We announced some great news earlier this month: A backer of the film gave us a Challenge Award – any contributions received in February will be DOUBLED – fully matched by the benefactor, up to a total of $5,000.
And the response was incredible. February was our best fundraising month ever! Thanks to a number of individual purchases, and a large contribution at the Executive Producer level, the challenge was more than met, and we raised a whopping $11,951.57 by February 28th (including the full Challenge Award).
Special thanks to our new Executive Producers Nancy Hungerford-Thunstrom and Muriel Karr.
(You can be an Executive Producer too, with your name in the credits, or one of several other contributions that get screen credit, by making a purchase in our Crowdfunding Shop, or by purchasing a needed item from our Amazon Wish List. There are also sponsorship opportunities and there is a need for volunteers.)
The fundraising goal to complete the film to a theatrical standard and get it into festivals is now more than 25% met.
What does this mean? How will the money be spent?
The funds are being split approximately into quarters, in the following categories:
- Existing debts and obligations to others
- Support for upcoming trips to Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin
- Remote interviews and drone photography in other locations
- Reserve funds, admin projects, hardware/software, and promotion/merchandise projects
Thank you everyone for your support. There is still a lot left to do, and the crowdfunding campaign will continue, but this gives us a huge boost to fund critical trips and projects in April and May.
For more details on the budget and crowdfunding, please refer to our Transparency page.
As always, if you have any questions, please Contact Us.
You can help support the project by purchasing from the Crowdfunding Shop.
