Introduction
The Foundation Party is taking a fundamentally different approach to politics. Based on three simple pillars: transparency, independence, and diversity, the Foundation is the political party reimagined. The embodiment of these will be a new web framework for mapping out government, connecting citizens and leaders, and crowdsourcing and crowdfunding our party platform.
What We Need & What You Get
Since the Foundation Party is more about the ideas behind our platform, we won't be running any candidates in the 2012 election. This fund drive is to help get the Foundation up off the ground. If we reach our goal we'll develop the core components needed for launching in 2013, while working in the short term to provice a truly objective evaluation of Republican and Democratic presidential candidates alongside an exploration of alternatives from the Foundation Party.
Every perk includes a year active membership to the party, giving you monthly credits based on the contribution amount made here. After the full launch in January 2013, each month you'll get to distribute these credits towards the party areas that you want to see developed.
United States Eligible Voters Only Please!
Receiving the active membership credit perk will require providing the same information as you would for political donations (Name, Address, Employer Occupation).
The Impact
Initiatives to change campaign finance and the influence of special interests are worthy efforts, but they will ultimately only be partially effective at best. The Foundation Party is an opportunity to rewrite politics for our current times and bring the full potential of our connected society to bare. Support the Foundation, and let's start a revolution in politics!
Other Ways You Can Help
Visit our website to learn more, provide ideas, and help spread the word.
How These Dollars Will Be Used
The Foundation Party is truly starting from the ground up. Your dollars will go towards establishing all the legal, accounting, and opertaional needs for the rest of 2012. Starting in 2013, we expect to be underway, raising the membership needed for sustaining the party. Here are the initial estimates for how the funds will be distributed:
- 5K Legal fees
- 5K Accounting
- 1K Web services and hosting
- 5K Software and hardware
- 15K Software developers
- 19K Leadership and research staff
Note that the credit perks are intended to be as close to a dollar for dollar value as possible so that members can distribute their contributions towards the party areas they want to see developed. If we are unsuccessful in establishing the party for 2013, there won't be an opportunity to apply these, so please help us grow and succeed!