How it works — donors
Your money never disappears into a general fund. It sits in a wallet you control, and it only moves when you say so.
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Create a free account
Sign up with an email address and choose the donor role. Your dashboard tracks your wallet, your allocations, and your tax receipts in one place.
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Fund your wallet
Top up any amount via Stripe — $10, $100, $5,000. The contribution is tax-deductible the moment it clears, and you get a 501(c)(3) receipt by email. A 5% operations fee comes out here; everything after is fee-free.
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Browse open works
Search by title, filter by genre or deadline. Each work lists its payout price and the files you'll free. Read it before you commit a dollar.
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Allocate to the works you believe in
Chip in $10 toward a $5,000 album, or cover it all. Allocations are committed: they stay with the work until it succeeds or its deadline passes.
The work funds
The creator is paid the full lump sum and the finished work enters the public domain. Your allocation is part of a permanent public good — and it shows up in your year-end giving summary.
The deadline passes unfunded
The work expires and every dollar you allocated returns to your wallet automatically. No forms, no waiting. Aim it at a different work whenever you're ready.
Either way, nothing is lost: your dollars end up in a finished public work or back in your wallet. Year-end tax documents cover everything you contributed.