Please support Busted Halo®
We continue to offer BustedHalo.com® free of charge to our readers, yet we have many expenses not covered by the sponsorship banners you see on the site. In order to continue to provide the network of media and ministry you and so many of our readers, listeners, and retreatants have come to value, we need your support!
[Click here to learn more about how we fund Busted Halo.]
The recession has hit particularly hard for non-profits like Busted Halo® who rely on charitable contributions to continue our ministry. The job of Busted Halo is to provide a venue for young adults to explore their spirituality, listen to and encourage one another, and discover (or re-discover) the rich depths of Catholic tradition. As a nonprofit, we are dependent on your help to do that.
Busted Halo® pledges to be here when you need us. We need you too. Please consider a gift that will help support Busted Halo®. Thank you!
There are two ways you can donate to Busted Halo®:
Click here to download a mail-in pledge form. | To learn more about how you can help, Busted Halo® 405 W. 59th Street New York NY 10019 (212) 265-3209 x-204 |
Busted Halo® Funding FAQ
Q: Aren’t websites fairly inexpensive to maintain? What does Busted Halo® need money for?
A: Busted Halo® needs to pay for a variety of things in order to keep our ministry up and running. For the website alone, we have some full- and part-time staff as well as freelancers—the editors, writers, production and marketing staff that make sure you get great spiritual content each weekday. Then, of course, there are expenses for technology, like bandwidth, server space, photo services, software, etc.
To produce the website content alone it costs approximately:
$200,000 / year
$16,666 / month
$800 / each weekday
In order to pay for office space and supplies, we also need at an additional $20,000 a year. So although we’re very cost effective, we still need your support!
Q: Doesn’t Busted Halo® get funded through banner ads, or other sources of funding?
A: Busted Halo® receives funding from a variety of sources, but most of our income comes from the support of individual donors, from people like you!
Break Down of Busted Halo Funding Sources
Individual Gifts: 59%
Paulist Fathers Sponsorship: 14%
Staff Speaking Engagements & Sirius-XM Radio Fee: 10%
Foundation Grants: 10%
Website Advertising: 4%
Halo Store Sales: 2%
Retreat & Ministry Fees & Other Income: 1%
Q: I really value what Busted Halo does but don’t have that much extra income, how can I help?
A: Supporting Busted Halo does not mean that you give over this month’s rent, your life savings, or the money you had saved up to pay for college. There are lots of big and small ways you can support our ministry.
By joining the Halo Repair Crew, you can have a big impact without even noticing! By signing up for a small monthly donation you can help to provide the funding that keeps Busted Halo operating year round, and it’s all automated so you don’t even have to worry about sending us a check every month.
Even if you don’t have the funds to support us now, introducing your family and friends to Busted Halo, and asking them to get involved in the ministry, is a cost free way, to help us share our ministry.
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