It is our mission to practice full financial transparency so that financial supporters know exactly where their money is being spent.

We are a volunteer collective, essentially an unincorporated non-profit, meaning we’re like a lemonade stand with big dreams!

Historically, our operating expenses have been paid out-of-pocket by one of our co-founder, Cale Livingston, and have included:

• The website URL (domain name)
• The Pro Zoom Account (to remove meeting time limits)
• Website Hosting & Theme (for this very website!)

As of 2025 we are using Buy Me A Coffee (a micro-fundraising platform) to handle our donations.

We actively work to keep costs as low as possible, and to model how non-profits work as best we can.

In the meantime, however, we are more like Youtubers with a Patreon – hosting some live events and creating educational content, rather than a tax deductible charity.

We say all this so you know exactly what we are, and what we aren’t, and have the details you need to make a decision about whether to donate. We try not to solicit often, and people are welcome to enjoy the group’s work without any expectation of a donation.

In the event that we accrue a surplus, the group has pitched a handful of ways the money can be allocated:

• Divvy up the remaining amount proportionally to all group facilitators for the calendar year
• Earmark a certain amount for potential guest speaker honorariums
• Incorporation fees to become an official non-profit