Last month brought in $830,000 of pledges; this takes
If you are a person potentially interested and new(er) to the website, here are the pertinent posts to become familiar with the specifics.
- The overall goal and why I'm aiming for $7 approx million [Jan 7, 2008: Reader "Pledges" Toward Mutual Fund Launch]
- Frequently Asked Questions [May 26, 2008: Frequently Asked Questions] Very important to read
- Why I need your state [May 23, 2008: Investment Pledges by State] Keep in mind a state's eligibility can be turned "on" overnight once we're up and running
- Most recent updates (this November) [Nov 4, 2009: General Updates]
- Our story in Barron's [A New Kind of Fund Manager]
Let me copy the same caveats for pledges as always:
- Assume a pledge amount that is firm based on a
fund opening in summer 2010. - Assume at any point in 2010 the
market may be down 30% from here - Make your pledge based on liquid assets that are not currently in some high octane mutual
fund that loses 40% when the market falls 30%, nor gains 50% when the market gains 40%. That money is not something that can be counted on in a volatile market. - Please have whatever monies are pledged to the fund, in money market or equivalent by April/May 2010 so it is not at risk in the market.
Format for fund pledge: first name, last initial, pledged amount, and state you live in. To be clear, you are not sending me

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[if your name is missing it is because you did not email me your state - please do, thanks]
Name | Amount | State/Country |
John R | 3,000 | AK |
Bob B | 50,000 | AR |
Ed S | 5,000 | AZ |
Alan N | 15,000 | AZ |
Armour B | 50,000 | AZ |
Dharminder M | 100,000 | AZ |
Pat L | 10,000 | AZ |
Ron G | 10,000 | AZ |
Werner C | 10,000 | AZ |
Jake P | 10,000 | AZ |
Art H | 50,000 | CA |
Benjamin W | 5,000 | CA |
Dave K | 100,000 | CA |
Greg B | 25,000 | CA |
Kurt C | 10,000 | CA |
Ron W | 10,000 | CA |
Tom L | 25,000 | CA |
Ted C | 5,000 | CA |
Brian L | 50,000 | CA |
Rich P | 30,000 | CA |
Shannon V | 5,000 | CA |
Sunil K | 10,000 | CA |
Anatoly S | 10,000 | CA |
Wesley W | 20,000 | CA |
Burt B | 10,000 | CA |
John L | 5,000 | CA |
Alven Y | 5,000 | CA |
Piyush M | 5,000 | CA |
Paresh P | 5,000 | CA |
Dinesh K | 5,000 | CA |
Naresh P | 5,000 | CA |
Jay S* | 5,000 | CA |
Shang C | 50,000 | CA |
Henry C | 3,000 | CA |
Charles Y | 100,000 | CA |
George | 5,000 | CA |
Ross T | 5,000 | CA |
James H | 5,000 | CA |
Dana K | 25,000 | CA |
Walt C | 30,000 | CA |
Charles L | 20,000 | CA |
Greg W | 20,000 | CA |
Raj | 10,000 | CA |
Judy M | 20,000 | CA |
Dave H | 20,000 | CA |
Akash A | 6,000 | CA |
Adam S | 5,000 | CA |
F.A. | 100,000 | CA |
Brian C | 25,000 | CA |
Mark R | 10,000 | CA |
Steven L | 25,000 | CA |
Diane H | 100,000 | CA |
Giancarlo S | 2,500 | CA |
Scott W | 50,000 | CA |
Henry C | 8,500 | CA |
Jason N | 30,000 | CA |
Marvin L | 10,000 | CA |
Mike C | 10,000 | CA |
John G | 2,500 | CA |
George H | 5,000 | CA |
Dean D | 25,000 | CA |
Peter S | 2,500 | CA |
Dan W | 5,000 | CA |
Dan A | 10,700 | CA |
Rohit G | 10,000 | CA |
Jason Z | 20,000 | CA |
Jay C | 5,000 | CA |
Ben C | 15,000 | CA |
Adam B | 20,000 | CO |
Alecia C | 75,000 | CO |
Seth | 3,000 | CO |
Dieter | 5,000 | CO |
David H | 50,000 | CO |
Mike H | 15,000 | CT |
Michelle T (Bob) | 20,000 | CT |
Chris P | 100,000 | CT |
Chris M | 50,000 | CT |
Mark B* | 25,000 | D.C. |
Elaine C | 20,000 | D.C. |
Tom E | 5,000 | DE |
Vic C | 10,000 | FL |
Wes T | 10,000 | FL |
Ron S* | 100,000 | FL (sailing) |
Olivier N | 10,000 | FL |
Bob H | 3,500 | FL |
Chris I | 20,000 | FL |
Dave C | 25,000 | FL |
Kevin D | 5,000 | FL |
Patrick L | 100,000 | FL |
Matt D | 5,000 | FL |
Gordon P | 25,000 | FL |
JH | 25,000 | FL |
Sandy S | 150,000 | GA |
Andrew L | 5,000 | GA |
Mark L | 2,500 | IA |
Jeff M | 20,000 | IA |
Ian J | 5,000 | ID |
Jay S | 10,000 | IL |
Mike P | 500,000 | IL |
Vivek G | 75,000 | IL |
Art K | 30,000 | IL |
Ben | 10,000 | IN |
Matt L | 5,000 | IN |
Jake R | 50,000 | KS |
Bruce L | 25,000 | KY |
Bill H | 5,000 | MA |
Bruce W | 2,500 | MA |
John B | 20,000 | MA |
Don D | 50,000 | MA |
Rain Lan | 30,000 | MA |
Vincent | 20,000 | MA |
MB | 20,000 | MD |
Raeann | 10,000 | MD |
Mark P | 30,000 | MD |
Mark | 60,000 | MI |
Ralph B | 50,000 | MI |
May L | 30,000 | MI |
Rich S | 5,000 | MI |
Y.O. | 15,000 | MI |
Elia K | 25,000 | MI |
Garret B | 2,500 | MI |
NF (Oct 10) | 200,000 | MI |
Scott L | 7,500 | MN |
Tom S | 20,000 | MN |
James W | 5,000 | MN |
Ritchie H | 2,500 | MN |
Mark M | 5,000 | MN |
Marshall H | 5,000 | MO |
Wolfgang S | 7,500 | MO |
Nathan J | 10,000 | MO |
Neil B | 50,000 | MO |
Tom E | 5,000 | MO |
Jerry C | 30,000 | MT |
Tom M | 10,000 | MT |
George L | 10,000 | NC |
Brian C | 5,000 | NC |
Colleen P | 5,000 | NC |
Paul F | 5,000 | NC |
Scott G | 80,000 | NC |
Lenin T | 2,500 | NC |
Joshua R | 5,000 | NC |
Adam B | 10,000 | NJ |
David B | 50,000 | NJ |
Frank G | 500,000 | NJ |
Henric B | 25,000 | NJ |
Ryan T | 7,500 | NJ |
B Shah | 2,500 | NJ |
Rama R | 4,000 | NJ |
Richard H | 100,000 | NJ |
Vijay K | 75,000 | NJ |
Howard A | 5,000 | NJ |
Jordan L | 2,500 | NJ |
Andy/Diana H | 12,000 | NJ |
Jack L | 10,000 | NJ |
Josh R | 5,000 | NJ |
Lisa W | 50,000 | NJ |
Tony D | 15,000 | NJ |
Hui C* | 100,000 | NJ |
Frederick S | 20,000 | NJ |
Pranav S | 30,000 | NJ |
Albert W | 5,000 | NJ |
Andrew | 100,000 | NV |
Arun K | 25,000 | NV |
Tom S | 25,000 | NV |
Dennis T | 2,500 | NV |
Michael S | 5,000 | NV |
Gary M | 10,000 | NY |
Rob T | 20,000 | NY |
Igor O* | 500,000 | NY |
Chris Y | 10,000 | NY |
Tim C | 20,000 | NY |
Atul R | 5,000 | NY |
Rob #2 | 6,000 | NY |
Marc E | 7,500 | NY |
Bob M | 100,000 | NY |
Felipe V | 5,000 | NY |
Lester B | 100,000 | NY |
Matt Z | 5,000 | NY |
Tariq | 5,000 | NY |
Joe C | 5,000 | NY |
Bill A | 2,500 | NY |
Josh S* | 25,000 | NY |
Chris W | 10,000 | NY |
Ken T | 15,000 | NY |
Peter G | 25,000 | NY |
Joe S | 25,000 | NY |
Adam M | 10,000 | OH |
Justin K | 30,000 | OH |
Robert S | 5,000 | OH |
Dan W | 5,000 | OH |
Tom K | 5,000 | OH |
David O | 100,000 | OH |
Dilip K | 5,000 | OK |
Blake V | 250,000 | OK |
Ryan | 3,000 | OK |
Nelson W | 10,000 | OK |
Michael G | 2,500 | OR |
Joe V | 50,000 | OR |
Darin P | 20,000 | OR |
Bill G | 10,000 | PA |
Jatinder M | 10,000 | PA |
V.K.K. | 20,000 | PA |
Bruce R | 100,000 | PA |
Joe C | 10,000 | PA |
Nathan S | 3,000 | PA |
David M | 2,500 | PA |
Robert T | 75,000 | RI |
Heidi H | 25,000 | RI |
Doris S* | 100,000 | SC |
Steve | 100,000 | SD |
Dave S | 20,000 | TN |
Matt S | 10,000 | TN |
Pankaj S | 5,000 | TN |
Lukas V | 5,000 | TN |
Ben M | 10,000 | TN |
Joe P | 10,000 | TX |
Doug M | 40,000 | TX |
H.S. | 2,500 | TX |
Ian* | 50,000 | TX |
"Phong" | 10,000 | TX |
Jason D | 5,000 | TX |
AZ | 10,000 | TX |
Glenn J | 5,000 | TX |
Samba V | 20,000 | TX |
Coby S | 50,000 | TX |
Alex T | 10,000 | TX |
Shane V | 25,000 | TX |
Greg R | 20,000 | TX |
Brian J | 5,000 | TX |
C Dilber | 5,000 | TX |
Kenton K* | 25,000 | TX |
Robert T | 20,000 | TX |
Ron W | 25,000 | TX |
Scott V | 30,000 | UT |
Greg P* | 300,000 | UT |
Chair | 20,000 | VA |
Lisa | 5,000 | VA |
Zhong L | 10,000 | VA |
Madhu I | 50,000 | VA |
Brian D | 50,000 | VA |
Jake D | 37,500 | VA |
Matt G | 10,000 | VA |
Paul Z | 10,000 | VA |
Robert W | 5,000 | VA |
Jack T | 10,000 | VA |
Kenneth Y | 10,000 | VA |
Don G | 25,000 | VA |
Mike M | 50,000 | VA |
Kevin L* | 125,000 | VT |
Ron | 20,000 | VT |
Linda A | 15,000 | WA |
Scott R | 100,000 | WA |
Mike H | 2,500 | WA |
Eric S | 50,000 | WA |
Cathy K | 20,000 | WA |
"Himalayas" | 20,000 | WA |
Tyler | 10,000 | WA |
Danny N | 10,000 | WA |
Charlie W | 5,000 | WA |
Dylan L | 10,000 | WA |
David I | 100,000 | WA |
Sean K | 25,000 | WA |
Liem | 4,000 | WA |
James L | 5,000 | WA |
Gene G | 5,000 | WA |
Jason E | 5,000 | WI |
Gary S | 10,000 | WI |
Erle H* | 25,000 | WI |
Karl W | 25,000 | WI |
Joe H | 28,000 | WI |
Jason | 10,000 | WV |
Paul | 100,000 | Z-Austria |
Stan T | 10,000 | Z-Canada |
Steve L | 10,000 | Z-Canada |
Brian M | 5,000 | Z-Canada |
Stockspeter | 7,500 | Z-Canada |
Kaz O | 10,000 | Z-Canada |
Anurag V | 20,000 | Z-Germany |
Johannes K | 10,000 | Z-Germany |
Ken | 250,000 | Z-Hong Kong |
Kumar K | 25,000 | Z-India |
Barry R | 10,000 | Z-Ireland |
Shlomo S | 25,000 | Z-Israel |
Antoine F | 10,000 | Z-Luxembourg |
Nick E | 30,000 | Z-New Zealand |
Andre R | 10,000 | Z-Portugal |
Adrian C | 75,000 | Z-Romania/EU |
S.E.H. | 12,500 | Z-Singapore |
Junyuan | 2,500 | Z-Singapore |
David G | 5,000 | Z-Singapore |
Tomaz K | 20,000 | Z-Slovenia |
Ward P | 2,500 | Z-Sweden |
Anil | 25,000 | Z-Switzerland |
KP | 5,000 | Z-UK |
Howard L | 10,000 | Z-UK |
David X | 5,000 | Z-UK |
Duncan M | 5,000 | Z-UK |
Nestor T | 25,000 | Z-Uruguay |
Harsh N | 5,000 | Z-UAE |
Total | $9,325,200 | |
Goal | $7,000,000 | |
% of Goal | 133.2% | |
To Go | ($2,325,200) |