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App Status: Production Ready - 721 Tests Passing | Phase 1: Closed Internal Testing NOW ACTIVE (Slow Release) | NEW: Available Canada-wide (Coast to Coast to Coast) + USA Lite 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Support 3mpwrApp - Keep It Free Forever

💚 100% Free Forever - Because Everyone Deserves Access

3mpwrApp will never charge users. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no paid tiers. We're community-funded so disabled people and injured workers can access tools without financial barriers.

📊 Complete Financial Transparency

Current Monthly Operating Costs

| Service | Cost | Purpose | |---------|------|---------| | **Cloudflare Pages** | $0 | Website hosting (free tier) | | **Firebase** | $0 | Database & authentication (free tier, within limits) | | **Domain (3mpwrapp.ca)** | ~$2/month | Canadian domain registration | | **Expo EAS** | $0 | Mobile app builds (free tier) | | **GitHub** | $0 | Code hosting & CI/CD (free for open source) | | **Monitoring Tools** | $0 | UptimeRobot, analytics (free tiers) | | **Email Service** | $0 | Gmail (personal account) | | **Development Tools** | $0 | VS Code, free tier services | | **Founder Time** | $0 | 100% volunteer (40+ hours/week) | | | | | **TOTAL** | **~$2/month** | **$24/year** |

🎯 Sustainability Goal: $150/month

Why this target?

💰 Operating Costs ($50/month)

  • Domain: $2/month
  • Firebase growth: $25/month (when we exceed free tier)
  • Cloudflare Pro: $20/month (for more page builds)
  • Backup services: $3/month

👨‍💻 Development Support ($75/month)

  • Part-time help: ~6 hours/month
  • Bug fixes & updates
  • Security patches
  • Content maintenance

🌱 Growth Buffer ($25/month)

  • Emergency funds
  • Unexpected costs
  • New features
  • Legal/admin fees

📈 Impact of Your Support

**What your donation enables:** - **$5/month** = 50 users served with reliable infrastructure - **$10/month** = 100 users + 1 hour of development support - **$25/month** = 250 users + security updates + bug fixes - **$50/month** = 500 users + new features + community moderation - **$100/month** = 1,000+ users + full sustainability for 2 weeks

💳 Ways to Support

1️⃣ One-Time or Monthly Donation

💙 Donate via PayPal

One-time or recurring - you choose

2️⃣ Non-Financial Support (Just as Valuable!)

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Spread the Word

Share with your networks, disability groups, unions, advocates

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Report Bugs

Help us improve by reporting issues

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Write Content

Contribute guides, blog posts, or translations

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Join Beta Testing

Sign up to stress-test before App Store launch

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Contribute Code

Developers welcome! Check our GitHub repos

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Partnership

Organizations: Email us to collaborate

3️⃣ Grant & Institutional Support

Are you a foundation, union, or organization?

We’re seeking mission-aligned institutional support:

**Potential Partners:** - 🏛️ **Foundations:** Ontario Trillium, United Way, disability-focused foundations - 🤝 **Unions:** Labour councils, disability committees - 🏥 **Healthcare:** Community health centers, rehabilitation organizations - ⚖️ **Legal:** Legal clinics, access to justice initiatives - 🎓 **Academic:** Universities (research partnerships) **Contact:** [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

🛡️ Our Funding Principles

### ✅ We Will Accept: - Individual donations (any amount) - Community fundraising - Mission-aligned grants - Union partnerships - Accessibility-focused sponsorships - Pro-bono services ### ❌ We Will NEVER Accept: - Venture capital - Insurance company funding - Corporate sponsors that exploit workers - Funding with strings attached (ads, data selling, feature control) - Money that compromises our values or independence **Why?** We answer to the disability community - not investors, not corporations, not profit motives.

📜 Accountability & Reporting

Quarterly Financial Reports

**We publish:** - Total donations received - Exact spending breakdown - Infrastructure costs - Development hours funded - Community impact metrics **Next report:** September 2026 (Q3 2026) 📊 [View past reports](/reports/) (coming soon after beta launch)

💙 Thank You

Every dollar, bug report, code contribution, and word of mouth helps us serve the disability community better.

Together, We're Building Something Powerful

3mpwrApp is living proof that disability-led, community-funded platforms can thrive without corporate control.

💙 Donate Now Join Beta Testing

🙏 Current Supporters

Special thanks to:
Thunder Bay Injured Workers Support Group
...and dozens of individual donors who believe in our mission

Want to be listed? Email us after donating and we'll add you (if you'd like public recognition).

Questions about donations or partnerships?
📧 [email protected]