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Seems to be an error where the 77k hasn’t been deposited directly into my bank account? Bueller?
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# ? Mar 9, 2024 01:44 |
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# ? May 10, 2024 21:39 |
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happy anniversary! thank you all for being so loving amazing, organizers and donors alike
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# ? Mar 9, 2024 16:22 |
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Heck yeah 1 year! Very good job RQC.
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# ? Mar 10, 2024 15:45 |
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some_admin posted:Heck yeah 1 year! Very good job RQC.
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# ? Mar 10, 2024 15:57 |
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some_admin posted:Heck yeah 1 year! Very good job RQC.
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# ? Mar 11, 2024 21:27 |
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I apologize for making another post like this but I've had my phone die and a few other things break over the last couple weeks. I've applied for what I can from the fund but if anyone can help please pm me. a couple of people have been awesome before so thanks to them
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# ? Mar 12, 2024 22:03 |
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As an update, we are down to a little over $400 and have $375 in pending requests. As we approach month end - I do want people requesting to know we absolutely cannot promise we will have the funds to fulfill your requests in a timely manner. That doesn't mean you can't request, but if you send us an urgent or even semiurgent request - there's a decent chance you have to wait some time before funds can build up or have to be OK with partial fulfillments. I have had some donors reach out to cancel or pause recurring donations - so this isn't likely a short term issue we are facing. It's a sign of the times, unfortunately. We will do what we can with what funds we do have.
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 14:36 |
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I just want to thank the people who run this fund. The past year and a half I came close to repeatedly losing everything and being homeless and on several occasions you guys are what kept enough food in the fridge.
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 19:19 |
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I hope 2024 is treating you better, friend.
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 02:39 |
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Had a surprise layoff right before Christmas so that was not ideal, money from the fund helped me pay bills when my credit was maxed out and things were at the breaking point. Back to work and things are getting back to normal, was able to make the first contribution to pay it forward and hoping to keep it going for as long as possible. Thanks to everyone who organized this and those who donated!
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 03:02 |
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Hello everyone, We had a request that had a deadline of yesterday that we need some additional information to complete. We reached out to the requestor through the contact info they provided, but haven't yet heard back from them so I thought I'd mention it here, too. If this sounds like you, you can either PM me, or email us at usgoonfund@gmail.com. Thanks
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# ? Apr 4, 2024 15:05 |
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how’s the fund going? seems quiet? is that a result of goons doing good or the fund being short?
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# ? Apr 11, 2024 11:30 |
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A mix of the fund chugging along and me working 11 hour days. I can give more details next week after I have financials done and our quarterly director meeting completed. We got a couple large donations from people that have given us a small float. April hasn't been out of our normal request ranges, but we have been slowly moving backwards so the large amounts donated have helped us, at least, continue to give aid to the same amount of goons without having to decline due to lack of funds.
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# ? Apr 11, 2024 23:55 |
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MARCH 2024 FINANCIALS UPDATE So a bit late on this, I apologize. April has been incredibly busy for me, and then I came down with a stomach bug over the weekend which delayed me even more. The short of it is that March was super dire for nearly the whole thing - and then we managed to get a bunch of funds dropped in the final week. So even though we were cash poor as of 3/31 - we went into April with enough funds that we have been good for the month. April has been a bit reduced in request volume, so we may be down to a stasis for now. Though we will see how it goes. The committee did meet last Tuesday, 4/16, to discuss the previous quarter and any immediate business. The minutes for that meeting can be found here, if you don't want to read my summary from below.
Overall, a productive quarter for us. I hope to have more information for people on the $5K disqualification in the near future. If there's anything I would like some major feedback on, is that of our categories - other is currently about 15% of all requests. I really don't like this and would like to hear from people as to what other categories we can put in place to help people feel comfortable selecting. I'm not asking because I'm being nosy - I am asking to make it easier when filing our tax forms with the IRS. If requestors would prefer to email/PM a committee member their feedback instead of posting in the thread - they are more than welcome.
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# ? Apr 23, 2024 02:28 |
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goon fund kept me fed and with transportation a week or so back when an emergency cropped up. thank yall and goon bless
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# ? Apr 23, 2024 02:37 |
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I think you're mixing two different things - disqualified persons are just people you can't give money (or business) to, to avoid self-dealing. That doesn't affect status as a public charity - to maintain that there is just some math you have to do to see how much of the money is coming from a few people versus a bunch, and depending on the ratios you're either satisfied (over 1/3 from randos IIRC) or need to also justify it as charity subjectively (if you're at 1/10 from randos).
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# ? Apr 23, 2024 05:25 |
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stripe fees appear to be high, are you using the non profit rates at stripe?
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# ? Apr 23, 2024 17:16 |
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:I think you're mixing two different things - disqualified persons are just people you can't give money (or business) to, to avoid self-dealing. That doesn't affect status as a public charity - to maintain that there is just some math you have to do to see how much of the money is coming from a few people versus a bunch, and depending on the ratios you're either satisfied (over 1/3 from randos IIRC) or need to also justify it as charity subjectively (if you're at 1/10 from randos). It's this. You should still keep track of disqualified persons in the (probably unlikely) case that they were to solicit the Goon Fund for funds down the road or that they start to constitute too high a fraction of the charity's contributions, but they aren't prohibited from giving more money. The charity is just (essentially) prohibited from giving money to them.
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 00:25 |
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I apologize. I just have genuinely had very little time for this lately. I will hope to do some research to confirm what you are both saying irt 5K limit, but if so that's much better news than I thought. My interpretation was if 33% or more of donations came from disqualified persons (directors or 5k donors), then we tip over to private foundation. Happy to be wrong on that front. Still something id prefer to not deal with if we don't need to in terms of having people be under $5k in donations. But I do have an announcement, doc did some research for us and found that we believe by lowering our max limit to 115 per 30 days, that we will save about $150-200 per month. It's not a lot, but does keep us floating closer to the top then we are currently. We currently have a little under a grand in the bank and for the first of the month, that is just not enough as this is, usually, the busiest time with the least donations coming in. As such, the committee voted 4-0 to lower our cap to $115 per 30 days effective may 1st. I do apologize to those that are effected by this, as I know the fund is a source for people to get by. $10 can be a lot to someone in need, but that's also why we need to make sure as many people as possible get something rather than someone going without.
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 16:43 |
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I received some funds back in February but life is what it is and I don't think I properly thanked y'all. It was for my natural gas bill, and I asked for help paying it so I could stay warm for the remainder of winter. I'm happy to report that I did not freeze to death. Thanks gunes! You're the best.
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# ? May 4, 2024 01:10 |
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Thank you for everything you've done, goons.
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# ? May 4, 2024 19:56 |
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Submitted a request - My ISP shut my internet off and I'm on my wife's 10GB hotspot until I can afford to pay the past due bill. Hopefully the hotspot limit lasts
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# ? May 5, 2024 09:50 |
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Unfortunately, the title change is very accurate. We are down to a couple hundred dollars, our recurring donations aren't going to kick in to gear for about a week, and we are still in the middle of our highest volume requests. We could use extra funds, if anyone has anything to spare.
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# ? May 6, 2024 13:53 |
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Big ups to the fags who run this poo poo Money coming this summer
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# ? May 6, 2024 15:49 |
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really queer Christmas posted:Unfortunately, the title change is very accurate. We are down to a couple hundred dollars, our recurring donations aren't going to kick in to gear for about a week, and we are still in the middle of our highest volume requests. We could use extra funds, if anyone has anything to spare. how long does it take for a stripe donation to come through, if I was a dummy and used Apple Pay pointing to Visa Debit? (and the fees, I’m so dumb) just wondering if that’s still to be counted, or if I should send more to help with the emergency
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# ? May 6, 2024 16:50 |
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Subjunctive posted:how long does it take for a stripe donation to come through, if I was a dummy and used Apple Pay pointing to Visa Debit? (and the fees, I’m so dumb) If you were the 1k yesterday (that I completely missed this morning ) then that is coming to us Wednesday. Bank accounts take an extra day or two to come over, but are much cheaper. So yes, we aren't in as dire circumstances as I thought thanks to the $1k. Apologies for anyone who got worried.
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# ? May 6, 2024 16:54 |
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meh, donated more anyway, happy to help
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# ? May 6, 2024 17:44 |
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really queer Christmas posted:If you were the 1k yesterday (that I completely missed this morning ) then that is coming to us Wednesday. Bank accounts take an extra day or two to come over, but are much cheaper. no worries. trying to figure out a good monthly amount but finances are disorganized right now I’ll watch for emergency calls though!
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# ? May 6, 2024 17:53 |
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sincerely God bless you people who donate to this, it's been making the difference in my crisis personally, I know its like that for everyone in the same spot, thank you.
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# ? May 6, 2024 20:10 |
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Seconding.
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# ? May 7, 2024 04:24 |
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Stinky Wizzleteats posted:sincerely God bless you people who donate to this, it's been making the difference in my crisis personally, I know its like that for everyone in the same spot, thank you.
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# ? May 7, 2024 07:21 |
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The Goon Fund has paid for absolutely insane amounts of ketamine for me and that’s what makes it Epic (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? May 8, 2024 04:46 |
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I forget if I've thanked the goon fund, but it was the one thing that kept me going until I could finally get a job that pays me enough to get my basic monthly costs taken care of, and you're all loving saints for donating and running this. Wish me luck on getting a raise so I can finally pay back to the fund
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# ? May 8, 2024 05:11 |
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Hello thread, can I have $200 for a podcasting mic and a swivelling arm thingy? I'll use it to record a Leftist Wrestling Podcast (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? May 8, 2024 23:45 |
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I’ve tried submitting a google form to ask for help but the form seems to crash after I submit and I’m not sure if it actually submitted. If it did, please use the second submission as it has my full information.
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# ? May 9, 2024 21:58 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:I’ve tried submitting a google form to ask for help but the form seems to crash after I submit and I’m not sure if it actually submitted. If it did, please use the second submission as it has my full information. Not seeing anything under your username on the form. Try submitting again and if that doesn't work you can either PM me (or another committee member) or send an email to usgoonfund@gmail.com
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# ? May 9, 2024 23:37 |
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I’ve been fortunate enough to have not yet needed to use the goon fund, but I need some good karma and had a balance in my Venmo. Hope it helps someone.
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# ? May 10, 2024 03:09 |
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docbeard posted:Not seeing anything under your username on the form. Try submitting again and if that doesn't work you can either PM me (or another committee member) or send an email to usgoonfund@gmail.com I think it went through now. Thank you! I think it's a problem on my phone.
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# ? May 10, 2024 05:04 |
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# ? May 10, 2024 21:39 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:I think it went through now. Thank you! I think it's a problem on my phone. Yup, came through okay! Also got a PM from someone else who appears to have had a similar issue. I'm not super familiar with this aspect of the site but I think it's safe to say that if you didn't see a confirmation page, your request didn't come through, and you can (and should!) try again. If we end up with duplicate requests, that's no big deal, at worst we'll reach out to you to clarify if we can't make sense of it. And, again, you can feel free to PM me or any of the other committee members, or send email to usgoonfund@gmail.com if you're not sure if a request came through. Darchangel posted:I’ve been fortunate enough to have not yet needed to use the goon fund, but I need some good karma and had a balance in my Venmo. Hope it helps someone. Thank you! It's much appreciated and will definitely go to good use.
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