I have been asked to inform members about the donations I receive to help fund NMP.
This is a totally accurate breakdown for this year. I have no reason to make the figures up.
The cost of the server that hosts NMP is £106 a month so as you can see below, sometimes there are not sufficient donations to cover this and other month's there are enough to cover the shortfall and the same month.
Most donations are sent via Paypal which incurs a charge to receive the money and some are sent by cheque or direct bank transfer.
January: £55 donations - fees £2.67. Total = £52.33
February: £158 donations - fees £7.42 Total = £150.58
March: donations £135 - fees £7.22 Total = £127.78
April: donations £244 - fees £10.53 (one really generous member donated £200 of this amount!!) Total = £233.47
May: donations £45 - fees £2.37 Total = £42.63
June: donations £249 - fees £9.88 Total = £239.12
July: donations £55 - fees £2.87 Total = £52.13
Aug: (so far) donations £55 Total = £55
Easy fundraising donations since Jan 2015 = £24.31
Total this year is £977.35 over 8 months
Cost of server = £106 x 8 = £848 so I have £129.35 in the "kitty"