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2016 Postmortem

hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:23 PM Nov 2015

About small donors: say 1000 people give me $1, and one person gives me $1000

Most of my donors are small donors

The average donation is $2

The median donation is $1

All well and good, but -

I'll leave you to guess which donor's phone calls get answered.

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About small donors: say 1000 people give me $1, and one person gives me $1000 (Original Post) hedgehog Nov 2015 OP

Yes, of course. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #1

And if a big donor suggests that a particular artist gets some exposure, hedgehog Nov 2015 #2

We've never had that experience The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #3

Answer: none of them... brooklynite Nov 2015 #4

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,587 posts)

1. Yes, of course.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:29 PM

Nov 2015

I've been involved in fund-raising for a nonprofit arts group. The big donors get wined and dined and fawned over in the hope they will give even more money, and all the small donors get is a thank-you note. Why would politics be any different?