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Name of Organization:
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
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Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
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Patrick Delahanty Email:
delahantyp@ bellsouth.net
President/E xecutive Director:
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PO BOX 3092 LOUISVILLE KY 40203-3329
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Patrick Delahanty Email: delahantyp@ bellsouth.net
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PO BOX 3092 LOUISVILLE KY 40203-3329
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General Email: staff@ kcadp.org Website: www.kcadp.org
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Advocacy funding in 2014 led to a contract with media consultants. They have
developed a media plan outlined in the proposal. It identifies targets for
advocacy and includes the use of a service like Voters Voice so supporters can
be linked to their legislators and respond to legislative alerts to contact
legislators and urge repeal of the death penalty. The media plan also includes
greater use of traditional media, as well as newer social media to engage the
public, lawmakers, and other policymakers. Two outcomes: greater awareness
about the benefits of repealing the death penalty in the public arena; and
greater willingness to contact lawmakers and other policy makers urging repeal
of the death penalty in Ky. Lawmakers must hear from constituents.
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What policy goal is your campaign or organization trying to achieve and by when?
Our primary goal is death penalty repeal in Kentucky by the end of the 2015 session of the General
Assembly, April 15. Public concerns raised by the release of those wrongfully convicted; news reports of one
botched execution after another; usage trends in Kentucky and in the nation; 2006 polling results showing 67%
of Kentuckians prefer sentences other than death; 2011 polling results indicating 62% of Kentuckians support a
moratorium; and hearings held by both House and Senate Judiciary committees on the American Bar
Association Assessment report suggest this is a reasonable, viable timeframe for repeal. Kentucky could
become the first southem state to achieve this goal.
In the most recent legislative session, bills to abolish the death penalty were introduced in both
chambers. Significantly, the House sponsor was a conservative Republican and it had co-sponsors from both
parties. Since then the Interim Joint Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Aug. 1, 2014 to take up the question
of whether or not Kentucky should keep the death penalty.
KCADP continues to take advantage of this environment through its education of the public and
lawmakers in ways that make them aware of the death penalty as a failed and harmful policy. KCADP staff and
board members agreed upon a strategy of weekly meetings with legislators in Frankfort during the session. Each
meeting included persons whose experiences made them uniquely qualified to talk about the death penalty:
exonerees, murder victims’ family members and a lawyer familiar with death penalty litigation. A volunteer
KCADP intern also helped organize these meetings. Participants met with 28 legislators and recorded the results
of these conversations in a master Excel file.
KCADP recognizes that murder victim family members, exonerees, and law enforcement personnel
have an important role to play in this public policy discussion. KCADP began to collect their stories and
statements in 2012 with the intent of publishing 3 booklets. In November 2013 the first of these - No Need to
Kill: Reflections of Murder Victims’ Family Members — was published on our website and mailed to all 138
legislators. KCADP has collected additional stories from exonerees and law enforcement personnel and hopes
to secure funding for publication and distribution to lawmakers.
After a successful Witness to Innocence/Joumey of Hope tour in 2012 paid for by the Proteus Action
League, our ACLU partner committed funding two tours in 2013 and has committed roughly $12,000 for tours
in 2014. Sabrina Butler, an A frican-A merican and the only exonerated woman, toured Ky. while the General
Assembly was in session. She met with several lawmakers and was introduced and honored on the floor of each
chamber. Because of their effectiveness, KCADP and ACLU will continue to collaborate on tours.
During the tours, Witness to Innocence exonerees met with editors of local newspapers in two of the
Kentucky communities they visited. One of them, Hopkinsville, is important because it is the home of both
chairs of the Judiciary committees. They also met with several legislators in their hometowns.
KCADP received $10,000 from the Advocacy Fund to contract with media consultants (MC) and now
has a contract with Taylor-Gray Associates to develop and carry out a statewide media campaign regarding
repeal of the death penalty in Kentucky.
Describe your campaign or Program
Success in Kentucky demands a strong base of diverse support for repeal. KCADP works closely with
partners who represent the diverse population of Kentucky: NAACP, Kentucky Council of Churches, Catholic
Conference of Kentucky, ACLU-KY, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Murder Victims’ Family Members
for Reconciliation and others. A gain this year our Outreach Coordinator (OC) has recruited these partner
organizations to staff a booth at the KY State Fair. The newest recruit for this event is the NAACP.
Our Board continues to be diverse and includes members from the A frican-A merican community, faith
organizations, victim family members, and persons working for civil and human rights.
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The targeted outreach to victim family members and the law enforcement community begun by the
production and collection of stories for the booklets mentioned above will continue. The OC has trained victim
family members to meet with individual legislators and these meetings are ongoing.
Because of the infrequency of executions in Kentucky as a result of KCADP’s 25 years of opposing this
system, and the dogged determination of the Dept. of Public Advocacy to keep the state from executing its
clients, most Kentuckians do not sense the death penalty is real. A court order has led to a virtual moratorium.
KCADP needs funding to overcome this lack of awareness about the benefits of repealing the death
penalty in the mind of the public. Legislators from both parties appear willing to discuss fixing the system or
possibly repealing the death penalty, but they are not being pressed to do so by their constituents and other
influential voices. We hope to change that and engage their constituents and help them call for repeal.
We are requesting $88,432 from the Tides Foundation that maintains our capacity and expands it by
continuing to fund a salary and benefits for the OC and for the expenses associated with fundraising and event
activities needed to create the climate for repeal. The Tides Advocacy Fund grant received in late 2013 allowed
us to contract with a professional MC to develop a media campaign that fosters an environment that calls for
abolition of the death penalty. Funding is needed to implement this media campaign.
The Outreach C oordinator
Last year KCADP requested $80,000 from Tides, roughly $60,000 for non-lobbying activities and
$20,000 for lobbying activities. In November, KCADP received two checks from Tides: $20,000 for non-
lobbying activities; and $10,000 to contract with a MC.
The OC’s salary continued to be paid with a prior Tides grant through May 2014. For the remainder of
2014 KCADP will use the $20,000 from Tides and individual donors’ contributions to cover the salary and
payroll costs of this employee. KCADP will need funding to pay for this position in 2015.
The OC is needed to continue to organize events, to find new supporters, recruit volunteers, and help
constituents engage their legislators. We are encouraging murder victim family members, exonerees, and law
enforcement personnel to speak to lawmakers. The OC will continue to strengthen the relationship with our
supporting partners. This year KCADP changed strategies regarding fundraising from finding persons to host
house parties to the use of direct mail. The first letter requesting funds of supporters was signed by the Board
chair and had good results. The OC worked with two victim family members on a letter to be sent in August.
Next the OC will develop a third letter with a Ky. exoneree for mailing in November. The OC would continue
to assist in this strategy in 2015.
Trainings of pastoral leaders have developed a core group of nearly 40 persons who respond to requests
to act. KCADP is planning two trainings this fall with the hope of reaching 40 more leaders. This timing takes
advantage of involving participants immediately prior to the 2015 meeting of Kentucky General Assembly. In
2015, the OC will help organize an additional two trainings with the assistance of the Kentucky Council of
Churches, the Catholic Conference of Kentucky, and the NAACP. Our focus will continue to be on minority
leaders and those from rural areas of the state. This will increase access to others in their circle of influence and
strengthen our ability to reach legislators through those who can vote for them.
Bringing exonerated defendants into Kentucky has benefitted our educational effort. KCADP decided
that the OC should reach out to wrongfully convicted Kentucky defendants who have been released. This
resulted in finding several exonerees willing to speak on behalf of KCADP about their cases and in support of
abolition of the death penalty. One man is particularly active even though he was not eligible for execution.
Whether he is speaking to groups or individual lawmakers, it is clear the Kentucky justice system is fallible and
innocent defendants languish in prison unjustly.
Working with murder victim family members who serve on the Board, the OC has developed a small
group of additional persons willing to speak at hearings and press conferences and meet individually with
legislators.
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In addition to the full time OC position, the Board chair has retired and is now working as full time
volunteer Director of the Kentucky campaign.
In summary: KCADP, through staff and volunteers, will continue to educate the public and legislators
throughout 2015 in the following ways:
Exhibit at the State Fair and 3 other Kentucky festivals tied to their own dates; with a potential total of
700,000 visitors to these events, we expect to speak to a minimum of 14,000 and sign up a minimum of
2,000 new supporters;
Through meetings with legislators that were not visited in 2014. There are 138 lawmakers and KCADP
estimates visiting no more than an average of four persons each month, for a total of 48 during 2015.
That goal is based on actual experiences in 2014. The goal is to discover who is supportive, who is not;
who have concerns and what those concems are. Interviewers will provide legislators with information
about the findings in the ABA report, new polling data if available, and booklets highlighting Kentucky
victim family members, Kentucky exonerees, and law enforcement personnel who oppose the death
penalty. An excel file of the results of these meetings is kept and shared with key actors and partners.
We are maintaining a vote count for the Judiciary committees and for the two legislative chambers. The
House Judiciary chair has asked us to share information with him and we have agreed.
KCADP will continue to work with its ACLU partner on the exoneree tours, 3 — 4 over the course of a
year. While in Kentucky exonerees speak primarily to public audiences. When possible there are
meetings with legislators, as well as reporters and editorial boards of local newspapers. The tours
usually include 4 -5 sites for public events, drawing between 20 — 100 attendees depending on the local
population. So they could reach 300 — 1200 people. Of that number KCADP seeks to sign up at least
20% of them as new supporters. In the past they have visited 5 — 10 legislators during the tour and we
expect that to continue.
Work with the Catholic Conference of Kentucky, NAACP, and the Kentucky Council of Churches to
train another 40 pastoral leaders with emphasis on rural and minority leaders in communities represented
by legislative leaders and/or judiciary committee members;
Continue identifying persons willing to sign and send letters asking for contributions from supporters.
Send a minimum of three such letters, one of which will include a report on the work of the Coalition
over the past year and what is hoped to be achieved as we move forward.
Identify and conduct two trainings for new speakers from Kentucky’s exonerees and victim family
members; we expect 4 — 6 persons to take this training and become speakers. Because there are fewer
exonerees than there are victim family members, most of those trained will be from the latter category.
Events and activities will be structured in ways to add names and other contact information needed for
the database of supporters. When possible, participants will be invited to select actions they will take to promote
abolition: legislative visits, letters to editors, public speaking, and others they suggest.
The Media Consultant and Campaign
The Tides grant to contract with a MC is in effect through June 2015. In addition to funding the salary,
benefits, and activity of the OC, the proposed grant will allow this contract with the MC to remain in effect until
at least the end of 2015.
The MC has developed a statewide media campaign that accomplishes the following:
Educates print and other media and the public about the flawed and costly nature of Kentucky’s death
sentencing process as revealed in the ABA report;
Reaches into communities of color, family members of victims, and law enforcement personnel to
recruit active support for abolition;
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e Promotes, when appropriate and possible, the events sponsored by KCADP;
e Develops an online communications toolbox for the KCADP website to assist advocate messaging;
e Expands social media outreach to organizational partners, policymakers, legislators, and traditional
media;
e Proposes and helps create action alerts around legislative developments;
e Expands and enhances audio and print news releases; and
e Proposes and develops letter-writing campaign using traditional media for supporters to use to influence
legislators and other policymakers.
This plan will raise awareness of the death penalty and its flaws with the public, with lawmakers,
and with others who set policy. It will take advantage of our partner organizations and their members. The
plan incorporates traditional media, uses the KCADP website and social media: the KCADP Y ouTube
Channel, Facebook page and Twitter feed.
The goal of the campaign is to make clear that repeal of the death penalty will have several good results
for Kentucky residents:
e it saves tax dollars currently spent on executions, and their preceding trials and investigations;
e it frees tax dollars for meeting other Kentucky needs: assistance to victims of violent crimes,
maintaining an adequate state police force, and providing resources for our overwhelmed court
system;
e it restores credibility to a sentencing process judged seriously flawed by credible Kentucky legal
experts and published in the 2011 ABA Ky. Assessment Report; and
¢ it eliminates the risk of executing innocent persons.
Funding is necessary to carry out the above plan at a level that has significant effect. Money is needed to
maintain the agreement KCADP already has with the Public News Service which often publishes articles when
traditional media does not. We have used them successfully for several years. Voters V oice or a similar service
is needed through which legislative alerts can be distributed to supporters who sign up. Additional funding is
needed to enhance the website, boost Facebook posts, and use social media more effectively.
Educational efforts for the remainder of 2014 include two Witness to Innocence Tours, a 4-day visit by
Sr. Helen Prejean, and a KCADP presence at various Kentucky events. During the final quarter of the year, the
campaign should reach a peak that takes us into the next session of the General Assembly. From now through
December the MC will advise Board, staff and allies about opportunities to get our message to the public about
broken system that risks executing the innocent and about how much it costs Kentucky in tax dollars that could
be used to meet other needs. The MC is critical in helping identify avenues for getting the message out in
creative ways that result in an increased number of supporters for our database, including people of color, law
enforcement personnel, and victim family members, and a public call for abolition.
Funding from Tides for 2015 means a legislative alert system would be in place when the General
Assembly convenes in January. Their session runs through March and influencing legislators is a primary goal
at that time of year. It is also important to have in place an online communications toolbox on our website to
guide supporters in how to contact legislators effectively.
If the death penalty is not repealed in 2015 we will need a more robust media campaign that reaches a
wider audience of Kentuckians with a message about the true costs associated with state-sanctioned executions,
its arbitrary imposition, the risk for executing an innocent person, and the benefits of repealing the policy.
The media campaign intends to heighten public awareness by encouraging traditional and other media
outlets to use the findings of the ABA report, new polling data if available, and evidence of the arbitrary
imposition of the death penalty in Kentucky which, hopefully, results in a public demand for repeal.
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The External Political Landscape
The political landscape in Kentucky is one that talks tough on capital punishment, but seldom uses it.
The last governmental study on the death penalty completed in 1966 recommended abolition. Though not
adopted by the General Assembly, there were no executions for 31 years. There have been three executions
since 1976; two men dropped their appeals and asked to be executed. Prosecutors, even though elected, seldom
seek the death penalty, juries don't seem to like it and public officials seldom carry it out.
At the same time, there is a groundswell in grassroots opposition to the death penalty, evidenced by the
fact that since January 2010 four death cases involving the murder and/or abuse of at least 10 children resulted
in lesser sentences. In July 2013, in Fayette County where the elected Commonwealth A ttorney claims he
always takes death cases to the jury, a defendant pled guilty to a triple murder and will be sentenced to life
without parole. Only one jury considering death has recommended it since October 2010.
In December 2011, the American Bar Association issued a long-awaited report on the deficiencies it
found in the death sentencing scheme used by Kentucky. This generated editorials calling for a moratorium,
reforms in the system, and changes in the law. Polling at the time of the release of the study indicated that 62%
of Kentuckians across the entire political spectrum felt a moratorium was needed until reforms could be
implemented. In 2012 the two Judiciary committees allowed those who prepared the ABA assessment to present
their findings and answer questions of committee members. To date no action has been taken to address its
recommendations.
Republican and Democrat lawmakers introduced abolition bills in January 2014. Co-sponsors from both
parties joined them on the bill. This generated a heightened interest in the issue and the Republican House
sponsor was promised a hearing this summer.
On August 1, 2014, during a joint meeting of the Judiciary committees, members spent more than two
hours listening to witnesses discussing the death penalty and repeal. Bill sponsors, faith leaders, victims’ family
members, defense attorneys, and Dean Allen Ault all spoke in support of repeal. Press coverage was heavy and
one newspaper which ordinarily supports the death penalty published an editorial on the day of the hearing
concluding, “Kentucky either needs to fix the problems with the penalty or abolish it.” And cn|2 Pure Politics
headlined its report this way: “Potential changes to death penalty in Kentucky gaining traction among
lawmakers.” (The topic for this regular meeting was decided prior to the most recent botched execution.)
For more than 20 years, the legislature has not passed legislation to expand its use, although bills were
introduced to do so on many occasions. In 1998, the legislature adopted lethal injection as a more humane
means to kill and added life without parole as a sentencing option.
The current governor and attorney general, both of whom support the death penalty, cannot run for these
offices again. Gov. Beshear is retiring for good. Gov. Beshear has signed death warrants. Attorney General
Conway pushes hard for these signatures. Conway is a candidate for Governor. That election takes place in the
fall of 2015. First he will have to win a primary in May. Neither has pushed for expansion of the death penalty.
Lethal injection litigation has caused a virtual moratorium here. A 2012 court nuling forced the state to
revise its protocol to allow the use of one drug in addition to the use of the three in the protocol. In addition the
court ordered the state to include measures in the protocol to explain how it protects the mentally ill and
disabled from an unconstitutional execution. The state did do so, but attorneys returned to court, but the court is
not satisfied that the state does have the means to protect the mentally ill and disabled from an unconstitutional
execution and has set a trial date in Sep. 2014 to hear arguments about this issue.
The Commonwealth A ttomeys Association is the only significant organization opposing abolition. This
group is supported by Speaker of the House Greg Stumbo, a former attorney general who heads up the
Democratic House and who still sticks to the argument that the ultimate punishment deters crime.
In the Republican Senate, the president supports the death penalty as does the majority floor leader.
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But the August hearing led by the Democrat and Republican chairs of the Judiciary committees certainly
did not occur without some discussion with the leaders of each chamber. In addition, meetings with legislators,
begun a year ago, have continued and members in both parties in both chambers have serious concerns about
continued use of the death penalty. The most recent botched execution prompted one House committee member
to reveal to a reporter that this pushed him over the line and he is now ayes vote to repeal.
The Internal Assessment
KCADP is a 25-year old organization with individual and partner supporters with statewide reach. Each
of our partners - ACLU, Catholic Conference of KY, KY Council of Churches, Kentuckians For The
Commonwealth, NAACP and others - has thousands of constituents whom they can reach. KCADP has a
presence at the Capitol and is respected by lawmakers, even those with whom we disagree. The two current
grants funding the OC and MC provided KCADP the means to ramp up efforts to bring repeal before a wider
audience. Funding for the coming year would allow us to build on recent outreach efforts among former
prosecutors, judges and law enforcement personnel, victims’ family members, progressive Democrats, and
conservative, Republican, pro-life voices. All this has helped create the repeal friendly climate that we have in
Kentucky. Having an OC available to continue finding new venues to promote the message, recruit supporters
and train volunteers, bolstered by a media campaign that targets media outlets able to get our message in front
of the broader public, as well as targeting those who shape public opinion with editorials editorials and blogs,
will counter the opposition present in the General Assembly. With a process in place to contact supporters and
encourage them to reach out to their own legislators with a repeal message, and reasons to support it, KCADP
can have a significant impact on those lawmakers inclined to move from fix it to nix it.
EVALUATING SUCCESS:
We will measure success in several ways. First, of course, is whether or not the events and activities
described above take place: tabling at festivals, public presentations by exonerees, the number of speakers
trained who are victim family members and exonerees, the amount of money raised from fundraising efforts, the
number of visits held with legislators. We can measure success by determining how many more names are in
our database of supporters now and a year from now? Did that number increase as we planned? How many
volunteers participated in taking actions? How many supporters contacted their legislators and responded to
requests to do so?
How many of the 48 proposed legislative visits occurred? Was a summary of the visit added to the excel
files; did it state what the legislator said? Will s/he support repeal; oppose repeal; co-sponsor a bill; meet with
constituents; what concems did s/he express about the issue?
Measuring the media campaign success means tracking the number of media packets gotten to editors of
newspapers throughout Kentucky; how many meetings were held with editorial boards; how many news stories
are generated that include information from the ABA assessment report or recent polls showing support for
repeal. Using information from legislative visits and using messaging developed by the MC, staff can target
districts represented by legislators undecided, but open to change, for increased use of local media and outreach
to their constituents to urge contact with legislators. Did constituent letters get published in local newspapers?
How many? Events featuring victims’ family members and exonerees can be scheduled in these districts with
special invitations to legislators to attend.
Measuring the success of the legislative alert system is keeping track of the number of alerts; how many
responded; did they reach the legislative target. Did legislators mention this to others?
The volunteer director, the OC and staff from the ACLU meet nearly every Monday moming now. This
will continue because evaluation of our progress is strengthened with this process. The MC is frequently
consulted about opportunities to use media and that will continue until we achieve the goal of ending the death
penalty in KY.
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The Rev. Patrick
A undergraduate of St. Mary's College and University in Baltimore, he completed his post-secondary
education at the University of Louisville in the field of Community Development. He has served as
KCADP Chair since its beginning 25 years ago. In 1992, he led the effort that resulted in the abolition of
the death penalty for mentally retarded persons in Kentucky. For his work with the Racial Justice Act,
Delahanty was named A bolitionist of the Y ear in 1998 by the National Coalition to Abolish the Death
Penalty. He has also received the Rights Enforcer A ward from the Kentucky Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers and the Rosa Parks A ward from the Kentucky Deparment of Public Advocacy.
He recently retired from the Catholic Conference of Kentucky where he was executive director. He
now spends nearly full time volunteering to direct the abolition campaign in Kentucky.
Kaye Gallagher
Hired as the first staff for KCADP’s Abolition 2000 Campaign, she was named coordinator in 1999.
Her duties have included grassroots works with Campaign Director/Fundraiser Carl Wedekind traveling
the state to promote his books, meeting with editorial boards and lobbying efforts in key communities.
She now serves as treasurer of the KCADP Board of Directors.
She is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and has worked at several Kentucky newspapers.
Ben Griffith
Ben Griffith is Secretary of the Board for KCADP and is a family member of a murder victim. His
brother, Chris, was murdered in 1986 by a man who randomly killed four people. He is a member of
Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation. He serves on a committee of the Board that oversees the
day to day operation of the Coalition.
Shekinah I. Lavalle
Shekinah Lavalle is the Outreach Coordinator. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at the
University of Louisville in English and has worked most recently at the American Printing House for the
Blind.
In 2010-2011 Shekinah educated herself about the benefits of abolition and then used this as a
member of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth to educate her local chapter in Jefferson County and
eventually the statewide organization which resulted in a vote by the KFTC membership to adopt
abolition as part of its platform. During her first year with KCADP she has led several trainings for
volunteers, including victim family members and exonerees. She has a high degree of enthusiasm which
helps in her appeal to others to engage in working together to end the death penalty in Kentucky.
Kate Miller
Kate Miller is a Board member of KCADP. As an employee of the Kentucky A merican Civil
Liberties Union she spends one-fourth of her time working on death penalty abolition issues. She has
organized several of the Witness to Innocence tours in Kentucky to bring exonerees to college
campuses, faith communities, and other public venues. She serves on a committee of the Board that
oversees the day to day operation of the Coalition. She is a key person in developing strategy and
gathering information needed to know how we best bring abolishing the death penalty to the attention of
the general public.
Dianna Taylor
Diana Taylor is a partner in Taylor-Gray Associates and also owns Diana Taylor Communications, a
media relations and publications development enterprise.
Before starting her own business in 1993, Diana was Chief of Staff for the Govemor of Kentucky,
overseeing the administration’s budget and policy initiatives. She also served as issues and
communications director for the governor’s campaign and co-chaired a successful statewide effort to
amend Kentucky’s constitution to allow gubematorial succession.
A writer and editor, Diana is a former reporter and state news editor for The Associated Press in
Kentucky and Tennessee, and Frankfort bureau chief and columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader.
She also has worked in marketing and legislative coverage for public television in Kentucky.
Diana's current focus is on message development and delivery, strategic communications and policy
research.
Bob Gray
Bob Gray is a partner in Taylor-Gray Associates.
A veteran of more than 25 years in state government, Bob began his career with the Kentucky
Legislative Research Commission, where he conducted policy research and drafted legislation for the
Kentucky General Assembly on issues ranging from health care to insurance reform. He has served in
the Office of A ttomey General as Executive Director of the Office of Rate Intervention, where his work
focused on issues related to health insurance, public utility costs, and legislative policy. And he was
Director of Performance A udit in the Kentucky State Auditor's Office with responsibility for examining
the efficiency and effectiveness of various state government operations.
A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Bob also has experience in the private sector, operating family-
owned supermarkets in his hometown of Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Bob's current focus is on public policy research and development.
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2013
Statement of Financial Position fy13
Item
fy13 Total
Assets
Cash S$ 86,588.48
Investments s -
Fixed operating assets
Total Assets S$ 86,588.48
Payables
Accounts payable $ -
Contributions and gifts payable $ -
Other Liabilities s -
Total liabilities s -
Net Assets
Totat net assets
Total liabilities and net assets S$ 86,588.48
Revenues
Grants - > $10000 $ 30,000.00
Grants - <$10,000 $ 4,950.00
Gifts, contributions $ 25,103.60
Total revenue S$ 60,053.60
Expenses
Operating expenses
Personnel S$ 20,454.49
Payroll Taxes S$ 8,126.41
Fringe s -
Consultant/Professional Fees s 325.00
Travel s 80.46
Equipment Ss 182.65
Supplies $ -
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance s -
Telecommunications $ 1,028.56
Printing and Postage S$ 1,956.98
Marketing S$ 6,902.36
Special Events $ 3,158.55
Other expense s 221.38
Total expense S$ 42,436.84
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2012
Statement of Financial Position fy12
Item
fy12 Total
Assets
Cash S$ 64,464.75 |.
Investments s -
Fixed operating assets
Total Assets S$ 64,464.75
Payables
Accounts payable $ -
Contributions and gifts payable $ -
Other Liabilities s -
Total liabilities s -
Net Assets
Totat net assets
Total liabilities and net assets S$ 64,464.75
Revenues
Grants, gifts, contributions received S$ 82,965.10
Total revenue S$ 82,965.10
Expenses
Operating expenses
Personnel S$ 7,724.60
Payroll Taxes $ 1,840.17
Fringe s -
Consultant/Professional Fees s 236.00
Travel $ 3,388.00
Equipment S$ 348.50
Supplies $ 881.65
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance s -
Telecommunications s 702.25
Printing and Postage $ 5,487.10
Marketing $ 9,214.37
Other expense s 57.28
Total expense $ 29,879.92
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Operating Budget and Actual YTD 2014
Item
Actual 6/30/2014
Budget 6 mos
Budget 12 mos
$ 19,409.58 |$ 12,375.00} $ 24,750.00
Flea Market Sales s 86.00
Total Income $ 24,995.58 | $ 12,375.00|$ 24,750.00
Operating expenses
$ 16,943.20 |$ 23,950.00} $ 47,900.00
Payroll Taxes s 8,380.91
Health Insurance s 1,350.00
Total Payroll $ 26,674.11 | $ 23,950.00|$ 47,900.00
Consultant/Fees/Dues s 575.00 | $ 300.00 | $ 600.00
$ 1,342.12 | $ 500.00 | $ 1,000.00
$ : $ 250.00 | $ 500.00
$ 55.25 | $ 150.00 | $ 300.00
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance s - $s - $ -
Telecommunications s 454.70 | $ 800.00 | $ 1,600.00
Printing and Postage s 3,731.19 | $ 1,250.00 | $ 2,500.00
$ 875.72 |$ 2,500.00 | $ 5,000.00
Other expense s 160.33 | $ 250.00 | $ 500.00
Total expense s 33,868.42 |$ 29,950.00|$ 59,900.00
2014 Grants Committed Chart
Please complete the chart below and submit with your proposal.
e List all committed foundation grants of $10,000 or more committed or paid in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
e Please also include committed grants of any amount from Tides DPMF or FADP/Themis funders.
Foundation Name Total Grant Period 2012 Payments 2013 Payments 2014 Payments
Committed Amount Date received | Amount Date received Amount Date
received
or expected. or expected or expected
Fdn: Tides Foundation $40,000 01/01/2013- | $40,000 | 12/07/2012
12/31/2013
Fdn: Tides Foundation $30,000 01/01/2014- $30,000 | 11/21/2013
12/31/2014
Fdn:
Fdn:
Fdn:
Fdn:
Fdn:
Fdn:
Fdn:
Fdn:
Fdn:
Example:
Foundation Name Total Grant Period 2012 Payments 2013 Payments 2014 Payments
Committed Amount | Datereceived | Amount | Datereceived | Amount Date
received
or expected or expected or expected
Foundation xyz $75,000 5/1/2012- $0 $25,000 5/15/2012 | $25,000 | 1/15/2013
4/31/2013
$25,000 9/15/2012
TIDES
Po Box 29903 ¢ San Francisco, CA 94129-0903
Tel: 415.561.6400 ¢ Fax: 415.561.6401
deathpenalty@tides.org
Budget Template for Death Penalty Mobilization Fund (DPMF)
KENTUCKY COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
Grant Period: JANUARY 1, 2015—DECEMBER 31, 2015
Instructions:
e Please complete the following budget template and submit it with your RFP.
e Please feel free to add additional lines as appropriate to accurately reflect
your financial information.
e The amount committed or requested for project revenue should be the
amount for non-lobbying activity only.
e Ifyou’re applying for both non-lobbying funding through Tides Foundation
and lobbying/electoral advocacy funds through The Advocacy Fund, you
need to submit separate budgets for each grant application.
Revenue
(Note whether each source of income has been committed, or has been/will be requested.)
Committed Requested Total
Foundation Sources (list all)*
Tides DPMF $ $74,156 $74,156
J & L Foundation $2,000 $ $2,000
$ $ $
$ $ $
Board Contributions $10,000 $ $10,000
Individual Contributions $20,000 $ $20,000
In-Kind (ACLU staff person, $25,000 $ $25,000
volunteer director, other volunteers)
Other $ $ $
Total Project Revenue | $47,000 $74,156 $131,156
Project Expenses
Personnel Salaries: The positions listed below are for illustrative purposes only. Please list only
staff working on the project, whether they are full-time or part-time, and the % of their time spent on
the project.
Non-lobbying
Outreach Coordinator (100% FTE)
$28,420
Personnel Subtotal
$28,420
Employee Benefits (Include @30% used to $8,826
calculate) Bureau of Labor Statistics ,
Total Personnel | $38,246
Non-lobbying
Direct Expenses (enter “0” if not applicable)
$
Travel (airfare, ground travel & hotel) $7,900
Professional Fees - Audit $6000
Postage and Shipping $2,700
Printing and Copying $5,000
Media (Public News Service-KY, $8,150
Constant Contact, Social Media) ,
Other (Exhibition costs at State Fair and other $4,000
events) 7
Direct Expenses Subtotal | $33,750
Total Direct Expenses
(Personnel + Direct Expenses) $71,996
Indirect Expenses (Not to exceed 10% of total
direct expenses. Please include the % used to $
calculate.)
Telephone and Internet $1,360
Development/Fundraising Expenses $800
Indirect Expenses Subtotal | $2,160
Total Requested Budget (Total Direct + $74,156
Indirect Expenses)
Summary of Request
Total Amount Requested from Tides Foundation (non-lobbying
activities) SA7H156
Total Amount Requested from The Advocacy Fund (lobbying $.14.276
and/or electoral advocacy activities only; if not applicable, enter “0”)
Total Project Budget
Total Project Budget
(This figure includes your total request from Tides Foundation, The Advocacy Fund and all other
sources for all lobbying, non-lobbying, and electoral advocacy activities)
$143,832
Additional financial information:
The following answers should be submitted in narrative form. Please answer ALL of
the following questions directly on this sheet:
= Of your organizational budget, how much is for death penalty-related work? 100%
= How much did you receive from FADP-affiliated foundations for death penalty-related
work in 2013? In 2014? Please use the Grants Committed Chart to list the foundations
and the respective amounts. (Note: If you were awarded multi-year grants from FADP-
affiliated foundations prior to 2013 that included payouts or carried into 2013 or 2014,
please note this and include the 2013and 2014 amounts of those grants in your figures
for each year.)
o In2012 we were notified that we received $40,000 from Tides
Foundation and it is being spent in 2013 and 2014 for a salary for an
Outreach Coordinator.
o In2013 we received $20,000 from Tides Foundation to fund the salary
of an Outreach Coordinator and $10,000 from the Tides Advocacy Fund
to contract with Media Consultants.
= How much are you seeking from THEMIS-affiliated foundations for death penalty
related work for the remainder of 2014? For 2015 work? If this amount represents an
increase from the prior year, is that because (a) you hope to expand your death penalty-
related work? (b) the increase is a replacement for other grants/donations that you no
longer expect to receive? Or (c) some other reason. Please explain.
o Weare not seeking more funding for 2014, but using the funds from
the grant announced in 2013 as noted above.
o For 2015 we are asking for $74,156 from Tides Foundation and
$14,276 from the Tides Advocacy Fund. This represents an increase
because we hope to expand death penalty related work. In 2014 we
requested $61,500 from Tides Foundation and received $20,000; and
$18,500 from Tides Advocacy Fund and received $10,000.
= How much of your total budget do you receive from non-FADP/THEMIS related
sources? (Please list funding sources of $10,000 or more).
o Wehave no funding sources of $10,000 or more. $47,000 is from non-
FADP/THEMIS related sources.
o If fully funded by Tides the 2015 budget will be $143,832, of which
nearly 33% is derived from non-FADP/THEMIS sources.
When do you anticipate needing this funding? Please provide relevant information in
terms of both notification and cash flow. (NOTE: while notification for all LOIs is
planned for late September, if you plan on needing funding prior to November, please
indicate this in a cover note with your LOI. While we can provide no assurances at this
time that funding will be available for any specific organization nor on any timeline, if
we are alerted to pressing needs we might be able to respond in a more timely manner.)
o Wedo notanticipate needing funding from this grant request until
January 2015. Our cash flow is such that a monthly or quarterly check
from the funders would be sufficient.
= ADVOCACY FUND
The Presidio @ P.O. Box 29903 ¢ San Francisco, CA 94129
Tel: 415-561-6373 ¢@ Fax: 415-561-6401
deathpenalty@tides.org
Budget Template for Death Penalty Mobilization Fund (DPMF)
KENTUCKY COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
Grant Period: JANUARY 1, 2015—DECEMBER 31, 2015
Instructions:
Please complete the following budget template and submit it with your RFP.
Please feel free to add additional lines as appropriate to accurately reflect
your financial information.
Please note that the total project revenue should be the same as the total
project expenses. The amounts in the requested or committed columns for
project revenue should only reflect funds for lobbying and/or electoral
activity.
An organization must apply to The Advocacy Fund (not Tides Foundation) to
request funding for lobbying activities. Both 501(c)(3) AND 501(c)(4)
organizations can apply for lobbying.
Only 501(c)(4) organizations can apply to The Advocacy Fund to engage in
electoral advocacy/political work. Please note these expenses in the
appropriate area below.
If you're applying for both non-lobbying funding through Tides Foundation
and lobbying/electoral advocacy funds through The Advocacy Fund, you
need to submit separate budgets for each grant application.
Revenue
(Note whether each source of income has been committed, or has been/will be requested.)
Committed Requested Total
Foundation Sources (list all)*
The Advocacy Fund: DPMF -
Carry over 2014 Grant for Media | $3400 $14,276 $22,676
Consultant $ $ $
$ $ $
$ $ $
Board Contributions $ $ $
Individual Contributions $ $ $
In-Kind $ $ $
Other (please specify) $ $ $
Total Revenue | $8,400 $14,276 $22,676
Expenses
Personnel Salaries: The positions listed below are for illustrative purposes only. Please list only
staff working on the project, whether they are full-time or part-time, and the % of their time spent on
the project.
Lobbying Electoral Activity
Outreach Coordinator (25% FTE) $7,105 $0
Personnel Subtotal | $7,105
Employee Benefits (Include @30% used to $2,131
calculate) Bureau of Labor Statistics if
Total Personnel | $9,236 $0
Lobbying Electoral Activity
Direct Expenses (enter “0” if not applicable) $0
$ $
Travel (airfare, ground travel & hotel) $1500 $
Professional Fees (researchers, consultants) $ $
Postage and Shipping $300 $
Printing and Copying $1,800 $
Speaker Tours $ $
Media (Voters Voice, Letter Campaigns) $6,300 $
Advocacy Training $2,000 $
Exhibition Costs (State Fair, etc) $1,000 $
Other (please describe) $ $
Direct Expenses Subtotal | $12,900 $0
Total Direct Expenses
(Personnel + Direct Bipenese) $22,136 $0
Indirect Expenses (Estimated 25% of total $ $
budget for these line items)
Rent $ $
Utilities $ $
Telephone and Internet $340 $
Development/Fundraising Expenses $200 $
Other Indirect Expenses (Membership Dues $ $
and Assessments)
$ $
Indirect Expenses Subtotal | $540 $
Total Lobbying and Electoral Budget
(Total Direct + Indirect Expenses)
$22,676 $
Summary of Request
Total Amount Requested from The Advocacy Fund (lobbying
and/or electoral activities)
$14,276
Total Amount Requested from Tides Foundation (non-lobbying
activities only; if not applicable, enter “O”) $74,156 _
Total Project Budget
Total Project Budget
(This figure includes your total request from The Advocacy Fund, Tides Foundation and all other
sources for all lobbying, electoral and non-lobbying activities)
$143,832
Additional financial information:
The following answers should be submitted in narrative form. Please answer ALL of
the following questions directly on this sheet:
= Of your organizational budget, how much is for death penalty-related work? 100%
= How much did you receive from FADP-affiliated foundations for death penalty-related
work in 2013? In 2014? Please use the Grants Committed Chart to list the foundations
and the respective amounts. (Note: If you were awarded multi-year grants from FADP-
affiliated foundations prior to 2013 that included payouts or carried into 2013 or 2014,
please note this and include the 2013and 2014 amounts of those grants in your figures
for each year.)
o In 2012 we were notified that we received $40,000 from Tides
Foundation and it is being spent in 2013 and 2014 fora salary for an
Outreach Coordinator.
o In2013 we received $20,000 from Tides Foundation to fund the salary
of an Outreach Coordinator and $10,000 from the Tides Advocacy Fund
to contract with Media Consultants.
= How much are you seeking from THEMIS-affiliated foundations for death penalty
related work for the remainder of 2014? For 2015 work? If this amount represents an
increase from the prior year, is that because (a) you hope to expand your death penalty-
related work? (b) the increase is a replacement for other grants/donations that you no
longer expect to receive? Or (c) some other reason. Please explain.
o Weare not seeking more funding for 2014, but using the funds from
the grant announced in 2013 as noted above.
o For 2015 we are asking for $74,156 from Tides Foundation and
$14,276 from the Tides Advocacy Fund. This represents an increase
because we hope to expand death penalty related work. In 2014 we
requested $61,500 from Tides Foundation and received $20,000; and
$18,500 from Tides Advocacy Fund and received $10,000.
How much of your total budget do you receive from non-FADP/THEMIS related
sources? (Please list funding sources of $10,000 or more).
o Wehave no funding sources of $10,000 or more. $47,000 is from non-
FADP/THEMIS related sources.
o If fully funded by Tides the 2015 budget will be $143,832, of which
nearly 33% is derived from non-FADP/THEMIS sources.
When do you anticipate needing this funding? Please provide relevant information in
terms of both notification and cash flow. (NOTE: while notification for all LOIs is
planned for late September, if you plan on needing funding prior to November, please
indicate this in a cover note with your LOI. While we can provide no assurances at this
time that funding will be available for any specific organization nor on any timeline, if
we are alerted to pressing needs we might be able to respond in a more timely manner.)
o We do notanticipate needing funding from this grant request until
January 2015. Our cash flow is such that a monthly or quarterly check
from the funders would be sufficient.
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