NPC issued an open call for applications for our initial Political "Mutual Funds" from organizations working on the three selected issues: Energy Independence & the Environment, Health Care, and Victory in 2008 & Beyond and over 120 organizations submitted applications.
Close to 100 organizations attended our 90-minute orientation webinar that described our application process, PROI™ methodology, and product. During this orientation we also conducted a Q and A and distributed a manual detailing the PROI™ data collection and verification process.
80 organizations submitted data around the PROI™ metrics and uploaded information into our online web form.
70 organizations entered sufficient data to receive their complimentary NPC Analysis.
Based on each organization's work, strategy, potential and PROI™ scores, 52 organizations were selected to undergo third-party verification conducted by our partner, SVT Group.
NPC recommended that organizations be included in the Political "Mutual Funds" based on NPC's Analysis and how the combination of organizations reaches each of the fund's objectives.
37 of the verified organizations were included in the three political mutual funds - 11 organizations in Energy Independence & the Environment, 8 in Health Care, and 18 Victory in 2008 & Beyond.
Percentage allocation decisions of the various organizations within each fund were made taking into consideration the following: budget size, reach, geographic scope, timing (pre- or post-election need), and risk.
NPC spreads the risk across both established and newer organizations so that the funds can be both effective at reaching their goals and also at supporting innovation that might otherwise be considered too risky for investment.
Two organizations chose to withdraw from the Political "Mutual Funds" application process, and seven organizations have opted not to publicly display their analyses.
