Fundraising
Fundraising for your campaign is a crucial step in order to pass your levy or bond. Ideally your campaign committee is starting up with some money, perhaps a quarter of what it will need to run the campaign.
Yearly on-going donations: Some campaigns ask their local PTA’s to donate every year to the campaign, $100, $200, $250 are some of the annual contributions that PTA’s are donating.
Some campaigns ask the staff at their local schools to make automatic payroll deduction monthly contributions of $1, $3, $5 on an on-going basis. With significant participation, all of your campaign dollars can be raised before the campaign begins.
Campaign based donations – three to nine months before election
When asking organizations to donate, ask them to do an organizational contribution, PTA’s, chamber, etc can be asked. Send a fundraising letter to different segments of population like senior citizens and booster clubs. Ask PTA’s to name 5-20 people in each school to send fundraising letter to.
Examples of fundraising letters and materials.
On-line Websites
PayPal is a good option for something very basic. There is no charge for setup or maintenance it is a straight per transaction fee and percentage.
Sporg: costs $200 annually, plus 4% + $1 of each donation.
Groundspring: costs $360 annually ($30/month), plus 3% of each donation.
Paypal: costs $0 annually, 2.5%-2.9% per donation plus $.30.
There are some other companies if you want to get a little fancier.
