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NCSU LIBRARIES
T. GREG DOUCETTE
ENDOWMENT
FUNDRAISING THREAD
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Sooooo we're officially a go for this thing, happening over the next ~22 hours!
Though it's going to be a bit shambolic because nothing seems to go smoothly with anything philanthropic I do 🤪
a cartoon of a man with the wo...Before getting into the background, let's cover how to donate
1️⃣ Online Donations
You *must* use this link below, which should show up as going to the Libraries' clearing account
Screenshots below of what you should see. Note the "CLEARING – Libraries"!!
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dayofgiving.ncsu.edu/donate?campa...The reason for the bootlegged URL with tracking info is because it's apparently not possible to link a Fund until it's endowed.
Which seems like a design flaw! But so it goes
All donations via that link go toward what I match (more on that below)
2️⃣ DAFs / paper checks
If you want to donate through a Donor-Advised Fund, paper check, or similar "old-fashioned way," send to:
NC State University Foundation Inc
c/o Katelan Haynes
NC State University Libraries
Campus Box 7111
Raleigh, NC 27695-7111
Memo: "T. Greg Doucette Libraries Endowment"
The EIN for the NCSU Foundation is 56-6049503
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THE MATCHING
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I'm personally going to match every single dollar that gets donated until the NCSU Day of Giving ends at 11:59p EDT today
(up to $75K 🫣)
If you donate via check / DAF / etc, I need you to DM me that you've donated and the amount so I can include it in the totals 😅
If anyone wants to join me in matching, you're certainly welcome to do so! 😄
But since this is a pet project of mine, I'm only shaking folks down for donations
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THE BACKGROUND
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I posted a bit about the origins of this effort -- including it getting delayed last year because of the Papaya POTUS -- in this thread awhile back
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RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rgzw2gfpyanm42hqkxvewh7l/post/3mdipifv2uc2tBefore continuing with the background, I need someone who's donated online to let me know if it worked or not
I tried doing a test donation and can't get it to work
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Gonna try my test donation again once I'm back from my nightly walk / cardio-burning
Alright test donation worked 😄
So instead I will post while I walk
Scratch the posting while walking, too dark and I'm gonna crash into someone
Back in about 4 miles
So I hinted at my motivations for donating to the NCSU Libraries a few posts up (in that quoted thread from awhile ago), but it essentially comes down to D.H. Hill Library being a safe space in the days right after I became a homeless college dropout
For folks who prefer a narrated instead of a typed version, the Libraries had a special project they called the Student Leadership Initiative ~11 years ago and the videos are online -- you can see mid-30s me talk about dropping out and using the Libraries to stay sane 🤪
youtu.be/aGIT_pCusyU?...NCSU Student Leadership Initia...
NCSU Student Leadership Initiative Uncut: T. Greg Doucette (2 of 8)
T. Greg Doucette
