Only around $1,000 stands between the fundraising efforts of 21 Makes Sense and Yes to Entertaining Students Safely.

With 105 days remaining until the 21-ordinance is tested on the Nov. 2 ballot, the two campaigns filed on Monday their up-to-date donations and expenses to the Iowa Board of Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.

The pro- and anti- 21-ordinance groups have raised close to the same amount of money so far, though 21 Makes Sense has raised slightly more than the anti-21 group with $9,370 from 23 donors. YESS, the anti-21 group, has raised $8,260 from 512 contributors, according to a copy of its report given to The Daily Iowan.

For 21 Makes Sense, the most generous contributions have come from campaign co-chairman Tom Rocklin — the University of Iowa interim vice president for Student Services — and his wife, UI surgery Professor Kimberly Ephgrave.

The couple donated a combined $5,000.

Rocklin said he hopes the money will go toward educating the public about the issues. Ephgrave said her family donate roughly 10 percent of their income to charities and campaigns — normally those involving children and the arts — and this issue is one that stuck out to her.

“[The drinking problem] is something that I’ve seen as a problem kind of growing gradually over the 24 years I’ve lived in Iowa City,” she said.

UI Provost Wallace Loh and wife Barbara Loh donated $1,000, and other big-name donors include City Councilor Connie Champion and former Mayor John Balmer.

In the case of the anti-21 group, YESS saw more small donations from individuals.

The campaign documented 510 $10 donations, which came from the May 2 Employee Party Iowa City fundraising event held at the Union Bar, 121 E. College St.

The event raised $5,100 from the attendees who paid $10 to get in. The Union Bar is also the anti-21 group’s biggest contributor so far, giving $2,860.

Anti-21 group campaign manager Matt Pfaltzgraf said the fact that so many people have donated to the anti-21 effort reinforces the community sentiment against the measure.

“The yes supporters are of all ages and backgrounds and have united under the common purpose,” he said in a release.

Hannah Wall, 21, attended the May 2 event supporting the anti-21 group.

“It was a fun place to go dance and hang out with my friends,” the Iowa City native said. “I’m against the 21-ordinance, and I’ve always enjoyed going downtown even though I wasn’t 21.”

Both campaigns also included expenses in the reports.

Pfaltzgraf said the importance of donations were “marginal” compared to community outreach and education.

“There’s a certain amount you have to raise to print material and get things organized,” he said. “Other than that, people are pretty aware of this issue, and they came out in 2007 with relatively little fundraising.”

The anti-21 group has spent around $7,462 on various items, including $5,000 for Pfaltzgraf’s consulting fee and $900 for its soon-to-be-launched website.

21 Makes Sense campaign manager Nick Westergaard said his group’s costs have been minimal so far, with the only reported expenditures being Pay Pal donation fees.

The report doesn’t account for Westergaard’s consulting fee or costs to make the 21 Makes Sense website, business cards, and a 21 Makes Sense sign. He would not estimate how much these have cost.

He said his company, Westergaard Advertising, initially covers costs and is reimbursed when the campaign is billed.

As of Oct. 19, 2007, when the 21 ordinance last went before voters, the anti-21 group, Bloc21, collected $16,000 compared with the pro-21 Committee for Healthy Choices’ $4,160, according to the quarterly disclosure report.

The next disclosure date for the campaigns is Oct. 19.