Annual Appeal

It’s been a busy few months, but we at Independent Media Publications have managed to re-launch The Independent -- activating over 10,000 member/subscriber accounts, uploading hundreds of articles dating back a decade and offering interactive features like online classifieds, comments, blogs, and more. Already in little over a month online, we’ve reach 50,000 page views from happy readers.

And somehow we made it all happen for only $2,500.

Imagine what we would be able to accomplish with $20,000. Or even $200,000.

As you know, Independent Media Publications now oversees The Independent, formerly published by AIVF, the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers. The magazine has been a vital publication to the community of independent media-makers from its first publication in 1978 and, with your help, will continue to be for years to come.

Today, we ask for your help. As a start-up nonprofit, we rely on our readers to support our efforts. We have great plans for The Independent -- including reviving the resource books, re-launching a regular print schedule, and adding the full archives dating back to 1978 to the website. But as efficient as we are, we need financial support to make this happen.

Any donation you can make, however large or small, would be greatly appreciated and will ensure our success. As an extra incentive, all donors giving over $500 will be part of our Founders Circle and listed as a supporter on our site in perpetuity with a link and listed in all 2008 print publications. All donors giving over $75 will be listed as a supporter on the website during 2008 with the option to link to their own site.

Since we are in the process of obtaining official 501(c)(3) status, all donations will be made to our fiscal sponsor, Center for Independent Documentary, who will oversee our organization during this phase.