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Restore democracy: Fund a new political alternative

Help us build the civic tools and services for revolutionizing politics.

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Restore democracy: Fund a new political alternative

Restore democracy: Fund a new political alternative

Restore democracy: Fund a new political alternative

Restore democracy: Fund a new political alternative

Restore democracy: Fund a new political alternative

Help us build the civic tools and services for revolutionizing politics.

Help us build the civic tools and services for revolutionizing politics.

Help us build the civic tools and services for revolutionizing politics.

Help us build the civic tools and services for revolutionizing politics.

The Foundation Party
The Foundation Party
The Foundation Party
The Foundation Party
1 Campaign |
Boston, United States
$3,890 USD 29 backers
7% of $50,000 Fixed Goal Fixed Goal

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!

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Choose your Perk

Member

$15 USD
Become a founding member and receive a year of active membership with 100 monthly credits to distribute to the policy areas you want to see developed after we launch the full site in January 2013.
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Proud Member

$30 USD
Receive the above with 200 monthly credits as well as a special badge for your Foundation profile that is only available during this campaign.
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Mover Member

$60 USD
Receive all the above with 400 monthly credits as well as a bumper sticker to proudly display your support to all those stuck in traffic.
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Committed Member

$120 USD
Receive all the above perks with 800 as well as a commemorative founding member pin.
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Founding Member

$500 USD
Receive all the above with 1600 monthly credits as well as one of the first 500 member numbers.
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Cornerstone Member

$1,000 USD
Receive all the above with 3200 monthly credits as well as one of the first 100 member numbers. You will also receive an invitation to our unconference in Boston planned for the end of October 2012 (travel and other incidentals are not included).
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Keystone Member

$5,000 USD
Receive all the above with 6400 monthly credits as well as one of the first 10 member numbers. You will also receive a VIP pass to our unconference in Boston planned for the end of October 2012 that includes a dinner with the founders (travel and other incidentals are not included).
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