmarked for the purposes promised by that  
> committee.
>
> We mailed out an appeal to all the sustainers who gave last year  
> asking to renew their contribution.
> --> Durl - can you tell us how much has been collected in response?
>
> ANNUAL APPEAL
> We made $1,830 from our annual online appeal from 18 donors. Of that  
> $1,000 came from one donor - Ben Galewsky. The appeal went to 3155  
> members and contacts in our database. 20% opened. 9% bounced. 7%  
> clicked a link. 1% unsubscribed. We need to thank these donors - I  
> will bring thank yous to the board meeting for us to sign.
>
> GRANTS
> Danielle reviewed current and past grants, and we discussed  
> prospective grants.
> Grant applications and reports are stored on the IMC internal wiki  
> website here:
> http://wiki.ucimc.org/bin/view/Finance/GrantApplications
>
> Current grants:
> AmeriCorps: ~150K, 3 year grant, reapplied Nov 2011 for another 3  
> years.
> Illinois Arts Council: ~7K for general support received annually  
> since 2006. App due mid April, report due Sept. Program Officer  
> loves us and is willing to come down and meet with other foundations  
> on site and talk about why he supports our work.
> City of Urbana Social Service Grant for Indymedia & Arts Lab: ~5K  
> annually. App due April 9th. Required meeting March 9th.
> City of Urbana Public Arts Grants: handful of thousands for various  
> projects available annually. Apps were due Jan 10th. In 2012 folks  
> applied for $ for Children's Art Festival, Mini maker faire, and  
> Zine fest.
> Previous grants that we should consider applying for again:
> Funding Exchange: Letters of Intent due in Sept
> PACA historic preservation grant
> Union Community Fund - not sure if this still exists
> Community Foundation (of CU) - likes to fund equipment
> Prospective funders:
>
> FEMA & disaster preparedness funders - Conrad is researching
> Media Democracy Fund - for work impacting media policy or national  
> infrastructure - app due in Sept but need to discuss with program  
> officer by late Spring - Danielle is working on a pitch
> Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity - to fund media training  
> as workforce development and training - Carol is tracking
> Lumpkin Family Foundation - regional foundation who we have some  
> relationship with - Chris R is reaching out to
> City of Urbana TIF funds - for window restoration & accessibility  
> improvements - Danielle is sheperding and looking for a partner in  
> this.
> OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING
>
> Fee for service - media training for labor unions that could  
> subsidize other training - Danielle will check with ILIR since they  
> don't offer this training but used to
> Space rentals - more campus/community conferences paid by  
> departments - Ken is exploring
> Donors who support our work but haven't been asked - Belden is  
> reaching out to campus faculty in likeminded departments like ICR.
> Exhibits
> Regular uses like People's Potluck
> Outreach to ethnic groups for events
> Feature on McChesney Show - Belden is making connection
> FUNDING NEEDS - MOST IMMEDIATE
> We discussed but did not make a formal decision on these priorities:
>
> Media training curriculum
> RFU tower fund
> Window restoration
> Accessibility improvements
> Want to know priority needs of various working groups
> EXPANDING OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
>
> We would like reps from each working group on our fundraising  
> committee.  Here are prospective members and who is going to  
> approach whom:
>
> Barbara Kessel - B2P - Conrad
> Suzanne Linder - B2P and Makerspace - Danielle
> James Kilgore - Ken
> Geri Kirchner - Danielle already did and she said she would help  
> with e-appeals
> Julianne P - SDAS - Danielle
> Maggie Taylor - Danielle
> cheers!
>
> Danielle
>
>
>
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