Giving 01
Your time and tools
The shop is built from what members put in beyond dues. Here's where that goes.
HOW IT WORKS 02
The Money, Plainly
Member dues keep the lights on. Donor support is what builds capacity. We're honest about which is which.
FIG. 01 · OPERATING LEDGER
// A
RECURRING
Member Dues
Keep the Lights On.
Monthly dues cover operations. Rent, utilities, basic consumables. The things that have to happen for the doors to stay open.
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// B
GROWTH
Donor Support
Builds More Capacity.
What dues don't cover is growth. Every significant expansion and major tool addition comes from community support and donated equipment.
// FUNDS
COMMUNITY 03
The who and why
They come from San Antonio and across South-central Texas. They don't share backgrounds. They share a reason to show up.
FIG. 02 · Community ARCHETYPES
N = 07 · NON-EXHAUSTIVE
// 01
Retirees
Finally enough time to work on their own projects.
// 02
Parents
Giving their kids hands-on engineering instead of worksheets.
// 03
Ceramicists
Priced out of studio rentals.
// 04
Artists
Prototyping before a gallery commitment.
// 05
Job Seekers
Needing portable skills, fast.
// 06
Small-Biz Owners
Building inventory they couldn't otherwise afford to produce.
// 07
Young Adults
Learning that making something yourself is different from buying it.
// AND
Community
Our shop doesn't exist for a specific kind of person. It exists to support a community aspiring to make and grow.
Civic Value 04
What Gets Built Here
Skills are built, businesses started, and creativity given room to run.
a
// WORKFORCE
Skills Learned Transfer to jobs.
Your support puts practical, transferable skills in reach for people who don't have another way to get them. Members who come in not knowing leave new skills and greater confidence. For people changing careers, re-entering the workforce, or building a trade, access to real equipment in a working shop is access to real opportunity.
b
// ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Businesses Started on a Workbench.
Your support gives people the means to test an ideas before they spend money they don't have. Plenty of members come to 10BitWorks to prototype ideas, and those prototypes become real products and real businesses. We don't incubate startups in a formal sense, but our workbenches birth plenty of them.
c
// Artistic Expression
Creative Projects Realized.
Your support puts 3D printers, kilns, laser engravers, CNC routers, and more within reach of people with great ideas but nowhere to express them. Some need more room than they have at home. Others need to handle different materials and equipment before they commit. They supply the ideas, we supply the place to bring them to life.
// We Deserve It
Our city deserves a place like this. Fifteen years in, we're still here. Let's keep it that way.
When you give, the money goes to work quickly on the things monthly dues can't fully cover.
FIG. 03 · ALLOCATION CATEGORIES
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EQUIPMENT
Saws, printers, the CNC, the laser. Tools wear out or get outgrown. Donations replace what daily use uses up and add capacity that dues alone can't cover.
// 02
FACILITY
Maintenance, safety upgrades, climate control, and the infrastructure that makes a shared industrial workspace safe to run year-round.
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CONSUMABLES
Some materials are stocked for shared use. High-volume materials have to be replenished, and that happens through a mix of member agreements and community support.
GIVE 06
Two Ways. Both Tax-Deductible.
// EVERGREEN GIVING
Single/RECURRING
Give Once or Monthly.
10BitWorks publishes its finances openly. You can see how every dollar gets used. One-time or recurring monthly. Both are tax-deductible contributions to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
// PICK AN AMOUNT
EIN ON REQUEST · FINANCIALS PUBLIC
// OTHER WAYS TO GIVE
Donate Equipment
Working tools, materials, lab gear.
Volunteer Time
Hands beat dollars for some jobs.
// CAMPAIGN Spotlight
Active Now
Facilities Manager
Hire.
A part-time, paid facilities role to keep the shop running smoothly as we grow. The first staffed position in 10BitWorks' history.
$600
OF $6,000
10% FUNDED
16 DONORS
CLOSE 07
The Case Is Made
10BitWorks has never had investors, a safety net, or a paid staff to hold it together. What it's had is members, donors, and a community that keeps showing up. If that sounds like the kind of thing worth supporting, we'd be glad to have you.
