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

Thu Jan 19 16:04:32 CST 2012

Great! Any way you could use the same letter to thank the donors through
Paypal.  There were a number and I think personal notes (email is fine
since that may be all we have) would be great. - Danielle

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at comcast.net>wrote:

> 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<http://urbanaillinois.us/posts/2010/03/consolidated-social-service-funding-applications-now-available>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 <http://fex.org/grantmaking>: 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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