One general fund. Spent in the open.
There's a single $25,000 fund for everyone we can reach — not per-person targets. Here's what it pays for:
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Food
Staples and meals for families facing hunger — bought locally whenever possible, so the money helps twice.
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Clean water
Safe drinking water where none exists — the most basic need, and the most urgent.
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Shelter
Repairs and building materials for unsafe homes. Where they have no home, we build one.
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Essential supplies
Clothing, hygiene basics, school supplies, medical necessities.
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Getting there
Transport to remote places. "The furthest reach" isn't a metaphor — it's a fuel bill.
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Filming & documenting
Cameras, editing, and the time it takes to prove every delivery. Proof is part of the product.
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A fair living for the founder
Nikolai does this work full-time. Part of the fund pays him a fair, openly stated living — so he can keep doing it and feed his own family. See below.
What a mission looks like, in dollars.
These aren't per-person targets — the fund stays one fund, and no donation is earmarked for any individual. They're honest examples of what it costs to reach someone, so you can picture what your donation actually does.
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A home like Lucia's — about $____ in materials
Basic safe shelter: materials bought locally, built with local hands. (Real figure coming — filled in from actual field costs.)
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A month of food for a family — about $____
Staples that keep a household fed while longer-term help takes shape. (Real figure coming.)
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Clean water for a village visit — about $____
Safe drinking water delivered where none exists. (Real figure coming.)
Every figure above gets proven on camera when it's spent — that's the deal.
The honest-compensation principle
We don't promise that 100% of your donation goes to programs. We promise you'll see where 100% of it goes.
Here's the part most charities bury: this is full-time work. Filming, traveling to remote villages, buying and hauling supplies, editing, fundraising — it's a job, and an honest job deserves honest pay. Nikolai takes a fair living from the fund, stated openly, so the mission doesn't depend on him going broke to sustain it.
The line is transparency, not 100%-to-program. What disgusts us is charities where executives take too much in secret — not honest compensation declared in daylight. If that honesty bothers you, we'd rather you know now than find out later.
Three ways to check our work.
Dated updates
Field updates carry real dates. Current work, not stock footage.
Public fundraiser
Donations flow through GoFundMe — a public ledger anyone can see.
Not a nonprofit. Not pretending to be one.
Hands at the Furthest Reach is an independent charity project run directly by its founder. It is not a registered nonprofit organization, and donations are not tax-deductible. We put that next to the donate button — not in fine print — because trust starts with honesty about what we are.