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Funding & stewardship

How the work is funded

Three ledgers, reported separately: $57,890 in donations and sponsorships received and managed directly; $28,560 of in-kind support; and a partner-led grant proposal budgeted at $132,740. Tierline is not a registered nonprofit: donations and sponsorships are received and managed directly.

The three ledgers

Received

$57,890

Individual donations, philanthropic contributions and sponsorships, managed directly.

Received and managed directly, by kind.
Individual donations$18,760
Philanthropic contributions$27,500
Corporate or institutional sponsorships$11,630
The $57,890 received: what has been spent and what remains.
$42,310$15,580
  • $42,310 spent directly
  • $15,580 remaining balance

In kind

$28,560

Computing, digitization expertise and technical help, given rather than paid for.

In-kind contributions at their recorded value.
Donated computing and infrastructure$9,600
Contributed archival digitization expertise$12,960
Documented technical and research assistance$6,000

Proposed · not awarded

$132,740

A partner-led grant proposal with a budgeted Tierline role. Its largest line is for the partner’s own archival staff and cultural review.

The proposal’s budget lines.
Tribal archival staff and community cultural review$47,260
Digitization and equipment$28,470
Tierline technical integration and deployment support$26,380
Independent technical and usability evaluation$11,040
Preservation storage and backups$10,650
Training, compensation of study participants, and accessibility$8,940

The ledgers’ line bars share one dollar scale, up to $50,000; the spent-and-remaining bar divides the $57,890 received.

Supporters

Who supports the work

137 individual supporters appear in the donation records, and 3 major philanthropic or institutional supporters. Supporters are named only with their permission.

137

individual supporters

3

major philanthropic or institutional supporters

12

community stewards and reviewers compensated or institutionally supported

Stewardship

Stewardship commitments

8

preservation and recovery procedures

Each has a named, responsible operator.

4

signed stewardship agreements

Ownership, access, retention, preservation and withdrawal, in writing.

0

community recordings used to train outside models

Only with separate and express authorization.

99.71%

availability of the remotely operated pilot

Measured over 87 days of monitoring.

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