LPF Fundraising Committee Report, August 2023
Committee: LPF Fundraising
Date of Report: 8/20/2023
Chair: Steven Nehkaila
Vice Chair: Hector Roos
Summary:
We brought together a dream team of members to the committee. The fundraising committee has contiguous goals: 1) Seeking out corporate sponsorships for our events as a regular source of revenue. We especially want to target end of year sponsorships for LPFCon24 which is why we're making it a priority to have a 501c4 in place by then. 2) Seeking out contributions of at least $500 from Florida donors who give to national but not Florida LP in the last 3 years. 3) Seeking out contributions from rank and file and the 100@25 recurring donor program.
Last Meeting: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 4:00pm (weekly on Wednesdays at 4 PM until further notice)
Next Meeting: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 4:00pm
Membership: Steven Nehkaila, Hector Roos,
Gabrielle Cordova, Robert Kraus, Tim Crosby (Ex-Officio)
Volunteer(s): Josh Hlavka, Ashley Kautz
Meetings are held through Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87982580681?pwd=ei93WUI0TnRYdWkwZVRSU2dEMVgwZz09Upcoming actions
-100@25 event Saturday, August 26, 2023 on the State of Cannabis with Jodi James of Florida Cannabis Action Network
Past actions
-July 29th Fundraising Reception with Dr. Tom Woods was a success. It covered its own fees. Need to complete accounting and determine to transfer funds to LPF or use for future fundraising expenditures.
Action steps (Hector/Gabrielle unless otherwise indicated):
• Send thank you letters with photos from July 29th event to Fredster and Tom Woods
• Adding more donor date to prospects in Bloomerang CRM (Top 50 LNC/FL donors at $500; recent and ongoing donors)
• Create donor lists
• Create call scripts for Josh and Steven and other volunteer callers
• Set up CiviCRM account for Gabrielle and Robert (request made, waiting on IT LNC to implement) Tim will take care of this now
• Communication calendar for fundraising asks (incl. Giving Tuesday, Year in Review, End of Year, 100@25 profiles, 100@25 virtual monthly events)
• NEW: Once a week fundraising appeal. Steven priority. Messaging: Candidates, Party Development, Events, Activities (like Legislative Session, Cannafest, etc)
• 2024 LPF Convention Cmte Coordination (
Gabrielle): Need specific calendar of emails and communication (i.e. press release, theme contest and early bird); promote sponsorships.
• Regularly: Announce next meeting on LPF Discord event calendar (Hector)
• NEW: 501c4 bylaws (Hector)
• NEW: LPF Store (I asked Steven to commit a budget to pay Mitch to maintain and update the story) Reach out to Mitch to get the proposal
• NEW: 100@25 Guest Speakers invite: Larry Lawton, Spike Cohen, Larry Sharpe, Admiral Finbar, Diego Rivera, Mike Maharrey, Candidate Night. Get 5 names to promote.
Later:
• 2023 Winter Holiday Party planning (Start promotion in September)
• 2024 Vacation package fundraising (Robert, Steven) (Start in November) *Possibly in conjunction with LNC*
