Finance

Revenue

Grants

Message moonfern about Project Stratosphere (a rough prototype of a grant aggregator/search engine) to find publicly known grants that might be relevant to you. Project Stratosphere is still in development and may be unreliable.

Crowdfunding

Manifund can be used as a 501(c)3 eligible fiscal sponsor for projects with charitable or altruistic aims.

P2P funding

Gifts within the annual or lifetime exclusion limit are not taxable. If you would be put in a higher tax bracket than your recipient would be put in, less taxes would need be paid total if you gift the recipient the asset (such as stocks or crypto) and they sell it immediately, than if you sell it and gift them the returns. Make sure to compensate for the taxes they will need to pay when converting to stock, since they will inherit your cost basis.

Expenses

Cryptocurrency

On and off ramps

Kraken is the best centralized exchange (CEX) for buying cryptocurrencies. You can get the best rates by using Kraken Pro (it's free, just a different user interface with lower fees) and checking "Post only."

Coinbase is the best way to liquidate USDC for USD– it does so at a 1:1 ratio with high limits.

Medical debt

• Medical debt below $500 will not show on a credit report
• Once debt gets sent to collections, you can usually negotiate for a lump sum payment 20-40% off
• If the debt was sent to collections recently, you can often still pay with the hospital directly
• Ask the hospital or collections agency to itemize the bill, which will often reduce the amount
• (Charisma roll required) You can "call bait" a debt collector into committing an FDCPA violation, which can reduce the amount of debt by up to $1000

See also

How to dispute medical debt the right way

Reimbursements

When reimbursing friends, include "reimbursement" in the memo field. This ensures the IRS is aware the and the money is less likely to be scrutinized as possible income. The IRS has required Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, and other p2p money transfer apps to report transactions to them if the total received exceeded $5000 for the 2024 tax year, and intends to lower it to $600.