This work runs on people, not on interests. If you believe legislation should be written for citizens — and power held to one honest standard — you can help keep the lights on: the tools, the scoring, the bills.
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The Firewall
Money cannot buy a score here. We mean it.
Individuals only. We accept contributions from individual people — never from lobbyists, PACs, party committees, or any entity with legislation we are currently scoring.
You certify it. When you give, you confirm you’re an individual and not one of those prohibited sources.
Prohibited money is returned. If we find a contribution came from a prohibited source, we refund it — every time.
Nothing touches the scores. Our rubric is public and our score log is tamper-evident, so a contribution couldn’t move a score even if someone tried.
We show our work. We publish how many contributions we’ve refunded and the total returned — see below.
Give as an individual
Every dollar goes to the mission — the bills, the Q Scores, and keeping the platform running and free for everyone.
By continuing, you certify: “I am an individual, and I am not a registered lobbyist, a PAC, a party committee, or an entity with legislation currently scored by The Q Collective.” If that changes, or we find otherwise, your contribution will be refunded.
Refund transparency
0
Contributions refunded
$0
Returned to sender
These figures reflect contributions we identified as coming from prohibited sources and returned, per the firewall above. The detailed record lives in our payment system; we publish the totals here so the policy is verifiable — without publicly naming individual donors.
The Q Collective is currently an LLC, so contributions are not tax-deductible. We’re working toward nonprofit status; when that’s in place, giving here becomes deductible and we’ll say so clearly. Published by The Q Collective LLC / Doctrine Policy Group · team@theQcollective.org