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Support YIMBYwiki and help it grow

YIMBYwiki began as a volunteer effort growing out of discussions on the YIMBYtown national mailing list. Site setup, hosting, editing and initial funds for the platform were provided by Tim McCormick in San Francisco. We have quickly realized that YIMBYwiki fills a real need in the global YIMBY community and we are eager to see the platform expand to fully to serve this. We envision YIMBYwiki becoming the largest, comprehensive knowledge base of its kind for YIMBY and housing issues.

So that YIMBYwiki can be sustained and grow, we need your help. Please do make a direct donation, using one of the methods below to support the YIMBYwiki project.

Donate via Paypal:

Donate via Square

Donate by Patreon (monthly subscription)

In the coming months, we plan to move the platform from beta to launch, to optimize its function and add features to improve the experience. Your donations will help us to realize these goals as well as provide compensation for the work that goes into designing, maintaining, editing and providing outreach for the platform.

In addition to your contributions, we are exploring various avenues to generate sustaining funding. These include

Crowd and subscription funding, e.g. via Indiegogo and Patreon platforms
Direct support from one or more related organizations
Grant funding
Affiliation as a "sponsored project" of a registed not-for-profit, allowing tax-deductible donations
Organization into a not-for-profit ourselves

Please do contribute what you can (even $10 is helpful put towards the project) and spread the word about YIMBYwiki so that we can continue to build the repository and engagement.

Thank you for your support.

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+<span style="font-size:larger;">'''Support YIMBYwiki and help it grow'''</span>
-==== via Paypal: &nbsp;''click yellow button at left.'' ====
+YIMBYwiki began as a volunteer effort growing out of discussions on the YIMBYtown national mailing list. Site setup, hosting, editing and initial funds for the platform were provided by [http://Tjm.org Tim McCormick] in San Francisco.&nbsp;We have quickly realized that&nbsp;YIMBYwiki fills a real need in the global YIMBY community and we are eager to see the platform expand to fully to serve this. We envision YIMBYwiki becoming the largest, comprehensive knowledge base of its kind for YIMBY and housing issues.
-==== via Square (credit card or debit card): &nbsp;[https://Cash.me/$tmccormick1 cash.me/$tmccormick1]. ====
+So that YIMBYwiki can be sustained and grow, we need your help. '''Please do make a direct donation''',&nbsp;using one of the methods below to support the YIMBYwiki project.<br/> &nbsp;
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+'''<u>[https://Paypal.me/tmccormick1 Donate via Paypal]</u>: '''<u>'''[[File:PaypalButton.gif|PaypalButton.gif|link=https://paypal.me/$tmccormick1]]'''</u>
-YIMBYwiki was begun as a volunteer effort growing out of discussion on YIMBYtown national mailing list, with site setup and hosting and editing&nbsp;offered by [http://Tjm.org Tim McCormick] in San Francisco.&nbsp;
+[https://cash.me/$tmccormick1 <u>'''Donate via Square'''</u>]'''&nbsp;'''<u>'''[[File:Square-button2.png|Square-button2.png|link=https://cash.me/$tmccormick1]]'''</u><br/> <br/> <u>'''[https://www.patreon.com/YIMBYwiki Donate by Patreon]'''</u> (monthly subscription)&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;
-We are exploring various avenues to generate funding so this project can&nbsp;sustain&nbsp;and grow. &nbsp;Those include&nbsp;
+In the coming months, we plan to move the platform from beta to launch, to optimize its function and add features to improve the experience. Your donations will help us to realize these goals as well as provide compensation for the work that goes into designing, maintaining, editing and providing outreach for the platform.
+In addition to your contributions, we are exploring various avenues to generate sustaining funding. These include&nbsp;
+*Crowd and subscription funding, e.g. via Indiegogo and Patreon platforms
+*Direct support from one or more related organizations
 *Grant funding&nbsp;
+*Affiliation as a "sponsored project" of a registed not-for-profit, allowing tax-deductible donations
-*Subscription funding, e.g. via Patreon platform
+*Organization into a not-for-profit ourselves
-*direct support from one or more related organizations
+Please do contribute what you can (even $10 is helpful put towards the project) and spread the word about YIMBYwiki so that we can continue to build the repository and engagement.
+Thank you for your support.&nbsp;
-For now, as we look in to these, if you like you can make a direct donation, using one of the methods above.&nbsp;
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