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Keeps the lights on. Newsletter. Our thanks, by name, on the supporters page.
$10 a month
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One hour of student reporting, every month, paid for by you. Newsletter, supporters page, plus the keepers-only quarterly note.
$25 a month
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where every dollar goes.
operations
Student stipends, editor pay, hosting, photography. The reporting, in other words.
local bay area charities
Named below. Audited annually. Reported on the corrections page so you can check our math.
the five orgs your 25% goes to.
- 01
sf-marin food bank
Feeds 53,000 households a week across SF and Marin.
- 02
la cocina
Mission incubator for immigrant women food entrepreneurs.
- 03
826 valencia
Youth writing programs across the city, free, with named tutors.
- 04
larkin street youth services
Housing and case work for young people without a bed.
- 05
self-help for the elderly
Citywide senior services, delivered in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
ten dollars a month pays for one hour of student journalism. twenty-five pays for an editor's afternoon. a hundred pays for a saturday issue, start to finish.
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