Patriot is priced so that organizations of any size can easily use it without breaking the bank. Each subscription is $60 a month and includes the first 500 "people" in your database, but an unlimited number of "contacts".
So, to clarify, we put individuals into two distinct groups, those who do something (people), and those that might do something (contacts). Patriot only charges you for those that actually donate, volunteer, or attend an event, and we call these "People". Moreover, if you upload 20,000 contacts into our bulk email system, you are not charged for 20,000 people unless of course they all donate or volunteer. Each additional 500 people in your database is just $30 additional each month. Remember, a person is what we bill on, not the number of donations. If one person donates 10 times, they still only count as a single individual.
Example: Becky For City Council
Becky is running for City Council and needs the ability to collect donations as well as volunteers on her website. She has decided to use both facebook.com and blogger.com as her website and can easily add her volunteer and donation links to them.
- Setup Fee = $150
- Monthly = $50
- Discount % = 5% (the money taken from each credit card donation)
Over the course of the campaign, she has 354 unique donors. Some of them have donated many times, as they are close friends or relatives. Because the first 500 people are included with the subscription, she incurs no additional costs. Her monthly subscription fee is a consistent $50 per month.
Example: Rupert For Congress
Rupert is going to run for congress and really needs help organizing what he feels will be a big campaign. He has decided to use www.idealcampaign.com because they rock (subtle plug). Anyway, it is quite easy for him to add his speaking event line-up, donation links, and volunteer sign-up forms to his awesome new website.
- Setup Fee = $150
- Monthly Fee = $50
- Discount % = 5% (the money taken from each credit card donation)
During the campaign, Rupert decides to add bulk email marketing capability to his arsenal, and spend $50 a month on this additional capability to keep his donors informed. He knows that once someone donates, there is an 80% chance they will donate again in the future. Over the course of the campaign, he develops 2,343 unique donors and volunteers. His monthly cost would be $180 at per month near the end of the campaign (not including the bulk email costs).
Why is it priced this way?
Small campaigns have small budgets, and there is no reason to charge them the same as a much larger race that needs more resources. Even a race at a state level might not be successful in raising funds, so our pricing scales as your campaign does. However, it is still very reasonably priced, even for larger campaigns.
The longest commitment one has to Patriot is our 90 day subscription, and you can close your account at any time. We also maintain the data for a few years, so if you return, you can just pick-up where you left off.
Note there are no transaction fee for checks, cash, or in-kind contributions you track inside of Patriot.