SFG General Fund
Global (Eugene, Oregon HQ)
The story
Every piece of work SFG does, the platforms we build, the clinics we run, the fundraising strategies we hand over, takes people, time, and money. Our pro-bono support is only as fast as our capacity, which means the partners who deserve visibility and funding often wait. On average, we turn down two to three organizations a month simply because we can't get to them. The General Fund changes that. It lets us hire and pay the people who do this work, build and host the tools our partners rely on, and travel to run in-person clinics, so local leaders can stay where they do their best work: on the floor, with the kids and communities who need them. Give here, and you're not funding one project. You're funding our ability to take on the next one, and the one after that.
Raised
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Goal
$108,000
Spent
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Available
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The itemized ask
This is the whole budget, line by line. Fund exactly the line you choose, and we track every dollar against it and show you the spend.
APeople & Time — capacity to say yes
$12,000
Annual goal: the paid time behind several engagements across the year.
A1Fund a month of pro-bono delivery
Paid contractor/staff time to move one stalled partner project to done
A2Sponsor a partner engagement
Underwrite one partner's full pro-bono support cycle (subsidized; the real cost is far higher)
BTools, Platforms & R&D — build once, help many
$14,000
Websites we build efficiently, so those stay lean. The real ongoing cost is running tools: hosting, software, AI/API usage, and the R&D to prototype lightweight tools for partners.
B1Hosting & infrastructure (1 year)
Hosting, uptime, and infrastructure for the e-learning platform and every partner tool and site
B2Software, licenses & AI/API costs (1 year)
The paid tools, licenses, and model/API usage that keep our platforms and AI assistants running
B3Build a lightweight ops tool for a partner
A small custom tool that makes one partner's operations easier: intake, tracking, reporting
B4R&D — prototype reusable partner tools
Experimentation and prototyping of lightweight, reusable tools we can give to multiple partners
B5Website build + digital transformation (per partner)
A real website and digital setup for one partner (we build efficiently; our time is largely donated)
CIn-Person Clinics — replicate what works
$12,000
Annual goal: roughly two clinics plus a few community events a year.
C1Seed a new 5-day clinic
The SFG-covered portion of a Nepal-style sport + data clinic for another partner (anchored to the real Nepal figure, $4,966)
C2Community event support
An in-person community event, like our July 4th event at Gloria Molina Park
DWhere It's Needed Most — unrestricted
$5,000
D1General operating support
Let SFG direct your gift to the highest-impact need right now, at any amount
EOur First Full-Time Team Member — one year
$65,000
Right now SFG runs on the founders' and volunteers' time. One dedicated full-time person is the single biggest thing standing between 'as capacity allows' and 'reliably, on time.' Funding this role is how we stop turning organizations away.
E1Program & Operations Lead — salary (1 year)
One full-time person: project management, partner well-being and support, social media, and keeping our tools and projects maintained
E2Payroll, benefits & employer costs (~18%)
Taxes, benefits, and the real cost of employing someone, on top of salary
Project total
$108,000
The ask
$108,000
- The $108,000 annual goal is the sum of the five category goals: $12,000 + $14,000 + $12,000 + $5,000 + $65,000. A goal should always equal the sum of concrete asks.
- The General Fund is unrestricted by default; you can also direct your gift toward one of the five categories or a specific line.
- Monthly recurring gifts are the backbone of a small nonprofit: $50/month covers most of a year of hosting, and recurring gifts are what make a full-time salary sustainable.
- We reset this goal each year as SFG grows. A large one-off opportunity becomes its own itemized project rather than inflating this number.
SFG's role
This fund powers everything SFG provides pro-bono or at sliding scale: e-learning platforms, in-person clinics (like Nepal 2026), fundraising and growth strategy, website development and digital transformation, social media audits, and partner support. Most of this work is volunteer-driven and heavily subsidized, but free to the partner is not free to run: hosting, software, travel, materials, and modest paid time are real costs. The amounts below are those real costs. We don't take on new work until it's funded, and each new project gets its own itemized budget once it's live.
Spending, in the open
Nothing has been spent yet. When it is, every line appears here: the expense, the budget line it draws from, and the receipt where available.
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