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Keep Portland's numbers checkable.
Eight free civic tools, with every figure linked to its source. Support keeps them free and current, and pays for whatever we build next.
- 8
- free public tools
- 316
- parks mapped
- 5,275
- downtown parcels
- 15
- deep-dives, every figure sourced
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Back the lab
Predictable runway: keeps the dashboards current and funds the next tool.
Secure checkout by Stripe. Cancel anytime. Not tax-deductible.
We set the Lab up as a company rather than a nonprofit so the free tools could run on our own earnings instead of grant cycles. The downside is that support isn't tax-deductible.
Founding support · $10,000 to $25,000 a year
Fund one program for a year, and be named on it.
01
The homelessness continuum
Clear visuals, reported local costs and public evidence for the path to lasting housing.
02
The Parks Atlas
All 316 parks, with records reconciled and events kept current through the year.
03
The next deep-dives
Six weeks of sourced research on whatever question readers propose next.
- Named on the program page and the work
- A quarterly two-page update
- An annual public account of what it produced
- No say over what the work concludes
- Stripe Checkout. We never see your card.
- Monthly support cancels anytime.
- Every sponsored program is listed on the Independence page.
- Sponsors pay for the question, not the answer.