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Support Us · Essential operating costs
Help cover the next $1,000 in core technology fees.
WS Musings and Intersectionality Finder are independent research products. Up to $1,000 will help cover the software subscriptions, computing capacity, and hosting fees required to build, test, and keep the static public site available.
Important: WS Musings is not presented as a tax-exempt charitable organization. Contributions are voluntary, are not tax-deductible charitable donations, and do not buy equity, governance rights, preferential access, or influence over research conclusions.
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This static site never asks for payment details, identity documents, or Finder selections. The only generated contribution action opens an approved Stripe-hosted destination.
Use of funds
What the $1,000 technology target would cover.
$400Static-site hosting, domain, storage, and deployment-related fees
$350Software subscriptions used for development, testing, accessibility, and research production
$250Computing capacity for deterministic builds, browser testing, data processing, and release validation
This is an illustrative operating plan, not an escrow promise. Actual spending may move among software, computing, and hosting costs as service needs and billing periods change. Settled receipts and major allocation changes should be reconciled manually before the public total is updated.
Voluntary launch support.
A contribution is voluntary support for the software, computing, and hosting infrastructure used to build, test, and publish the project.
Not equity or a purchase.
It is not an investment, security, pre-order, subscription, membership, payment for services, charitable tax deduction, or promise of a particular product outcome.
No influence for payment.
Contributors do not receive control over the taxonomy, evidence status, issue coverage, corrections, editorial conclusions, or review decisions.
No civic profile attached.
Payment records remain separate from anonymous Finder selections. The site does not attach issue choices, private briefs, or inferred political interests to a contribution.
Before contributing
Read the funding boundary.
Are contributions tax deductible?
No charitable deduction is represented. The project is not presented as a qualified tax-exempt charitable organization. Consult your own tax adviser.
Will I receive ownership or special access?
No. Contributions provide no equity, governance rights, product priority, editorial influence, or guarantee of future access.
How are receipts recorded?
Settled contributions should be reconciled manually by date, amount, processor reference, and public progress total before this page is updated. Contributors should keep their own records and obtain tax advice.
What happens when the target is reached?
The configured methods should be paused after manually reconciled settled receipts reach $1,000. Any later campaign requires a new, separately disclosed purpose and target.