Tipping Liberally

Living Liberally has grown to over 300 chapters around the country - but we're still largely supporting it in the way we did when we were just a small group in a backyard in Manhattan.

It's just a two-person staff with a few volunteers that support that network, and we've been paying all our costs out of pocket. That includes:
* A two-person full-time staff that deals with website issues, chapter mailings and orienting additions to the network, along with a small group of volunteers.
* Enough server space, domain fees and assorted web costs to facilitate a network that sends 1.2 million emails a year, to 60,000 subscribers.
* Legal fees (even a scrappy grassroots organization needs a lawyer for the basic issues).
* Buttons that we send as a starter pack to every new chapter, subsidizing the cost when you want more.

The list of expenses goes on. Plus, with a little money we could take advantage of opportunities to help all chapters around the country:
* Send better giveaways and speakers to your chapter.
* Improve email services.
* Implement the dozens of great programming ideas we hear from chapters every week.

Can you help us out? You already tip your bartender and waiter…please tip Drinking Liberally today. We promise our service will be worth the gratuity.

You can contribute directly to our PayPal Account:

Or you can give it to your host, and they'll pass it along our way.

We’ll post on the site what we’ve received from each chapter so you know where your money is going…and how generous your chapter has been.

Thanks – and keep promoting democracy one pint at a time!

Want to see who's else has donated? Visit our Thanks For The Tip page.

Want to learn more about supporting LL on a regular, automated basis? Check out our donations page.