Hey y'all, I'm looking for a lawyer who can help me set up a small foundation that essentially acts as a mutual aid escrow account for trans people (and family) in Illinois. 
I have a vague idea of what I want this to look like, and enough money to personally fund it for a fair while. It'd probably start with the various support groups at Center on Halsted and radiate out from there. As I see it, the biggest problems would be:
0. Setting up the organization or at least a bank account
1. Time to manage it. Probably we'd need at least a couple other people
2. Verifying identity for first time distribution
3. Validating requests if it's over (for example) $300 (under the theory that small requests will take longer to validate than they would save in preventing possible waste)
4. Setting up some standard way to donate, ideally through direct deposit and a web portal
I've been sitting on this idea for a while, and I really want to make it happen. This is somewhat dependent on my current work contract getting renewed in May, as otherwise there's no way I'll have the bandwidth to deal with this
#askTransgender #trans #transIllinois #Chicago #transfem #transmasc #MutualAid #MutualAidFund #MutualAidFunds
#mutualaidfund
Heather's cat, Piper, has been feeling poorly and really needs an blood transfusion as her red blood cell count has dropped to a life threatening level (8%). Hopefully, she would be able to get the treatment and recover if Heather reach £6000.
She will keep you updated about anything progress that has happened on GoFundMe's page. If you can't chip in, please share this post so others that can would be able to help!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/6-month-old-kitten-piper-needs-life-saving-vet-treatment
#MutualAid #MutualAidFund
The #MutualAidFund is #Raising #Money to Buy #Trans #People #Snacks.
#Organiser #TuckWoodstock is celebrating #TransDayofVisibility by helping others find #joy in the little things.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xaxp/tuck-woodstock-trans-day-of-visibility-mutual-aid-fund
Work still hasn't gotten back to normal after the holidays (I made $95 in the past month), would anyone be able to help throw some $$ towards my $70 phone bill?
Cashapp is $apeish22, please put "gift" in the note.
Thanks 
Want to start a #CEPF in your constituency? Want to organise activism? Want our money to do it with?
Yeah, you read that right - our #MutualAidFund will also be supporting initiatives as its capacity to support them grows. And 50% of all member subs go into it.
We're probably gonna throw some extra money in the #EmergencyPaymentFund from the #MutualAidFund tonight/tomorrow. Should enable some payouts during Christmas. Best time to get good news, eh?
You can give to (or request £20 from) the #EPF here:
