April 2023 Donations & Finances

[Cipher]

Hello everyone!

 

As always with these posts, I’d like to drop a quick reminder that there are more ways to support Homecoming than just through donations. For a general overview of the different ways you can help Homecoming, check out this thread.

 

We’re hoping to have more to share about our efforts to reduce our ongoing infrastructure costs next month, so keep an eye out for that.

 

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Last Month: March 2023

 

Last month we accepted $4,521.48 in donations, $60.57 over our target for the month. As always, any additional funding remaining at the end of each month is put towards our operating expenses for the following month or additional expenses for the current month.

 

Here is the breakdown of our expenses in March:

• $4,351.43 for our hardware infrastructure from OVH
• $121.47 for our Google G-Suite services
• $25.00 for our Air instance from Paperspace
• $18.08 for the AWS EC2 instance serving our email
• $9.73 for security / administration software

 

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This Month: April 2023

 

The donation target for April 2023 is $4,916.46. Here is a breakdown of how the funds are allocated:

• $4,351.43 for our hardware infrastructure from OVH
• $465 for our annual tax and filing fees
• $121.57 for our Google G-Suite services
• $34.00 for two 1-year domain renewals
• $25.00 for our Air instance from Paperspace
• $19.25 for the AWS EC2 instance serving our email
• $9.73 for security / administration software

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Our donation system will be open as of the time of this post with a donation target of $4,916.46 and will automatically close once that target is met.

 

- The Homecoming Team

 

[starro]

after 30 minutes past the 50% mark!  thank you volunteers, developers, players and all who make this possible.

[Abraxus]

Always happy to give back to the game that provides so much.

Edited March 25, 2023 by Abraxus

[Sabre]

5 minutes ago, starro said:

after 30 minutes past the 50% mark! 

A very strong response by the players that live in our city. 

Very little sign of waning interest.

Edited March 25, 2023 by Sabre

[Asacledhae]

I'm here as usual. 

As I always say, this is money well spent.

 

See you guys in-game!

[Dallayna]

Again, ain't got much (never do these days) but, here's what we got. :D

[TorontoSunshine]

Once again, I have donated to ensure robberies, kidnappings, and villainous monologuing continue. 

Oh, and to have statues made in my likeness....

 

Edited March 25, 2023 by TorontoSunshine

[MoggieCanada]

I put a few bucks in the kitty.

 

Thanks devs for keeping this great game going. I have lots more things to do for my heroes and villains.

Edited March 26, 2023 by MoggieCanada

[Shaayde]

First time I was able to donate! Glad I was finally able to pitch in...normally it's closed by the time I see the note. 🥳

[Ambidexter]

Yeah, it's both a wonderful and terrible thing that, 19 hours after Cipher's post, I cannot pitch in to help because donations are closed.  I do so appreciate the community here!

[biostem]

Thank you to all who help keep the lights on!