Transparency
Where the money goes.
We’re a 501(c)(3) run by students. Every dollar is tracked in one ledger, and 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
Money out · the terms
No 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.
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. And 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 will be 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.