Research and fact-checking
Comparing places, costs and ways to begin, and checking each claim before it reaches this site.
Ordinary people, making something possible
Thank you for helping build this.
Every dollar goes into the groundwork: the research, writing and fact-checking, the cards and flyers we share, and the tools that keep this moving. Contributions and costs appear in the open ledger below, so you can see exactly where it goes.
Where your money goes
Cards, flyers and outreach
Printing the cards and flyers that help the right men find us. Our first business cards cost $184.
The tools that keep this moving
The research and AI tools behind this work, about $200 a month.
The open ledger
Every bit moves us forward.
This is where your support goes, line by line.
Budget funding gap−$1,015.26
$370 contributed toward $1,385.26 in research budget and costs.
$1,015.26 still to cover.
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Entries are spaced in ledger order, not by elapsed time. This is project funding, not a bank balance. The complete dated entries and qualifications follow.
| Date | What moved | In / out | Running balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1 | AI research & project toolsJun 1 | −$200 | −$200 |
| Jul 1 | AI research & project toolsJul 1 | −$200 | −$400 |
| Aug 1 | AI research & project toolsAug 1 | −$200 | −$600 |
| Sep 1 | AI research & project toolsSep 1 | −$200 | −$800 |
| Sep 12 | 2,500 business cardsSep 12 | −$184 | −$984 |
| Sep 19 | Bobby H. — thank you!Sep 19 | +$100 | −$884 |
| Sep 21 | Al S. — thank you!Monthly pledge · $10 − $0.63 Square feeSep 21 | +$9.37 | −$874.63 |
| Sep 22 | Mark B. — thank you!Sep 22 | +$100 | −$774.63 |
| Sep 23 | Neil S. — thank you!Sep 23 | +$50 | −$724.63 |
| Oct 1 | AI research & project toolsOct 1 | −$200 | −$924.63 |
| Oct 21 | Contributions received · SquareMonthly pledge · $10 − $0.63 Square feeOct 21 | +$9.37 | −$915.26 |
| Nov 1 | AI research & project toolsNov 1 | −$200 | −$1,115.26 |
| Nov 10 | Mike D. — thank you!Nov 10 | +$100 | −$1,015.26 |
How the ledger works
This is the project funding balance: money contributed minus the research budget and recorded costs. It is not a bank balance or an amount automatically owed to Max.
The $200 research budget appears once for each month from June onward. The business cards cost $184 and were purchased September 12. Bobby H. gave $100 on September 19. As we reconcile expenses, actual costs replace the corresponding budget entries.
A monthly pledge helps us plan. Each completed Square payment appears in this ledger after Square confirms the receipt and processing fee, with checks scheduled every 15 minutes. Each payment appears once, with its fee shown underneath and the net amount added to the running balance. Payments by other methods appear after Max verifies and records them. Earmarked or held money is tracked separately when we reconcile the accounts. The monthly commitment is the amount supporters give. The monthly gap uses what remains after the fee on their latest matching Square payments; the first $10 payment had a 63¢ fee. When we don’t have matching fee information, we show the gap before fees.
+ Contributions− Costs & monthly budgetRunning total
Thank you, Bobby H.Your $100 is our first recorded contribution in this ledger. Thank you for helping carry the work.
A little, regularly, goes a long way
Help cover the next
month of research.
Research, writing, fact-checking and the tools that keep this moving cost about $200 a month. A few small monthly gifts carry it, and they let us plan instead of guess.
Rather help spread the word? Get cards & flyers →
Our first monthly pledge!
Thank you, Al S.! You’ve kicked off monthly support for Uncommon Ground with $10 a month. This is how we build it—together!
$200Monthly budget
+$10Monthly commitments
−$190.63Monthly gap
+$10Of that, at Square
$10/month committed. At the current Square fee, $9.37 goes toward our $200 monthly budget, covering 4.7%. Snapshot checked November 10, 2026.
An additional $20/month would leave $170.63 to cover, before fees on the new pledge.
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More than money
Look what people
are bringing.
People are helping with plans, writing, property leads and sharing cards. Our October meeting brought more ideas and offers of help. Thank you for making this a shared effort.
Meet the people helping →Steve F.
For offering to lead the mission and vision work, and revisit your community-building books for the next steps we need now.
Help shape the mission →Mark
For offering to review the writing, share cards with your local group, contact a campground and track down a climate-risk resource.
Lend a fresh pair of eyes →Bobby H.
For your $100 contribution, and for offering to look for properties. Both help move this forward.
Send a property lead →Dane
For offering to spread the word, hand out cards and bring more naturist friends into the next meeting.
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