PDPC 2005 Fundraiser

Final Totals

Legend:

PDPC, $25,792.84

UNICEF, $5,822.11

Fees, $1,057.65

Remaining

Peer-Directed Projects Center is freenode's parent organization. Its 2005 fundraising drive has ended. The goal was to raise $25,200 to fund PDPC's fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005. We slightly exceeded our goal (see pie chart). In addition to our internal budgeting for PDPC, we'll be contributing to UNICEF to help fund disaster relief for the victims of the tsunami. After our paypal fees, one quarter of each donation through the end of the 2004 fiscal year was designated to go to UNICEF, earmarked for the tsunami fund. Users could opt out, but most did not.

If you'd still like to donate, we can use your help! A list of donation levels can be found here. The donation buttons are here on the side of the page.

Information on PDPC's interim policy on the privacy of the personal information we collect from and about you as part of the donation process can be found here.

The Network in 2004-2005

Peer-Directed Projects Center is an IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation, created to run the freenode network and to establish other programs relating to peer-directed project communities. PDPC began functioning more actively for the first time in October, 2004. when Rob Levin, the former executive director of PDPC and the head of staff of freenode project, became its first salaried employee, beginning work on establishing accounting procedures, researching grants for future programs, and assessing the state of the freenode project. In mid-November he received his first pay check, including back pay covering October.

The freenode project has experienced fairly stable growth in the last year. The network is about 50% larger than it was last year at this time. Growth is expected to continue at a similar rate through the rest of the fiscal year ending in 2005. After phone service was established, PDPC's staffer began to catch up on the group contact forms submitted in 2004 and currently about 100 groups and projects now have official relationships with PDPC and freenode (listed on the primary and "about" group pages). Many of these groups now provide hostname cloaks, which allow participants to display their public affiliation with a group.

Notes on the 2005-2006 Budget

The budget for PDPC's fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2005 has not yet been approved even in draft form. However, PDPC is still a small and simple entity, and most of the features of the budget are already clear.

The budget for next year covers an entire year. The previous year's budget featured significant expenses beginning in October, not in July.
At the start of the fundraiser, PDPC's treasury already had approximately $2,440 more than the funds budgeted for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004. These additional funds were donated prior to board approval of the UNICEF pass-through and they accrue toward the $25,200 fundraising goal for PDPC.
The staffer salary will remain at $16,000/year. No changes in salary are anticipated. Current payroll processing charges are about $40/month and the budget provides for increases in case the payroll processor must be changed for any reason. About $200/month has been allocated for payroll taxes.
$1,000 has been allocated to legal and general accounting fees. The total of this figure and the payroll processing budget are slightly less than the equivalent in the 2004-2005 budget. Any excess from this year's budget will be carried forward as general funds and may be added to the 2005-2006 budget and eventually a fund may be set up for unanticipated expenses of this sort.
$2,000 has been allocated to travel and conferences.
About $2,250 has been allocated to books and subscriptions, telephone and telecom, postage and printing.
$750 has been allocated to staff development (short courses, reference material and certifications related to job requirements).