diff --git a/scripts/calc_new_backers_per_collective.js b/scripts/calc_new_backers_per_collective.js
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+/*
+ * This script runs breaks out how many new and old backers are added per active month per collective
+ */
+
+import Promise from 'bluebird';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import moment from 'moment';
+import json2csv from 'json2csv';
+import models, { sequelize } from '../server/models';
+
+
+const done = (err) => {
+  if (err) console.log(err);
+  console.log('\ndone!\n');``
+  process.exit();
+}
+
+const results = {};
+const arrayLength = 30;
+const outputFilename = 'backer_count_output.csv';
+
+const initiateNewCollectiveStats = (firstOrder, isNewBacker) => {
+
+  const generateMonths = (collectiveStats) => {
+    const numArray = Array.apply(null, {length: arrayLength}).map(Number.call, Number).slice(2, arrayLength);
+
+    numArray.map(i => {
+      collectiveStats.months[i] = {
+        newBackerCount: 0,
+        oldBackerCount: 0
+      }
+    });
+
+    return collectiveStats;
+  }
+
+  const collectiveStats = {
+    id: firstOrder.CollectiveId,
+    slug: firstOrder.collective.slug,
+    months: {
+      1: {
+        date: firstOrder.createdAt,
+        newBackerCount: isNewBacker ? 1 : 0,
+        oldBackerCount: isNewBacker ? 0 : 1
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  const newCollectiveStats = generateMonths(collectiveStats);
+  console.log("newCollectiveStats", newCollectiveStats);
+  return newCollectiveStats;  
+};
+
+const countOrderInStats = (order, isNewBacker) => {
+  // calculate which month slot it should go in
+
+  const orderStats = results[order.CollectiveId];
+
+  const newOrderDate = moment(order.createdAt);
+  let diff = newOrderDate.diff(moment(orderStats.months['1'].date));
+
+  console.log(orderStats);
+  console.log(order.createdAt, orderStats.months['1'].date, diff);
+
+  if (diff < 0) diff = 0;
+
+  const month = Math.floor(diff / 1000 / 3600 / 24 / 30) % 30 + 1;
+
+  console.log("month", month);
+
+  if (isNewBacker) {
+    orderStats.months[`${month}`].newBackerCount += 1;
+  } else {
+    orderStats.months[`${month}`].oldBackerCount += 1;
+  }
+}
+
+const calculateBackersPerCollective = () => {
+
+  const seenFromCollectiveIdList = {};
+
+  return models.Order.findAll({
+    where: {
+      /*PaymentMethodId: {
+        $not: null
+      }*/
+      CollectiveId: {
+        [sequelize.Op.notIn]: [ 1 ]
+      }, 
+    },
+    include: [
+      { model: models.Collective, as: 'fromCollective', paranoid: false }, 
+      { model: models.Collective, as: 'collective', paranoid: false }
+    ],
+    order: ['id']
+  })
+  .tap(orders => console.log('Orders found: ', orders.length))
+  .each(order => {
+    if (order.FromCollectiveId in seenFromCollectiveIdList) {
+      // means this is now an old backer
+      if (order.CollectiveId in results) {
+        //results[order.CollectiveId]['oldBackerCount'] += 1;
+        countOrderInStats(order, false);
+      } else {
+        //results[order.CollectiveId] = { id: order.CollectiveId, slug: order.collective.slug, newBackerCount: 0, oldBackerCount: 1};
+        results[order.CollectiveId] = initiateNewCollectiveStats(order, false);
+      }
+    } else {
+      // means this is a new backer
+      seenFromCollectiveIdList[order.FromCollectiveId] = true;
+      if (order.CollectiveId in results) {
+        //results[order.CollectiveId]['newBackerCount'] += 1;
+        countOrderInStats(order, true);
+      } else {
+        // results[order.CollectiveId] = { id: order.CollectiveId, slug: order.collective.slug, newBackerCount: 1, oldBackerCount: 0};
+        results[order.CollectiveId] = initiateNewCollectiveStats(order, true);
+      }
+    }
+  })
+  .then(() => {
+    let csvFields = ['id', 'slug'];
+    const array = Array.apply(null, {length: arrayLength}).map(Number.call, Number).slice(0, -1);
+
+    array.map(n => csvFields = csvFields.concat([`month${n+1}NewBackerCount`, `month${n+1}OldBackerCount`]));
+
+    console.log(csvFields);
+
+    //console.log(results);
+
+    console.log(array);
+
+    const data = Object.keys(results).map(key => {
+      const obj = { id: results[key].id, slug: results[key].slug};
+      array.map(n => {
+        console.log(`${n+1}`, results[key].months[`${n+1}`]);
+        obj[`month${n+1}NewBackerCount`] = results[key].months[`${n+1}`].newBackerCount;
+        obj[`month${n+1}OldBackerCount`] = results[key].months[`${n+1}`].oldBackerCount;
+      })
+      return obj;
+    });
+
+    console.log('data', data);
+
+    json2csv({ data, fields: csvFields }, (err, csv) => {
+      console.log('Writing the output to', outputFilename);
+      if (err) console.log(err);
+      fs.writeFileSync(outputFilename, csv)
+    });
+  })
+
+}
+
+const run = () => {
+  console.log('\nStarting calc_new_backers_per_collective...')
+  
+  return calculateBackersPerCollective()
+  .then(() => done())
+  .catch(done)
+}
+
+run();
diff --git a/scripts/calc_new_backers_per_month.js b/scripts/calc_new_backers_per_month.js
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+/*
+ * This script calculates how many new backers and old backers we have added by calendar months
+ */
+
+import Promise from 'bluebird';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import moment from 'moment';
+import json2csv from 'json2csv';
+import models, { sequelize } from '../server/models';
+
+
+const done = (err) => {
+  if (err) console.log(err);
+  console.log('\ndone!\n');``
+  process.exit();
+}
+
+const results = {};
+const arrayLength = 30;
+//const csvFields = ['id', 'slug', 'newBackerCount', 'oldBackerCount'];
+const outputFilename = 'new_backer_count_output.csv';
+
+const getMonthYearKeyFromDate = (date) => {
+  return `${date.getUTCFullYear()}-${`0${date.getUTCMonth() +1}`.slice(-2)}`
+}
+
+const calculateNewBackersPerMonth = () => {
+
+  const seenFromCollectiveIdList = {};
+
+  return models.Order.findAll({
+    where: {
+      /*PaymentMethodId: {
+        $not: null
+      }*/
+      CollectiveId: {
+        [sequelize.Op.notIn]: [ 1 ]
+      }
+    },
+    include: [
+      { model: models.Collective, as: 'fromCollective', paranoid: false }, 
+      { model: models.Collective, as: 'collective', paranoid: false }
+    ],
+    order: ['id']
+  })
+  .tap(orders => console.log('Orders found: ', orders.length))
+  .each(order => {
+    const dateKey = getMonthYearKeyFromDate(order.createdAt);
+    if (order.FromCollectiveId in seenFromCollectiveIdList) {
+      if (dateKey in results) {
+        results[dateKey]['oldBackers'] += 1;
+      } else {
+        results[dateKey] = { newBackers: 0, oldBackers: 1};
+      }
+    } else {
+      // means this is a new backer
+      seenFromCollectiveIdList[order.FromCollectiveId] = true;
+      if (dateKey in results) {
+        results[dateKey]['newBackers'] += 1;
+      } else {
+        results[dateKey] = { newBackers: 1, oldBackers: 0 };
+      }
+    }
+  })
+  .then(() => {
+    let csvFields = ['month', 'newBackers', 'oldBackers'];
+    console.log(results);
+    const data = Object.keys(results).map(result => ({'month': result, 'newBackers': results[result].newBackers, 'oldBackers': results[result].oldBackers}));
+    console.log(data);
+    json2csv({ data , fields: csvFields }, (err, csv) => {
+      console.log('Writing the output to', outputFilename);
+      if (err) console.log(err);
+      fs.writeFileSync(outputFilename, csv)
+    });
+  })
+
+}
+
+const run = () => {
+  console.log('\nStarting calc_new_backers_per_month...')
+  
+  return calculateNewBackersPerMonth()
+  .then(() => done())
+  .catch(done)
+}
+
+run();