Two flows, never mixed
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Money moves in two completely different directions here. Before anything else, here is which is which.
Donations to partners
From coaching recipients
- Goes 100% to the partner you choose
- GrowForward never receives, holds, or processes it
- No payment system of ours is involved at any point
100% of your donation goes directly to the partner you choose. GrowForward never receives, holds, or processes these funds.
The Operations Fund
From Founding Donors
- Funds admin, legal, and technology
- Received by GrowForward
- Never mixed with partner donations
Founding Donors cover what it costs to run GrowForward — the software, the legal work, the administration — so that the coaching stays free and the partner donations stay whole.
The Operations Fund
Become a Founding Donor
Founding Donors pay for the things that keep GrowForward running: the software, the legal work, the administration, and the time it takes to vet coaches and verify receipts. It is a small budget by design — the platform runs on free infrastructure tiers and costs about $30 a year to operate.
This is the only money GrowForward receives. It is held separately from partner donations, which never reach us at all.
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A pledge is not a payment. Tell us the amount you are considering and we will send you the details for completing it through our hosted checkout provider.
We never handle card details
Contributions go through a third-party hosted checkout. Card fields are rendered by them, on their systems, and no payment credential ever reaches GrowForward's infrastructure.
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This goes to the Operations Fund, which pays for GrowForward's admin, legal, and technology costs. It is not a donation to a nonprofit partner, and the two are never combined.
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