Transparency
Where the money goes.
We’re a 501(c)(3) run by students. Every dollar is tracked in one ledger. This page is that ledger, not a summary of it.
Open ledger
The money, line by line.
What’s come in, the terms it leaves on, and nothing in between.
Money in
Silicon Valley Powerfounding grant
$5,000Marin Clean Energyfor Marin County presentations
$3,000Ava Community Energyfor Milpitas, Madera & Fremont
$2,500AAUW FremontPer-presentation grants, plus a scientist network
variesCommitted so far$10,500
Money out · the terms
Kit grantsparts for one student build, theirs to keep
$40 / kitPitch grantshalf on signing, half at a working demo
to $1,500No disbursements paid yet. When the first one goes out, the receipt posts here. We’d rather show you an empty column than a fake one.
Every dollar tracked. Receipts published as disbursements happen.
The till, live
$0
Recorded into the funding ledger so far: donations and grant payments received, re-read from the live database every five minutes.
That’s a real zero, not a missing number. The committed grants above haven’t been recorded as received yet. The moment money moves, this figure moves with it. We’d rather show you a zero than a vague claim.
The mechanism
Half on signing, half at a working demo.
$40
a kit grant: the full parts list for one monitor a student builds and keeps.
$1,500
a top pitch grant: half on signing, half when the build demos.
Money leaves GSV two ways. A kit grant is $40, the full parts list for one air-quality monitor a student builds and keeps. The bill of materials is public, down to the $5 breadboard.
A pitch grant goes up to $1,500 and pays out in two halves: half when the team signs, half when they show a working demo. The second half is the point. The money follows working hardware, not a slide deck. If a build stalls, the second half stays in the ledger for the next team.
Two standing rules sit under all of it. Restricted money stays restricted: a grant given for a county gets spent in that county, and unrestricted gifts go to kits, pitch grants, and the platform that delivers them. Nobody draws a salary. GSV is volunteer-run by students, so a dollar in is a dollar toward a build, not a paycheck. Every donation gets a written, IRS-compliant acknowledgment.
The paperwork
Filings, dated honestly.
As of June 2026, Green Silicon Valley operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with our EIN listing in progress. Our IRS determination letter, first Form 990, and first annual report get posted on this page the day they’re issued. Not before, and not reworded.
Questions about finances or governance? Email greensiliconvalley27@gmail.com. A real person on the team answers.