[Bod-fundraising] Barbara Kessel // Request from: Fundraising committee meeting notes from today 1.17.12

[Conrad Wetzel]

To:        Barbara Kessel (barkes at gmail.com)From:    Conrad Wetzel (wetzelmc at hotmail.com)cc:        Danielle Chynoweth (danielle at prometheusradio.org)Re:       Request from:  Fundraising committee meeting notes from today 1.17.12 Dear Barbara, You'll find below the minutes of the newly functioning Fundraising Committee for the IMC. We are wanting to broaden the membership of this committee to include more of the folks who play a significant role in the well-being of the IMC. As you can note, I've been asked to contact you to ask whether you, as the chair of the Books to Prisoners working group, would be willing to serve on this committee. Our next meeting is Thursday, Feb 16 from 5 - 6:30 pm.   We're hoping that you'll be able to say yes. Thanks,Conrad Wetzel217-390-9246wetzelmc at hotmail.com______________________________________________________________________________________________Forwarding: From: danielle at prometheusradio.org
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:04:32 -0600
To: jandurl at comcast.net
CC: meinrath at newamerica.net; bod-fundraising at lists.chambana.net; carolammons at gmail.com; alex at ucimc.org
Subject: Re: [Bod-fundraising] Fundraising committee meeting notes from	today 1.17.12

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 WetzelYvette SchevenMeg MinorGerri KirchnerFred DavidsonWalter FeinbergAl KaganBen 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 SeptPACA 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 FUNDINGFee 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 exploringDonors who support our work but haven't been asked - Belden is reaching out to campus faculty in likeminded departments like ICR.


 ExhibitsRegular uses like People's PotluckOutreach to ethnic groups for eventsFeature 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 curriculumRFU tower fundWindow restorationAccessibility improvementsWant to know priority needs of various working groups


 EXPANDING OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPWe 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 - DanielleJames Kilgore - KenGeri Kirchner - Danielle already did and she said she would help with e-appeals 
Julianne P - SDAS - DanielleMaggie Taylor - Danielle

 cheers!Danielle

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