Community Fund
The towns that host these projects, funded whether or not the projects succeed
Nuclear projects arrive in places that have usually been asked to host something before. The fund exists so the benefit does not depend on the technology working: it pays for programs in host communities now, out of gifts, with no claim on any offering's proceeds and no exposure to whether a reactor is ever built.
A gift is not an investment
- It buys no security, no equity and no note, and conveys no ownership.
- It carries no expected return, no coupon and no repayment. Nothing comes back.
- Because it is not a security, none of the investor rules apply: no accreditation test, no residency restriction, no annual cap, and no account needed.
- Whether it is tax-deductible depends on the fund’s tax status, which is not settled. Until it is, we make no deductibility claim either way.
This fund
Critical Communities Fund
$318,400 of $750k · 42%
- Gifts
- 1,842
- Median gift
- $50
Administered by the platform under a written grant policy, with awards published quarterly.
Give to this fundWhere it goes
Three programs, and the reason each one is on the list
Split by policy rather than by whim, so a giver can see what their money is doing before they part with it.
40%
STEM in host-community schools
Lab equipment, teacher stipends and field trips in the districts nearest each site. Chosen because it is the request that comes up first at every public meeting.
35%
Trades and workforce training
Welding, instrumentation and radiation-protection certifications at community colleges within commuting distance of a site. The jobs these projects create need credentials most applicants do not have yet.
25%
Energy bill assistance
Direct assistance for households in the host county, administered through existing local agencies rather than by us. A project that raises nobody's bill is still arriving in a place where bills are already hard.
What each amount covers is illustrative. Gifts are pooled and awarded under the grant policy rather than earmarked to the specific item named here.
Recent gifts
What people wrote when they gave
Names appear only where the giver chose to be credited. These entries are invented, like everything else on this demonstration.
Renee A.
$250
My father was a pipefitter at Oyster Creek. Put it toward the trades money.
May 28, 2027City of Oswego, Oswego County
Anonymous
$1,000
May 26, 2027Fund at large
The Okonkwo family
$100
For the kids at Oak Ridge who will run these things in 2050.
May 24, 2027City of Oak Ridge, Anderson County
M. Delacroix
$50
Not investing yet. Wanted to do something anyway.
May 22, 2027Fund at large
Baytown Local 198
$2,500
From the hall. Spend it on the certifications, not on a plaque.
May 19, 2027City of Baytown, Harris County
Anonymous
$35
In memory of a good neighbor.
May 17, 2027Village of Bridgman, Berrien County