Second Quarter Stats: April 1-June 30, 2008
Back to Stats Week! Today we’re profiling the Top 10 (public) Fundraising Pages by Dollars and by Donors. What we love about these stats: our Top 10 lists include Democrats of every ilk, from elected officials to bloggers to organizers.
We’re going to take a look at the roundup this quarter, but before we do, we’d like to explain what ActBlue fundraising pages are and why they are so important to Democrats.
Fundraising pages are the face of fundraising on ActBlue. You can create a fundraising page to raise money for one candidate or for a slate of candidates and committees. It’s easy and it’s quick– five minutes and you’ll be up and running– and ActBlue provides a number of tools to help you spread the word to your friends.
What’s important about this? Transparency. Any Democrat can raise money on ActBlue, and every time a contribution is made, the candidate can see who’s giving and how the donor got to the page. This transparency leads to accountability, and accountability to better government.
We’ll be posting lots of advice on how to fundraise in the coming weeks. For now, here are some links to articles on how to create an Event Page on ActBlue to manage large or small fundraisers, how one candidate creatively mobilized and energized his supporters, and, of course, how to start fundraising on ActBlue.
Top 10 Fundraising Pages by Dollars for Q2 2008
| FUNDRAISING PAGE | TOTAL CONTRIB. |
| 1.fisa | $279,370.20 |
| 2.ricknoriega | $242,353.73 |
| 3.orangetoblue | $168,696.93 |
| 4.dansealsforcongress.com | $128,909.08 |
| 5.heinrich | $97,735.64 |
| 6.blueamerica08 | $78,591.22 |
| 7.thepen | $77,444.83 |
| 8.bushdemocrats | $59,641.72 |
| 9.fillricksboots | $59,610.74 |
| 10.ethan | $58,741.00 |
Top 10 Fundraising Pages by Donors for Q2 2008
| FUNDRAISING PAGE | DONORS |
| 1.fisa | 4853 |
| 2.ricknoriega | 2068 |
| 3.thepen | 1803 |
| 4.orangetoblue | 1709 |
| 5.bushdemocrats | 1313 |
| 6.blueamerica08 | 785 |
| 7.heinrich | 550 |
| 8.fillricksboots | 531 |
| 9.dailykos_kleeb | 510 |
| 10.supportjoe | 441 |
As we mentioned above, today’s Top 10 lists include pages created by Democrats from every part of the spectrum, from Democratic leaders and elected officials to insurgent Democratic candidates to networks of prominent bloggers and organizers.
One highlight for this quarter:
Two coalitions of major bloggers, including Orange to Blue, a project of Daily Kos, and Blue America, which unites bloggers from Firedoglake, Digby, Crooks & Liars, DownWithTyranny, and Salon.com, raised funds for dozens of Democrats from some twelve thousand donors.
Impressive work all around.
Bonus Round
We’ll end our Weekly Stats Report today, instead of tomorrow (Happy Fourth!) with another top ten list: Top 10 Pages with the Highest Percentage of Tippers. The title of this list may be cumbersome, but these numbers are very important for ActBlue.
We’re a Democratic non-profit organization, not a business. We can make our tools available to thousands of Democrats because people like you leave us tips. These tips are used exclusively by ActBlue to help us get as much money to Democrats as we can.
That’s why we wanted to profile the groups of people who’ve helped us the most this quarter. The donors on this list truly understand what we’re doing at ActBlue. Many thanks to all!
Top 10 Fundraising Pages with Highest Percentage of Tippers for Q2 2008
| FUNDRAISING PAGE (with 100+ donors) |
PERCENTAGE OF TIPPERS |
| eschatonc08 | 70% |
| bluemajority | 70% |
| dailykos_kleeb | 66% |
| orangetoblue | 64% |
| fisa | 57% |
| bushdemocrats | 56% |
| steveharrison | 55% |
| donnaedwardsgotvfundspecialgeneralelection.com | 55% |
| balloonsforobama | 52% |
| supportjoe | 52% |
If you didn’t know about tipping before today’s post, you can still help ActBlue with our mission by donating or setting up a recurring contribution. We hope this provides you with some comfort and clarity about what we do and who we are, but if you still have questions, email us at info@actblue.com.
Thanks to all of you that made the second quarter of 2008 a smashing success. We look forward to breaking more records with you next quarter!
