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In addition, $3.5k for a single ask is an order of magnitude more than we can pay to a single person in a month now, even if they are a goon.
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Thanks.
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Mar 8, 2024 21:41
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recently got laid off from my job i was using to support my fiance. any and all help is apprecciated. i don't know if i'm allowed to link gofundme in the thread. please no ban. Seth edit: I'm sorry, but we can't allow personal GoFundMe links here. Somebody fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Mar 10, 2024 |
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You can ask the Goonfund for a money request but we cannot allow personal fundraisers. I'm sorry but it's site policy.
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I'm just curious if you guys wouldn't mind a question about the future of the fund? The fund is great. Any concerns I had are long gone, even if I still think that more vetting could lead to more contributions, but that's complete opinion and the fund has been going great so what do I know. My question is, things continue tightening around the economy, and especially with the computer toucher heavy goon population, a lot of people (including myself! I am unemployed through a tech layoff too, though I will not make a request to the fund as we have savings) will be asking for aid and I think even a cursory glance at the financials will reveal that the fund is not on a healthy trajectory to succeed in getting money to as many members as possible. So I'm just wondering, maybe it's worth for example, prioritizing those with children/families? Or something of that nature? I don't have the answer or anything, it's just fairly clear, and correct me if I'm wrong, but more people are applying for money than ever, we don't have the money to cover them, and things are only getting worse, so maybe some light prioritization might help. And it kind of feels like from my perspective at least, that if kids are going hungry that might be the biggest priority  anyways thank you for running the fund, cheers!
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Would getting the mods to send the thread on a forums tour be a good idea? It increases exposure, which would hopefully increase donations, but also increase requests.
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Nooner posted:Didn't we try this already and a mod just used it to buy themselves a new laptop? Lol nooner!
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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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really queer Christmas posted: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 think you mean a little over $500
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Cactus Ghost posted:i think you mean a little over $500 
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I just sent over a little funds. Not so much a donation, more paying the fund back a little. Thanks for all the help over the last 6 months, it's been a rough one and The Goon Fund saved my rear end more than once
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Cactus Ghost posted:i think you mean a little over $500 Cyber Punk 90210 posted:I just sent over a little funds. Not so much a donation, more paying the fund back a little. Thanks for all the help over the last 6 months, it's been a rough one and The Goon Fund saved my rear end more than once o7 Every bit is appreciated. We've seen several new donations since this morning's announcement, and every one of them will help a lot
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I threw a little extra in the coffers as well, I think this is such a great resource so I'm always happy to help keep the ball rolling a bit if the donations have hit a lull.
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Cyber Punk 90210 posted:I just sent over a little funds. Not so much a donation, more paying the fund back a little. Thanks for all the help over the last 6 months, it's been a rough one and The Goon Fund saved my rear end more than once Same. Sorry i can’t pay back much.
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My heartfelt gratitude to everyone who keeps the goonfund in the black, and an equally sincere antipathy to the Illinois state government for making my requests necessary.
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Can I donate a Target gift card?
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cruft posted:Can I donate a Target gift card? The thought is very much appreciated, but no, there's no way for us to accept a gift card as a donation.
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docbeard posted:The thought is very much appreciated, but no, there's no way for us to accept a gift card as a donation. Okay, thanks for answering! It shouldn't be too difficult to find local folks who can put it to good use 
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cruft posted:Can I donate a Target gift card? sure. I could use one
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Nooner posted:Didn't we try this already and a mod just used it to buy themselves a new laptop? Lol I love taht Nooner was the first poster
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Nooner posted:I think we also tried this with some kind of food stand (?) Somewhere in the south (?) Anyone remember what came out of that?? and the third! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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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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This is one of the most amazing and heartwarming things I have ever seen and proves to me why there is no place like SA left online. You are doing good work here.
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Can the Goonfund issue donation receipts, as a 501c3, or is that an administrative headache?
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Subjunctive posted:Can the Goonfund issue donation receipts, as a 501c3, or is that an administrative headache? If you pay via stripe or pay pal you should get more official looking receipts or at least something confirming your funds being sent to a charity/business. Venmo or cashapp should still tell you that you gave us money. The most official receipt is sent in January to tell you of your prior year contributions for tax deductible reasons.
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really queer Christmas posted:If you pay via stripe or pay pal you should get more official looking receipts or at least something confirming your funds being sent to a charity/business. Venmo or cashapp should still tell you that you gave us money. The most official receipt is sent in January to tell you of your prior year contributions for tax deductible reasons. That January receipt will be perfect, thank you. (The PayPal receipt doesn’t include the charity registration number, which is the key to the tax stuff at least in Canada.)
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really queer Christmas posted:MARCH 2024 FINANCIALS UPDATE
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Thanks for all the work. I'm all too familiar with "oh no, someone gave too much/too much income has been earned and now we're going to make life Difficult for you" problem.
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Just out of curiosity, would it be safe to characterize the fund as primary from large donors at this point? I'm just curious because for a minute now, the reports have said things like 'oh well we were doing bad then we got this big cash infusion' and as far as I remember that's just kind of "how it's worked" for a while.
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Taima posted:Just out of curiosity, would it be safe to characterize the fund as primary from large donors at this point? Without getting too far into the weeds, and without violating anyone's privacy, no, that's not true at all. About 92% of our donations are for $100 or less, and that accounts for about 40% of our total dollars taken in. Large donations (anything above $500) is about 18% of our total dollars (and about 1% of our individual donations). Those large donations definitely help (and have gotten us past some significant hurdles recently) but this really is a sustained group effort from a lot of people of all means. Every gift of any size is significant, and every gift is appreciated.
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That's great! I am absolutely not trying to belittle anyone's contributions in any way! I was just seeking clarity about the wording. Good job yall
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