Please consider us in your budgeting and your prayers and your giving to Free Minds, a non-profit organization (all contributions are tax-deductible).  For those who donate $100 a year or more as part of our LIFELINE supporter base, you may desire to be listed with other key supporters, or remain anonymous.

Randall Watters

UPDATE November 3, 2009:

We are still in need of at least $500 a month extra from donations per month to make ends meet. Thanks to the generous donors so fart who have kept us going!  THANK YOU!

Financial Situation

We just completed the form 990 for Federal Non-Profits at the end of August, so we were able to compare our income and expenses for the last year (2008) with the previous two years. We were very happy to see that contributions only declined by 5% due to a few very fine donors who saw our immediate needs.

Sales, however, went from $58,347K in 2006 to $49,925 in 2007 and did a complete dive to $26,581 in 2008, and show no future signs of recovering. This is/was nearly 50% of our previous source of income. This is not so much due to the economy as it was the sudden introduction of almost everything formerly CD, DVD, and book format to electronic digital format. It is the same reason the newspapers, record companies and magazines are quickly disappearing in retail sales. The world  is changing rapidly!  Since this is the worst time of the year financially, we would like to present you, our supporters, with our needs for the next three months.

Must have:

An additional $500 per month on a permanent basis just to pay the bills. We have streamlined  our operations as tight as they can go. Our regular monthly donors have dropped off to the tune of about $500 per month in the last 6 months. If you would like to set up a monthly automatic donation through your credit card or Paypal, we can set this up painlessly. Call me at 310-545-7831.

Optional

While it is “optional” not to set aside any money for retirement in the moment, we were unable to put aside the typical $7000 to $9000 per year to keep me alive a few years from now. $0 contributions have been made for retirement since 2007. My W2 income was $26,750.

All in all, we are moving ahead and God has blessed our work, but I just wanted to let my few supporters know of our immediate needs. Thank you for believing in our work!

What You Can Do

We are looking for those who wish to share in our vision by contributing to Free Minds, Inc. on a regular or even monthly basis. We can even automatically deduct any amount from your credit card if you prefer, OR even by Paypal monthly. We are happy to accept any donations to Free Minds, Inc., a non-profit educational organization. All contributions are tax-deductible in the U.S. You can use the Paypal links below, or  send a Paypal payment directly to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or send a check or money order (U.S. only) in any amount to:

Free Minds, Inc.
PO Box 3818
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266  USA

Thank you! Typical Donation Options:

ONE-TIME contribution of any amount

Donate $10 per month recurring payment

Donate $15 per month recurring payment

Donate $20 per month recurring payment

Donate $25 per month recurring payment

Donate $50 per month recurring payment

Donate $100 per month recurring payment

Donate $150 per month recurring payment

Sincerely yours,

Randall Watters, founder and CEO

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