Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Collective Media is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions to your Collective Media wallet are deductible as charitable donations on your federal taxes, to the extent permitted by law. You will receive a tax receipt for each contribution.

When you fund your wallet, the money belongs to you to direct — you remain in control of where it goes. A direct donation hands money to the organization with no say in its use. Your Collective Media wallet lets you allocate funds to specific projects you believe in, at your own pace. It combines the tax deductibility of a charitable gift with the agency of a purchase.

If a project's deadline passes without reaching 100% of its funding goal, the project expires. All funds you allocated to that project are automatically returned to your wallet in full. No action required on your part. You can then allocate those funds to a different project.

When a work enters the public domain, it belongs to the public — no copyright holder, no licensing restrictions, no royalties required. Anyone can read it, perform it, adapt it, translate it, distribute it, or build upon it, for any purpose, for free, forever. This is the final destination for every funded project on Collective Media.

Yes. When you allocate funds to a project, you can toggle the 'Donate Anonymously' option. Your name will appear as 'Anonymous Backer' on the project's supporters list. Your tax receipt is still generated under your real name for your records.

Creators receive payment via bank transfer when they transfer the rights to their completed work. The full funding goal amount is disbursed within 5 business days of rights confirmation. Collective Media charges no platform fee to creators.

A deliverable is the actual creative artifact that enters the public domain — the completed digital file representing the work. For a novel: the final manuscript. For an album: the finished recordings. For a film: the completed video file and associated assets. Each deliverable should be a discrete, archivable digital artifact that can be freely distributed after rights transfer.

$1. There is no maximum. Any amount from your wallet is a meaningful contribution toward a creative work. Collective Media is built on the idea that small contributions from many people can fund extraordinary things.

Yes. Creators determine their own funding goal based on the true cost of creating the work — their time, production costs, collaborators, and equipment. There is no platform-imposed minimum or maximum.

We currently support: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Music, Visual Art, Film, Theatre, Poetry, Academic, and Other. We plan to expand as the platform grows and the community's interests evolve.

Yes. Your donor dashboard shows a full history of your wallet allocations, including which projects you supported and the amounts. You can also see the public supporters list on any project page.

Collective Media's operating costs are covered through a small percentage retained from wallet contributions, as well as direct grants and donations to the organization. Creators receive 100% of their funding goal. Detailed financials are published annually.