[Bod-fundraising] Fundraising committee meeting notes from today 1.17.12
Danielle Chynoweth
danielle at prometheusradio.org
Mon Jan 30 16:38:13 CST 2012
thanks. if you email just a list of imc donors each month we can take care
of it.
our next fundraising committee meeting is 2/16 5-6:30 at the imc.
- danielle
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at comcast.net>wrote:
> Hi,
> I have emailed Ben and offered him the opportunity to select a painting.
>
> Also I have attached the December paypal transactions. You can see that
> the IMC donors for December are listed at beginning and Bike Project donors
> below. Names (column D) and email addresses (column L) are included on the
> spreadsheet.
>
> If I emailed to someone on the fundraising committee just the list of IMC
> donors (not the whole list) for each month in this format, would it then
> make it possible and easy for a designated person to sent an email
> thank-you to each month's donors?
>
> Durl
>
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
>
> Thank you Durl.
>
> I think everyone who donates should get acknowledgement of their donation.
>
> We need to work out a system where people get a response in a timely
> manner.
>
> I think our committee can provide thank yous, but we need a monthly list
> from the finance group of snail mail (or email if that is all we have) of
> all the donors for that month.
>
> In the meantime, if you could reach out to Ben that would be great. If
> you want us to thank the 7, we can do that at our next meeting - we just
> need the info.
>
> - Danielle
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at comcast.net>wrote:
>
>> I have thanked all the Sustainer Fund donors and Ben G. I agree Ben
>> should be offered a painting. I am willing to contact Ben and let him
>> choose a painting if you want. Just let me know.
>>
>> I do have a question on the remaining December paypal donors. At least
>> five donated $50, which appears to be for specifically for membership.
>> Have we in the past sent thank you notes to individuals for joining?
>>
>> The three remaining contributors gave between $75-$125. Again I was
>> unclear about their intentions (membership or general donation) and whether
>> a thank you was warranted.
>>
>> I have not sent email thank you's to these seven.
>>
>> Some direction from Fundraising is welcomed.
>> Durl
>> PS-I assume in the future Fundraising will coordinate thank you notes.
>>
>> On Jan 29, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
>>
>> We have a number of people who gave over $250 this last time and I think
>> we should offer the paintings to them. In particular, Ben should be
>> offered. Durl, you were handling thank yous for this last round - including
>> the paypal donors right?
>>
>> - Danielle
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at comcast.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Fundraising Committee,
>>> Since the Sustaining Committee and Fundraising Committee are merging
>>> into a single, organized, and coordinated effort, I wanted to inform
>>> everyone that I still have about 11 paintings donated by Betsem to the
>>> Sustaining Committee to be used as gifts for larger donations. I plan to
>>> bring them by the IMC on Tuesday and Carol A. will safely store them.
>>> Just wanted everyone on the Fundraising Committee to know these
>>> paintings were available to the Fundraising Committee as you plan future
>>> fundraising events.
>>> 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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