LPF Fundraising Committee Report, June 2024
Committee: LPF Fundraising
Date of Report: 6/16/2024
Chair: Hector Roos
Top information:
We now have a fundraising contractor Marc Golob who is meeting with donors and planning on traveling to activate fundraising in coordination with county affiliates. He still needs access to finance data to confirm receipts and prepare reports.
There has been discussion on how do we capture lapses donors and grow fundraising. Apart from identifying and recapturing lapsed donors, it has been asked for LPF ExCom and Standing Committee members to at the very least join the 100@25 Club by starting a recurring $25/month donation. Since we switched to Nationbuilder, it has become difficult to catch lapsed donations (we don't have access to accurate finance reports and this breakdown was provided by the previous treasurer in their reports) and make fundraising asks by email (limitations due to access to Nationbuilder email). We are regularly asked to draft emails asks so I understand the frustrating issue. Also, fundraising committee members find themselves without enough time to make fundraising calls to lapses donors or to follow up with donor leads (can LPF Excom members help?)
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. 4) 3-4 fundraising appeal emails per week needed.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 5:00pm (1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 5 PM until further notice)
Membership: Steven Nehkaila, Hector Roos, Gabrielle Cordova, Robert Kraus, Tub Rorabaugh (Ex-Officio)
Volunteer(s): Josh Hlavka
Meetings are held through Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87982580681?pwd=ei93WUI0TnRYdWkwZVRSU2dEMVgwZz09Events/Fundraising
• LNC August Meeting
• 4th Annual LPF Holiday Party (December, location: TBD)
• Florida Keys Fundraising, Jan. 3-5 (we are soliciting VIP participants and sponsorships)
Action steps (Hector/Gabrielle unless otherwise indicated):
• Fundraising program: Nationbuilder proposal approved. Have committed $5,000 in pledges to two-step fundraising campaign to fund $10,000. ($3,000 donation realized)
• Fundraising program: Working on End of Year donation program (including mailing, email and text messaging)
• Donor lists (touching base with current and recent donors)
• Donor lists (100 @ $500 donors who give to LP National and not LP Florida)
• Launched Florida Liberty Action, Inc. (FLA) as a related 501c4 under the chair's discretion, seeking end of the year business sponsorship and giving. Applied for first end of year and corporate sponsorships.
Email messaging: Year in Review, Give the Gift of Liberty / End of Year Fundraising Drive: Nationbuilder Fundraising Drive ($10K goal; $3K realized, $2K pledge so far). I have been asked to
Continuing Tasks:
• Updating Bloomerang CRM (Hector)
• Updating call lists (Hector)
• Preparing next email appeal (Hector)
• Communication calendar for fundraising asks (incl. Giving Tuesday, Year in Review, End of Year, 100@25 profiles, 100@25 virtual monthly events)
• Trying 3/week fundraising appeal. Steven priority. Messaging: Candidates, Party Development, Events, Activities (like Legislative Session, Cannafest, etc)
• 2024 LPF Convention Cmte Coordination (Robert): 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)
• LPF Store: Mitchell Wiecek is managing the page for $100/month (proposal to be considered)
• 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. (upcoming Admiral Finbar on Tuesday, Nov. 28 @ 8pm EST tentative). Next one tentatively scheduled is Shane Hazel, 2022 LP Georgia candidate for governor / 2020 LP Georgia candidate for US Senate) on the Basics of Bitcoin.
