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February 2024 Donations & Finances


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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.

 


 

Homecoming operates in a non-profit capacity* and accepts donations from the community each month to cover its operating expenses. These donation windows typically open on the last Saturday of each month, around 13:00 EST, and are automatically closed once the goal for the month has been reached. Any funds remaining at the end of each month are put towards our expenses for the following month. In the event that our expenses exceed our estimated costs for the month, the difference will be included in the donation goal for the following month.

 

If you wish to donate, you may do so here. The donation window for next month is open as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal is met. Thank you for your continued support!

 

* Homecoming is a Delaware registered Limited Liability Company, not a non-profit organization, and donations made to Homecoming are not tax deductible.

 


Last Month: January 2024

 

We have had some additional expenses related to restructuring around the City Council, updating our legal documentation, and the SQL host hardware upgrades which were not in the goal for the January donation window. Some of these have been paid already out of the contingency fund, and some will be paid in February. In both cases, these additional expenses will be included in the February donation window and not in the breakdown for January.

 

Additionally, increases in costs for Google Workspace and admin software put us $53.62 over our goal for the month. This difference will also be included in the goal for February.

Income

Total: $4,940.74

 

Amount

Source

$4,941.50

Donations

$0.76

Rebates & Rewards (PayPal)

 

Recurring Expenses

Total: $4,645.92

 

Amount

Service / “to”

Addt’l Notes

$4,416.99

Server Infrastructure (OVH)

 

$171.72

Google Workspace

Voice, Business (15 seats)

$20.81

Email (AWS EC2 + SES)

2x EC2 micro instances

$25.00

GPU Server (Paperspace)

Used for tooling

$11.40

Admin Software

 

 

Additional Expenses

Total: $350.00

 

Amount

Service / “to”

Addt’l Notes

$350.00

Hiscox

GL Insurance (1 year)

 

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This Month: February 2024

 

As mentioned above, all additional expenses for January and February will be included in this donation goal.

 

The donation target for February 2024 is $8,636.68.

Recurring Expenses

Total: $4,701.93

 

Amount

Service / “to”

Addt’l Notes

$4,416.99

Server Infrastructure (OVH)

 

$229.57

Google Workspace

Voice, Business (15 seats)

$19.25

Email (AWS EC2 + SES)

2x EC2 micro instances

$25.00

GPU Server (Paperspace)

Used for tooling

$11.12

Admin Software

 

 

Additional Expenses

Total: $3,934.75

 

Amount

Service / “to”

Addt’l Notes

$2,780.24

Legal counsel

Dec. 5 - Dec. 31 2023

$591.90

Server Infrastructure (OVH)

SQL host upgrade

$240.99

DocuSign

+100 envelopes

$240.00

UPS Mailbox

1 year renewal

$53.62

January Overage

See above

$12.00

CleanTalk

Anti-Spam (1 year)

$10.00

IPSFocus

Forum assets (1 year)

$6.00

US Copyright Office

DMCA Designated Agent Reg.

 


 

Our donation system will be open as of the time of this post with a donation target of $8,636.68 and will automatically close once that target is met.

 

- The Homecoming Team

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4 minutes ago, Doc_Scorpion said:


Curious as to what that insures.

GL would be general liability

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Global: @Reiska, both here and back on live.

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Now I play on Everlasting. 🙂

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1 hour ago, Doc_Scorpion said:


Curious as to what that insures.

/opens google in firefox and types "GL insurance"

*nods*

 

10/10 on the servers, guys. New here and am happy to donate to the cause. Glad I made the window!

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Donated! I wonder with the new license can you guys build a more sustainable fund.  Or even pay yourselves.  I know I would be willing to go to a full on subscription system (voluntary) if it meant that your volunteers who have been doing this for years as a passion project could be compensated.

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