75 / 25
READER-FUNDED · NO BANNER ADS · NO PAYWALL
No banner ads, no tracking, no paywall. Just readers who think a saturday letter about the city is worth ten dollars a month. Or twenty-five. Or whatever you decide. Stripe checkout lands before public launch.
PLEDGE TO SUPPORT →$5 / MONTH
Keeps the lights on. Newsletter. Our thanks, by name, on the supporters page.
PLEDGE THIS TIER →$10 / MONTH
One hour of student reporting, every month, paid for by you. Plus the keepers-only quarterly note.
PLEDGE THIS TIER →$25 / MONTH
Named in the masthead. The annual print zine, mailed. An open invite to the once-a-year reader dinner.
PLEDGE THIS TIER →YOU DECIDE
One-time or recurring, your number. Helpful if you want to underwrite a single saturday issue.
PLEDGE THIS TIER →OPERATIONS
Student stipends, editor pay, hosting, photography. The reporting, in other words.
LOCAL BAY AREA CHARITIES
Named below. Audited annually. Reported on the corrections page so you can check our math.
Feeds 53,000 households a week across SF and Marin.
Mission incubator for immigrant women food entrepreneurs.
Youth writing programs across the city, free, with named tutors.
Housing and case work for young people without a bed.
Citywide senior services, delivered in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
The first fifteen readers who pledged. Every name below is here because they put a pledge in before public launch. Slots sixteen onward open as new readers pledge. We do not sort by amount. We sort by order of arrival.
Inner Sunset
Outer Richmond
Bernal Heights
Mission
Japantown
Fillmore
NoPa
Hayes Valley
Excelsior
Cole Valley
Chinatown
North Beach
Bayview
Glen Park
Dogpatch
First open slot. Pledge any tier to claim it.
WORK WITH US
THANKS. SATURDAY MORNING IN YOUR INBOX.