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## What does MAYDAY.US do with my contribution?

We win elections in which we’ve made fundamental reform a key issue.

Once we hit our kick-start targets, the money raised is turned over to
professional campaigners, who will craft interventions in targeted districts to
make fundamental reform the issue in that campaign — and to make the reform
candidate the winner.

In 2014, these interventions will serve as prototype for a much larger round of
funding in the 2016 cycle. Our aim this year is to learn what works, and to
prepare for the much bigger fight in 2016 for a majority in Congress committed
to reform.

100% of the money you pledge will be used to fund campaigns. Any expenses we
have to build and operate the MaydayPAC — and there will be some — will be paid
for through other donations.

We hope you’ll give us the freedom to run the most effective campaign for
fundamental reform that we can. But if you’d like to target your contributions,
you can indicate whether your money will help only Republicans, or only
Democrats.



## Will my contribution be matched?

If we meet the $1 million goal, [Prof. Lawrence
Lessig](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig) has committed to getting
that amount matched. We will only collect the $1 million in commitments if it
can be matched. The same for the $5 million goal.

At this point, the matching contributors can’t be named. But when the match is
announced, they will be.



## What percentage of my contribution is eaten up by overhead?

**None of the money raised through this citizens-up campaign will be spent for
overhead or other indirect costs. 100% of that money will be devoted to
campaigns.**

This doesn’t mean there is no overhead in this project. It means we will cover
the costs of that overhead — including even the payment processing fees from
your contributions — from other sources. Those costs will be as small as we can
keep them. None of the directors of the Mayday PAC will be paid. And we will
keep the costs of building and maintaining MAYDAY.US as low as possible.  But
whatever costs this organizing site incurs, we will cover them independently of
the money raised through the two pledge campaigns.



## More Money Questions:

### What payment processor do you use? Are my money and information safe?

We have decided upon using [Stripe](https://stripe.com/) as our payment
processor. Stripe has offered us a very competitive rate (for which we thank
them), and Stripe is compliant with PCI requirements and no sensitive data hits
our servers.  When you enter in your credit card information, it is not stored
on the MAYDAY.US site and goes directly to Stripe via the Stripe.js API.

Or in short: Yes, your money and info are safe.



## What if my question isn’t answered here?

[You can ask us through our Contact Page. Feel free to send us your
feedback](/contact).

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