Member Challenge Fund

Be a catalyst for giving! Help our community grow and amplify support for PRE.

WHAT IS THE MEMBER CHALLENGE FUND?
Member Challenge Fund provides financial resources during On-Air Fund Drives and Email Campaigns to encourage listeners and members to contribute to Public Radio East. This fund is critical to strategically advance fundraising goals to sustain PRE's annual operating budget.

Member Challenges incentivize new members to join PRE, and current members to increase their donation.

RECOGNITION:
Donors to the Member Challenge Fund are recognized during the Member Challenge (On-Air or Email) and on the Member Challenge Fund Website.

GOAL:
We want to offer a TRIPLE TUESDAY during the Year End Fund Drive (December 2025), in addition to a new member challenge and multiple member challenges. Typical amounts for each type of challenge are listed below:

• Member Challenge – A dollar-for-dollar challenge, during the On-Air Fund Drive or via an Email Campaign. Typical member challenges are $1,000 - $5,000.
• New Member Challenge – encourages listeners to become a new member at any level. New Member Challenges are typically $5,000 - $10,000.
• Triple Tuesday – (NEW December 2025). Triple Tuesday amplifies the power of member gifts, where every dollar pledged become three dollars. Triple Tuesday Challenge are aimed to be in increments of $4,000, $6,000 or $8,000.

ACTION:
Donate the Member Challenge Fund
Minimum gift of $500.

QUESTIONS:
Please email Andrea Miller, Fundraising Coordinator at amiller@publicradioeast.org

MEMBER CHALLENGES MAKE AN OUTSIZED IMACT:

DECEMBER 2025
We received over $30,000 in contributions to the Member Challenge Fund for December.
During the On Air Fund Drive, $25,030 in Member Challenges turned into $32,000 in pledges and over 50 new members!
$5,500 in Member Challenges will be used for a year-end challenge. Stay tuned for more details.

SEPTEMBER 2025
$16,500 in Member Challenges turned into more than $51,000 in pledges and 35 new members during PRE’s September 2025 Fund Drive. Hours with a Member Challenge raised 178% more per hour then hours without a Member Challenge!

JUNE 2025
Member Challenges raised 216% more per hour than hours without a Member Challenge. Within nine hours, $8,000 in Member Challenges turned into $20,599.32 in pledges. During the 11 hours without member challenges, we raised $11,662.