How To Plan Your Budget
Your ability to fundraise and manage a budget will make or break your campaign. Dig in to a few basic resources on financial compliance, agenda setting, and building a smart fundraising plan.
Setting Up Your the Financial Part of Your Campaign: Step by Step
Run for Something
Learn how to set up your bank account, tax employer identification number, and set yourself up to appropriately track campaign expenses for financial disclosures.
Campaign Toolkit Budget
Arena
Where do you invest? Where do you pull back? This resource will teach you how to create a smart budget to get you to Election Day.
Writing Your Fundraising Plan
National Democratic Training Committee
A simple, sure-fire way to flesh out your financial goals for each quarter of your campaign.
Making an Effective Fundraising Pitch
National Democratic Training Committee
Simply put: learn how to effectively ask someone to donate to your campaign (without pissing them off.)
Budgeting & Financial Compliance
National Democratic Training Committee
There are lots of rules to running for office. Make sure you know them all as you get started.
Campaign Events
National Democratic Training Committee
Yes, event planning is a part of campaigning as well. Take this course to figure out how to create an event that will meet your campaign’s goals and organize your event’s logistics.