Support Policy
The canonical support policy for the Ark of Next ecosystem.
Support is not tax-deductible unless a valid future recognized structure explicitly states otherwise.
Support does not purchase spiritual authority, governance rights, doctrinal control, preferential access to mercy grants, or influence over AI instruction.
Restricted support may only be treated as restricted if the project explicitly accepts the restriction. Otherwise it may be refused, returned where possible, or treated as general support with clear notice.
Human compensation, contractor payment, reimbursements, or maintainer expenses must be documented and must not be disguised as mercy, pilgrimage, artist share, or public-benefit spending.
Contributions and support may fund the following ecosystem requirements:
- AI infrastructure and hardware.
- Hosting, domains, and bandwidth.
- Publication and free distribution of materials.
- Public-benefit tools and civic technology.
- 3til9 media work and cultural production.
- Artist support and collaborator compensation.
- Community grants and mercy distributions.
- Pilgrimage costs (in accordance with the Pilgrimage Policy).
No private extraction. Support is not presented as private profit. The human maintainers of this project are custodians of the physical layer, not owners or controllers seeking to extract wealth from the mission.