The organization

In formation.

The articles are unfiled and the 501(c)(3) application is unmade, so this organization does not legally exist yet. It takes no money today, and a gift made now would not be tax-deductible, because nothing exists yet to deduct against.

Everything below describes work that has not happened yet. When that changes, this box changes before anything else on the page does.

What it needs, in order

All four are people rather than money, which is accurate and also convenient, since taking money is the one option that stays closed until the paperwork clears.

1

A founding circle

The handful of people who agree to be in on it before it is real. This is the one that unblocks the others.

2

Board and governance help

Somebody who has sat on a small board and knows what bylaws, conflict-of-interest policy and a first meeting actually require.

3

Incorporation and legal skills

Filing the articles, and the 501(c)(3) application after that. Pointing at the right form counts as help.

4

A first program site

One place willing to run the work with real people. A program that has run once is worth more than a plan that reads well.

If one of those four is you

Put your name down and say which one. Saying “I have done a board before” or “I have a space” is enough to start from.

I will write when the founding circle meets. No sequence, and no ask for money — that one stays closed until the paperwork clears.

Money for the car and the book tour is a separate matter, goes to a person rather than an organization, and says so. That ask lives on its own page.