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No advertising, no paywall, no sponsor with a pen. The archive stays independent because the people it belongs to pay for it. Every dollar is accounted for in the open, like everything else here.
One-time gifts are entered in the ledger the day they arrive.
Black’s Reference Works is a nonprofit. Gifts are tax-deductible where the law allows.
Where it goes
62%Keeping the recordEditorial review, source verification, and stipends for the senior keepers who certify records.
23%The infrastructureServers, preservation-grade backups, and the engineering that keeps the archive fast and free.
15%The missionOral-history collection drives, school partnerships, and the annual print volume.