$10/mo
Funds the unglamorous edges: envelopes, certified mail, document pulls, small database costs, and source follow-up.
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Make the receipt possible.
The stories are free. The datasets are free. The methodology is public. The part that costs money is the slow part: records, postage, transcript time, database cleanup, right-of-reply, and the second set of eyes before a count becomes a claim.
Monthly support
$25/mo
Funds one monthly record sprint: cleaning a ledger slice, writing a methods note, and making the data publishable.
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A low-friction annual contribution for people who want the work alive without adding another monthly bill.
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What support buys
For individuals
Support the work because public institutions should not be allowed to hide behind bad spreadsheets and PDF friction.
For businesses
Fund a named counting sprint, sponsor a public dataset, or underwrite a methodology review without editorial control.
For foundations
Use the sponsor path for project grants, general operating support, or data-publication partnerships.
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