this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
52 points (100.0% liked)

Chat

7841 readers
23 users here now

Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
52
Beehaw has a huge surplus of money. Could we use it to fund another service? (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Our current balance is around $6000 and the average monthly cost to keep us running is $250.

If you'd like to take a closer look at our finances, then you can do it here -> https://opencollective.com/beehaw-collective

All of that being said, is there another service that the Beehaw community could provide with the extra funds?

One example could be to establish a Nonprofit Corporation (501(c)(3)) to create a legally recognized nonprofit with a clear charitable mission: education, health services, housing, etc.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (2 children)

$6k is nothing. Bank it in case of a catastrophic server failure or something.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Coming from a lemme.ee refugee - bank that money for when you need it. You never know what might happen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lemm.ee did not shutdown due to money issues, it was admin burnout

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm aware. It's a general "I don't want to see this instance disappear from the fediverse due to (un?)foreseen circumstances". Of which funding could be one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That makes sense!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a good thought once in a blue moon lol

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This. After reading "huge surplus of money," I was expecting a 5-digit figure. At current running costs, $6k is two years of runtime, but this assumes in turn that expenses never increase and no emergencies occur, which is extremely unlikely over that time period. Better to save it, I think.

Of course, this all depends on what causes got suggested. I can't think of anything that'd be both worthwhile and (relatively) cheap, but who knows? Maybe something matching that description will come along.

It's also worth noting how much funding Beehaw is currently getting on a monthly/annual basis. I tried looking at the Open Collective page, but there's no easy figure or chart there to look at that I can find.