What can be done to make C4L more effective? What is its potential? Here are some numbers:
Revenue:
2008: $2,216,675
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2009_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_200812.pdf
2009: $6,129,729 (+176.5% from 2008)
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2010_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_200912.pdf
2010: $5,031,023 (-17.9% from 2009)
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2011_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_201012.pdf
2011: $3,769,048 (-25.1% from 2010)
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2012_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_201112.pdf
2012: $2,792,734 (-25.9% from 2011)
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2013_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_201212.pdf
2013: $2,100,000 (My estimate based on a 24.8% decline from 2012)
Approximate total revenue 2008 - 2013: $22,039,000
Total membership (ex D.C.) on 1/11/14: 524,676
Total membership (ex D.C.) on 2/11/14: 517,319
1 month change in membership: -7,357
22 states plus D.C. have no state coordinator. Or more specifically, 22 states plus D.C. list "Deborah Wells" as the state coordinator. Those 22 states have 220,457 members.
I've pretty much stopped reading the emails from C4L. All they ever seem to do is hold seminars, ask for petition signatures, and solicit donations. But just based on the number of members remaining, I would think the organization still has some potential. I'd like to hear some stories about what C4L has accomplished and how it accomplished those things, preferably from people who haven't been paid by it. That might inspire some people to step up and replicate that effort in their own state. And maybe some ideas on what the national organization can change to make the group more effective.
Revenue:
2008: $2,216,675
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2009_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_200812.pdf
2009: $6,129,729 (+176.5% from 2008)
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2010_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_200912.pdf
2010: $5,031,023 (-17.9% from 2009)
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2011_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_201012.pdf
2011: $3,769,048 (-25.1% from 2010)
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2012_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_201112.pdf
2012: $2,792,734 (-25.9% from 2011)
https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2013_12_EO/26-2730467_990O_201212.pdf
2013: $2,100,000 (My estimate based on a 24.8% decline from 2012)
Approximate total revenue 2008 - 2013: $22,039,000
Total membership (ex D.C.) on 1/11/14: 524,676
Total membership (ex D.C.) on 2/11/14: 517,319
1 month change in membership: -7,357
22 states plus D.C. have no state coordinator. Or more specifically, 22 states plus D.C. list "Deborah Wells" as the state coordinator. Those 22 states have 220,457 members.
I've pretty much stopped reading the emails from C4L. All they ever seem to do is hold seminars, ask for petition signatures, and solicit donations. But just based on the number of members remaining, I would think the organization still has some potential. I'd like to hear some stories about what C4L has accomplished and how it accomplished those things, preferably from people who haven't been paid by it. That might inspire some people to step up and replicate that effort in their own state. And maybe some ideas on what the national organization can change to make the group more effective.
