Estimated spending 2026
We currently pass the hat for everything, so if you can help us pay for something, please contact us!
The most essential thing for sustaining our inside-outside relationships is postage stamps! You can buy stamps online, or mail us unused ones!
AMP - stamps, PO Box 250, Boston, MA 02131-8777
or contact us to find another way to get them to us.
Your impact:
$1 = 1 letter
$17 = 1 sheet of stamps.
$25 = 1 card-writing support kit for outside writers
$50 = 1 month of database access for admin and volunteers
$150 = 1 year of website hosting
$200 = 1 member-wide mailing to 225 members
$250 = 1 year of PO box service
The most essential thing for sustaining our inside-outside relationships is postage stamps! You can buy stamps online, or mail us unused ones!
AMP - stamps, PO Box 250, Boston, MA 02131-8777
or contact us to find another way to get them to us.
Your impact:
$1 = 1 letter
$17 = 1 sheet of stamps.
$25 = 1 card-writing support kit for outside writers
$50 = 1 month of database access for admin and volunteers
$150 = 1 year of website hosting
$200 = 1 member-wide mailing to 225 members
$250 = 1 year of PO box service
| AMP 2026 expenses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Our expenses are covered entirely by out of pocket donations from AMP organizers and people like you! This is an estimation of our expenses to give you an idea how your help can aid our communication across walls | |||
| Note: Stamps go from .78 sents to .82 in July | |||
| Category | Item | Cost | Description |
| Technology | Estimated yearly cost | $569.00 | |
| Database (Airtable) admin account | $255.00 | Annual rate | |
| Airtable volunteer account | $127.00 | Annual rate x .5 year left | |
| Weebly "Pro" website hosting | $167.00 | 1 year, after taxes | |
| Domain name | $20.00 | for 2 years | |
| [email protected] | $180.00 | this year | |
| Stamps | Estimated yearly cost | $1,323.05 | Description |
| General correspondence - stamps | $46.00 | $0.73 for 5 stamps x 7 months + .82 x 5 stamps x 5 months | |
| Birthday correspondence - stamps | $230.25 | ($0.73 for 25 stamps) x 7 months + (.82 x 25 stamps) x 5 months) | |
| Holiday cards - stamps | $246.00 | .82 x 300 members | |
| Whole member mailing 1- 230 people (mission) | $188.60 | .82 x 230 members | |
| Whole member mailing 2- 260 people (June) | $213.20 | .82 x 260 members | |
| Whole member mailing 3- 290 people (Dec) | $237.80 | .82 x 290 members | |
| Reading group #2 - 55 inside readers | $120.45 | (.73 x 55 readers) x 3 readings | |
| Reading group #3 - 75 inside readers | $186.75 | (0.82 x 75 readers) x 3 readings | |
| February stamp drive | -$146.00 | This amount worth of stamps brought in! | |
| April stamp drive | $0.00 | ||
| Cards | Estimated yearly | $808.00 | Description |
| Birthday cards | $500.00 | (200 cards x 4 times a year) at .50 each = 400 + (25 cards in normal months x 8 times a year) at .50 each = 100 |
|
| Greeting/get well/transfer/etc cards | $25.00 | 50 at .50 each | |
| Winter cards | $150.00 | 300 cards at .50 each | |
| Outside writer support for 5 people | $133.00 | [20 stamps ($16.60) + 20 cards at .50 each ($10)] x 5 people | |
| Mailings | Estimated yearly cost | $135.00 | Description |
| photos to inside Circle members | $108 | $9 to mail to 3 people x 4 times a year | |
| Blank profile forms - 60 people | $90 | $1.50 (2 pages and envelope) | |
| Whole member mailing 1 - 230 people | $12 | Envelopes = $27 for 500 1 envelope = $0.05 | |
| Whole member mailing 2 - 260 people | $13 | ||
| Whole member mailing 3 - 290 people | $15 | ||
| Reading group #2 - 50 inside readers | $2.50 | $0.05 envelope + free printing | |
| Reading group #3 - 70 inside readers | $3.50 | $0.05 envelope + free printing | |
| Bake sale supplies | Estimated yearly cost | $50.00 | Description |
| Assorted supplies | $50.00 | ||
| Tabling | Estimated yearly cost | $250.00 | Description |
| Copies | $100.00 | ||
| BABF table | $150.00 | Guess, donation is flexible | |
| Wake Up the Earth | $90.00 | Tabling fee | |
| Mailbox | Estimated yearly cost | $250.00 | Description |
| PO Box 250 | $250.00 | ||
| Total | Estimated yearly cost | $3,385.05 | |
