Support
Help keep Wellspring free.
Wellspring costs very little to run and will never cost anything to use. Support is voluntary, changes nothing about anyone’s access, and goes to the small company that builds it. This page says exactly where it goes.
Support opens soon. The way to contribute is being set up. Until then, the best thing you can do for Wellspring is use it, and tell someone who studies the way you do.
What it costs to run
Close to nothing, by design. The application is static files. The library is public-domain and openly licensed text, published from a public repository. Computation happens on your own device. Accounts run on a free tier. The recurring bills are a domain name and, as more people use it, hosting and account storage beyond the free tiers.
What support pays for
- The domain and hosting
- A domain of its own, and hosting and storage once the free tiers are outgrown.
- Texts with strings attached
- Two held editions carry conditions (a non-commercial source text; a digital edition that asks for credit). Support pays for sourcing or transcribing clean public-domain editions in their place.
- Accessibility testing with people
- Paid sessions with screen-reader and switch users, so the standard on the accessibility page is tested by the people it is for, not only by a machine.
- Contributed paths
- Daily reading paths written by named ministers and teachers, with their tradition stated — the first paid work on the platform that is not the founder’s.
What it never buys
No paywall, no premium tier, no early access, no advertising, and no feature held back for people who do not give. Supporting Wellspring changes nothing about what you or anyone else can use. It is thanks, not a purchase.
Who receives it
Contributions go to U3 Labs, LLC, the company in Florida that builds and runs Wellspring. U3 Labs is a for-profit company, so a contribution is not a charitable donation and is not tax-deductible. Contributions are voluntary and non-refundable, and they buy nothing.
An independent nonprofit foundation is intended to take Wellspring over in time. When it exists and is recognised, this page will change and say so. Support given before then goes to the company; it cannot be made deductible after the fact, and we will say plainly, when the time comes, that the first support went there.