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Fund the last mile.
Emerging artists don’t stall on talent. They stall on mundane, badly-timed costs — the $200 master, the $400 venue deposit — that block the one thing every career compounds on: shipped work. That’s the gap this fund exists to close, and the full argument is worth two minutes before you put money in.
$1,000 finishes a single. $2,500 finishes an EP or a show. We pay studios, engineers and venues directly whenever possible. Your money appears on the ledger within 7 days, labeled.
whole outcomes
Checks are small and standardized, so one contribution is a complete result — a single shipped, a show that happens — not a rounding error in a program budget.
watchable
Most giving asks for trust and offers an annual report. We publish the checkbook: every dollar in and out, dated and labeled, on a page you can check any day.
nothing skimmed
Platform costs are carried by Das Creative, and money goes vendor-direct where possible — your contribution becomes the master, the mix, the stage. Not overhead.
Final Final Fund is a program of Das Creative LLC, a private company — not a 501(c)(3) charity. Contributions are NOT tax-deductible. We use the word “contribution”, not “donation”, on purpose.
What you get instead of a deduction: a public ledger showing exactly where every dollar went.
// 07_contribute/options
Two ways in
one-time
One-time contribution
Any amount. Goes straight into the pool that funds the next round of last miles.
contributions open at public launch — October 2026
get notified on /news →$100/month · 20–30 seats
The Trustee tier
Named on the site (or anonymous), a rotating seat in a grant-review round, and — on the ledger — the specific records your contributions helped ship.
contributions open at public launch — October 2026
get notified on /news →// 07_contribute/breakdown
Where it goes
| destination | share |
|---|---|
| grants | everything after processing |
| platform costs | under $70/month — carried by Das Creative |
| processing | Stripe fees — the only skim, shown on the ledger |