Maybe I can help with this question. First of all, no he is not involved with FR's finances. I announced early on in the fundraiser that we were expecting $6,000 per month in monthly donations. In fact here it is on our budget page:
https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/budget
And on the budget page there is a running total of the current monthly donation total. Right now it is $3,044.06.
It's really easy for anyone at anytime to go to the budget page and calculate how much we need to hit the goal. We're now over halfway to the $6,000 per month goal.