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Well, it’s that time of the year when we ask YOU for your help in keeping SikhNet alive and well. Every year we have fundraiser and spend quite a bit of time (3+ months) raising money so that SikhNet can continue to provide the many services that it does (including the mrsikhnet blog!). A significant percentage of SikhNet’s funding comes from individual users like you! We don’t have huge grants or outside funding for SikhNet. It comes from YOU, the sangat!
If everyone that visited SikhNet gave even $1, then we would have plenty to support SikhNet, but the fact is that only a VERY SMALL number of the people who use SikhNet actually support it.
Looking at our web statistics about 2 million (2,000,000) unique visitors (people) came to SikhNet in the past 12 months. Out of that number over 28% (560,000 people) come to SikhNet at least a few times a week all the way to a few times a DAY! With traffic like that you might expect SikhNetto have a ton of money in donations, right? Not the case. Since we are not interacting face to face in a local city it’s a very different reality trying to raise money for SikhNet. It’s challenging and time consuming.
During our fundraiser last year we received donations from approx 1,500 people over four months. This is great, but given the number of regular users, this is a tiny, tiny fraction of those that use SikhNet on a regular basis ( 0.27% to be precise!).
It takes significant time, energy, and money to be able to provide these services for the world to enjoy and benefit from. While we don’t expect everyone to support SikhNet with a donation, we at least hope that those that benefit and appreciate SikhNet give something back to SikhNet so that we can continue to grow this service and reach out to ever more people.
Every donation, no matter how large or small is deeply appreciated. If you like the work SikhNet is doing, please consider supporting SikhNet with a recurring monthly donation. This ensures that SikhNet get’s regular ongoing support and we are able to spend less time fund raising and more time working on SikhNet services.
So, please help me grow our supporter base from the small 0.27% to a larger number so that we have the funding to grow SikhNet!
Select an Amount to Donate:
$1,001 $501 $251 $121 $54
$25 $10 Other Amount
Ps. You can read the SikhNet annual reports to get an idea of SikhNet expenses/budget and accomplishments for the past two years.
For those of you who have been procrastinating about supporting SikhNet, Here is another short video (1 min. long) highlighting the many services that SikhNet offers (with an introduction by Guruka Singh). After you watch the video…the question is "what choice are YOU going to make?" 
In case you missed the last video you’ll know what I mean when you watch the funny "SikhNet Choices" video.
I know some of you might be tired of all this fundraising-shmun-raising stuff, but as a non-profit organization we do rely on your financial contributions to grow and provide the many services that SikhNet does. So, at this time of year from Nov-Jan we ask for your help. I hope you will consider supporting SikhNet with a recurring monthly donation (in any amount) instead of a one time donation too. This ensures that SikhNet gets regular ongoing support and we are able to spend less time fund raising and more time working on SikhNet services. (Plus, if you make a monthly donation of $20 or higher you can choose one of the donor gifts!
Make a Donation to Support SikhNet
Ps. In case you don’t see the mysteriously missing button that Guruka Singh pointed to in the video, then don’t worry, you haven’t lost your mind. The button is currently MIA…so till we find it… you can click on the above link to donate to SikhNet.
Pps. Oh yeah… and THANK YOU to all of you who have made contributions to SikhNet! It is greatly appreciated and will only return back to serve you more!
Guess what?! It’s that time of the year! Yes….I’m sure you guessed it; the time to show your support to SikhNet. I know most of you enjoy the content on MrSikhNet.com along with the many services that SikhNet offers, however your support is crucial for us to continue. SikhNet does not receive regular funding from any other for-profit or non-profit business. It is supported almost entirely through your generous donations. Your ongoing support is what keeps SikhNet alive and growing. Every donation, no matter how large or small is deeply appreciated.
Since its debut on the Web in 1995, SikhNet has grown and been able to offer new services and resources very year. Although our work has increased each year, our staff has not. In 2008 we want to take SikhNet to the next level of service and reach an ever wider audience. This will require new staffing and new infrastructure. Along with many other things, our plans for 2008 include regularly produced SikhNet programs for television broadcast in both the USA and India along with the production of new inspirational and educational DVDs related to spirituality, consciousness and Sikhi. We need your generous support to enable us to make this leap.
- If you like the work SikhNet is doing,
please consider making a donation
This year we are honored to be able to send SikhNet supporters a very unique gift from SikhNet.
Here at SikhNet, we’ve had many requests to make the "Inspirations" series of videos on Sikhi available on DVD. Although a lot of work is involved in editing and production, we have finally gone ahead and done the work required to make them available to you. The DVD series is currently under production and will be available to SikhNet Supporters soon. There are five volumes (5 DVDs) containing over sixty (60) high-quality videos. Find out more about the DVD series and how you can get one or all of the DVD volumes!
We have also put together a new SikhNet Gurbani Audio CD Album. This is an Audio CD collection of Gurbani recordings from musicians all over the world. The tracks featured on this CD are a collection of the SikhNet staff favorites. The CD is great to meditate with, listen to at work, or just about any other time!
Ps. You can also really help SikhNet also by emailing and talking to your friends/family about SikhNet. We need all the support we can get! Everyone can help raise funds for SikhNet by encouraging those that you know to give support.
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