Happy Birthday!
What struck me was your comments about projects "giving up". My own fund has been going some 2.5 years, with the last 6 months being particularly challenging. But it was always designed to withstand shocks, so that whether I manage 10k SP or 1 million SP makes very little difference percentage-wise; yes, of course, it makes a difference in cash-terms but it won't ever close due to lack of funds.
I know all projects are different, but I started mine as a way of maintaining funding for what was then a community (now gone) and what was left was just the sustainability protocol.
Best wishes for the future!
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