If you are a person who understands the potential impact of this project, but lacks the availability to contribute their time, know that even a small donation can go a long way to help pay for advertising to reach a larger audience, or in compensating professional’s skilled contributions. My wonderful and inexpensive attorney (he also happens to be my husband Jon Loebl) has helped me put together the paperwork to incorporate a 501(c)(3) nonprofit called “Respectful Oakland”. We plan to file the paperwork soon, so we should be able to accept donations through that entity in the upcoming  weeks. You can always pledge to commit earlier though this page, which would help free up funds right away (via use of credit systems). My attorney says it takes much longer to get the paperwork approved that will allow you to make tax write-offs, but again pledges of future donations that are contingent upon the ability to write off taxes can be incredibly valuable both in the short and long term.