LPF Fundraising Committee Report, August 2024
Committee: LPF Fundraising
Date of Report: 9/15/2024
Chair: Hector Roos
Top information:
We would like to announce a request for qualified vendors as a pool for fundraising contractors to supplement the existing contract with fundraising contractor Marc Golob.
***The description of the role has been provided to the Communications Committee to publish.
We are looking for more volunteers. We only have 3 members of this committee.
We would also like to propose a new a membership structure (inspired by LPIN and LPTX):
0) Basic member (registered LPF Voter and signs the membership pledge)
1) Sustaining* $75/year (includes $25 for LNC, $25 for LPF, $25 for county)
Additional membership levels to be determine
See Texas LP:
https://www.lptexas.org/donateSee Indiana LP:
https://lpin.org/contribute/membership/***We have received feedback with concerns that this proposal may not meet bylaw or statutory requirements. Rules committee has been requested to review the Texas and Indiana LP programs/policies.
Developing donor profiles in CRM to help identify new donors.
Candidates asking for help them developing call sheets. They are also reaching non-libertarians in their area.
We are terminating any event fundraising. We have not heard about the annual holiday party. We have not heard from convention committee regarding fundraising plans there a month after committee location and dates were finalized.
It is discouraging to attempt to pursue any other forms of fundraising without the support of the Executive Committee since there has been substantial interference and public animosity toward the committee.
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, September 18, 2024 at 5:00pm (1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 5 PM until further notice)
Membership: Steven Nehkaila, Hector Roos, Robert Kraus, Matt Johnson (Ex-Officio)
Volunteer(s): Josh Hlavka
Meetings are held through Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87982580681?pwd=ei93WUI0TnRYdWkwZVRSU2dEMVgwZz09Events/Fundraising
• LNC August Meeting / Reception in Miami ***Only w/r to Oliver-terMaat event***
• 4th Annual LPF Holiday Party (December, location: TBD) ***NO ACTION***
• Florida Keys Fundraising, Jan. 3-5 (we are soliciting VIP participants and sponsorships) ***CANCELLED***
Action steps (Hector/*** 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. ***CANCELLED***
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). ***CANCELLED***
Continuing Tasks:
• Updating Bloomerang CRM (Hector) ***CANCELLED***
• Updating call lists (Hector) ***DELAYED***
• Preparing next email appeal (Hector) ***Communications program supporting Candidates has replaced this initative***
• Communication calendar for fundraising asks (incl. Giving Tuesday, Year in Review, End of Year, 100@25 profiles, 100@25 virtual monthly events) ***No Support***
• Trying 3/week fundraising appeal. Steven priority. Messaging: Candidates, Party Development, Events, Activities (like Legislative Session, Cannafest, etc) ***No Support***
• 2024 LPF Convention Cmte Coordination (Robert): Need specific calendar of emails and communication (i.e. press release, theme contest and early bird); promote sponsorships. ***No Support or lack of interest from Convention Cmte***
• Regularly: Announce next meeting on LPF Discord event calendar (Hector) ***Done automatically***
• LPF Store: Mitchell Wiecek is managing the page for $100/month (proposal to be considered) ***Pushed to communications committee***
• 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 (alternatively Aaron Day can speak on this as well) ***CANCELLED***
