A few questions and a few answers

Will you give money to my favourite charity?
Maybe. If you provide the name of your favcha (‘favourite charity’, we just made that up right then!) we will investigate them. If they adhere to our fund distribution requirements and usage reporting we will be more than happy to allocate funds to them and add them to the programs we support.

But won’t this cannibalise other charities?
You bet! These guys need to change the way they spend your donations. We hope that our example will help these organisations refocus on what is truly important.

Will people know how great I am?
While we are a little modest, you don’t need to be. If you choose, your profile achievements and milestones can be automatically published to the web site and social media.

Can I meet people as awesome as me?
Sure, share your awesomeness! The web site will have a community section with forums and blogs.

The golden rule
Rest assured that your donations will never be used for any other purpose than helping those in need. They will not be used for any internal company activity.

Who is going to pay for all this?
Well, we are not too sure right now. A bunch of time and some initial hosting will be provided by the good people at Zerofuse, but we will need more than that. We will be looking for non-monetary donations and sponsorships over the next little while, and because we need to deal with the smelly lawyers, these donations may not be tax deductible.

So, how will you pay for this stuff?
Well, you are just full of questions aren’t you? We intend to generate the revenue used to run the organisation through sponsorship and advertising.

  • Sponsorship – selling our soul
    • We are going to need help and are going to have to suck-up to get it. We may consider sponsorships to try to get things moving. What do the sponsors get? Well not much, a logo on our site, a bit of respect, some karma points, but that is about all.
  • Advertising – selling your soul
    • There may be some advertising on the web site and in the apps, you are going to have to deal with that. Without it we would have to use a percentage of the donations to run everything – please refer to ‘The golden rule’.

What we will do:

  • Promise to do our best to make sure your donation gets to where it is needed
  • quickly and intact;
  • Appreciate every donation and never take your effort for granted;
  • Track your donation and publish the results;
  • Be completely fair, open and honest;
  • Adhere to a strict code of ethics and conduct;
  • Pay for running costs with advertising and sponsorships only;
  • Build a community of like-minded people;
  • Always run the business efficiently, keeping running costs to a minimum;
  • Help you change the world.

What we won’t do:

  • Use donations for any other purpose;
  • Harras you in the street;
  • Call you;
  • Send you expensive printed literature;
  • Spend money on advertising;
  • Mow you lawn.

What is in it for us?

We don’t make profit. We have expenses as we don’t get much for free and we have to pay some staff, they still need to eat. But that is about all. Our reward is that we get to play a small part in making things a little better. Our reward is the end result. Our reward is how it makes you feel knowing you have made a difference. In the end it is you who are changing the world, we are just happy to help out.