Republic Keeper Certificates

“A republic, if you can keep it.” — Benjamin Franklin

“A republic, if you can keep it.”
— Benjamin Franklin

The Membership Certificate is earned by registering as a Benjamin Franklin Party member in your state’s voter registration.

Friend of Ben Certificates are earned by following the Benjamin Franklin Party (@FranklinPartyUS) on social media.

Yearly Contribution Certificates are earned by volunteering and donating to the Benjamin Franklin Party.

Membership Certificate

Voter Registration

To earn your Membership Certificate, please select your state in the form to the right.* Click the link to register under the Benjamin Franklin Party in your state and follow the instructions. Then return here and complete the form for a Membership Certificate

At the this time, you can only register under the Benjamin Franklin Party in states listed in the “State or Territory” dropdown. If you cannot register under the Benjamin Franklin Party and would like be notified when you can, select “my state is not listed” in the form to the right and follow the instructions.  

*Because you can only be registered to vote in one state at a time, any new state Membership Certificate will supersede a previous one. IMPORTANT: Requesting a Membership Certificate does not register you to vote.

To earn your Membership Certificate, please select your state in the form below.* Click the link to register under the Benjamin Franklin Party in your state and follow the instructions. Then return here and complete the form for a Membership Certificate

At the this time, you can only register under the Benjamin Franklin Party in states listed in the “State or Territory” dropdown. If you cannot register under the Benjamin Franklin Party and would like be notified when you can, select “my state is not listed” in the form below and follow the instructions. 

*Because you can only be registered to vote in one state at a time, any new state Membership Certificate will supersede a previous one. IMPORTANT: Requesting a Membership Certificate does not register you to vote.

Request your membership Certificate

Please select your state or territory from the list below. If you don't see your state or territory, please select "my state or territory is not listed."


Friend of Ben Certificates

Social Media 

Earn your Friend of Ben Certificate by following us on social media! After you follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Youtube, Facebook, or LinkedIn, simply complete the form to the right to request your Friend of Ben Certificate.

For every social media you follow us on, you gain one Friend of Ben level! 

Earn your Friend of Ben Certificate by following us on social media! After you follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Youtube, Facebook, or LinkedIn, simply complete the form below to request your Friend of Ben Certificate.

For every social media you follow us on, you gain one Friend of Ben level!

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Get your Friend of Ben Certificate

Contribution Certificates

Donating and Volunteering

Earn your yearly Contribution Certificates by donating and/or volunteering to the Benjamin Franklin Party. Contribution Certificates will automatically be sent to you after you log your volunteer hours with your volunteer coordinator and/or donate to us.

Yearly Contribution Certificate Tiers

  1. Black frame with tiers 1-12* for volunteer support and year-to-date financial support of the Benjamin Franklin Party (more here)
  2. Silver frame with tiers 1-12* for one-off financial donations (dollar ranges in Samples section)
  3. Gold frame with tiers 1-12* for automatic monthly financial donations (dollar ranges in Samples section). Because it is ongoing, Gold Certificate
    members automatically get new gold certificates each January.
  4. Blue frame with degrees I-XII (1-12) for additional months of volunteer work at the Franklin Tier level (explanation here
* Roughly corresponding to the phases of Franklin’s life

Yearly Contribution Certificate Tiers

  1. Black frame with tiers 1-12* for volunteer support and year-to-date financial support of the Benjamin Franklin Party (more here)
  2. Silver frame with tiers 1-12* for one-off financial donations (dollar ranges below)
  3. Gold frame with tiers 1-12* for automatic monthly financial donations (dollar ranges below). Because it is ongoing, Gold Certificate
    members automatically get new gold certificates each January.
  4. Blue frame with degrees I-XII (1-12) for additional months of volunteer work at the Franklin Tier level (explanation here
* Roughly corresponding to the phases of Franklin’s life

**Black Frame Contribution Certificates

Volunteer Only

For each month of volunteer hours, a tier certificate is earned, building on the previous tier (example: five months with volunteer hours equals a Postmaster Tier certificate).

Multiple Donations Only

For each month a donation is made after the first month a donation is made, a certificate is earned for the total amount of money donated year-to-date (YTD).

Examples:

    1. Logan made a $20 donation (Civic Leader silver certificate) in March and a $35 donation (Poor Richard silver certificate) in July. For the combined $55 YTD Logan would also be awarded a Postmaster tier certificate once everything was totaled in early August.
    2. Akira set up a $10 monthly donation (Printer gold certificate) in February, and so will also be awarded a Civic Leader certificate for April ($30 YTD), a Poor Richard certificate for June ($50 YTD), and a Postmaster certificate for November ($100 YTD).
    3. Combinations of reoccurring (gold) and one-off (silver) donations work the same way.
Donation(s) and Volunteer

Certificates are awarded based on YTD donations and number of months with volunteer hours.
Example:

By the end of October, Dakota had made $225 in recurring and one-off donations to the Benjamin Franklin Party and had put in volunteer hours on three different months. $225 YTD is Inventor tier and the three additional tiers for volunteer months brings Dakota up to a Patriot certificate level.

***Blue Frame Contribution Certificates

Once the Franklin tier is achieved through donations, volunteer months are added as degrees (blue certificates). The maximum possible certificate level each year is a 12-degree Franklin (Franklin XII). 

12.12 Franklin Blue '23 - 12th Degree