Every number, published.

The donation structure is the most operationally sensitive part of the club. Get it right and members trust it forever. Get it wrong and it's the thing that kills credibility first.

Minimum per-seat donation, priced to the city

Future chapters set their number within a band defined by the central team. London £100 and New York $150 are the bumps for high-profile hosts.

Donation is per seat, not per member. Guests pay the same minimum. Members may give more if they wish.

Where the money goes

• Roughly 92% to the cause chosen by that night's host
• 5% operations skim, held by the central entity to fund chapter operations, the directory app, AI assistant infrastructure, legal and accounting, and a reserve toward the future annual global gathering (year 2–3 onwards)
• 3% payment processing (Stripe), disclosed openly
• The host pays nothing toward the donation pot, because the meal is their contribution
• Any operations balance above what's needed at year-end flows to a globally-chosen cause, so the central entity doesn't accumulate

Member-facing framing

The donation is presented as a single clean minimum number per seat (€50 in Porto, £75 in London, $100 in NY) with the option to give more. The breakdown is published transparently in the monthly report, not at the point of payment.

Collection

• Prepaid at RSVP through a central Stripe link per event
• No cash at the door
• The host never handles money on the night

Transfer

• Donations held briefly by the central legal entity (Estonian MTÜ or OÜ, TBD)
• Sub-ledger per chapter tracks every event's gross, fees, net to cause, transfer date, proof link
• Transferred to the cause within 14 days of the event
• Receipt and transfer proof posted to the members' channel

Anonymity

• Transparency reports publish totals, not individual amounts
• Named: host, cause, venue, auction donor and winner, total raised
• Not named: who gave what, or who chose to give above the minimum

Causes

Curation

Central team maintains the master list. Members nominate causes. Each cause must be a registered charity or transparent verified initiative.

Excluded

Purely political organizations, religious institutions as such (a hospital run by a religious order is fine, a church building fund is not), causes where the nominator has a financial interest.

Local additions

Each chapter may nominate one local cause beyond the global list.

Refresh

The list is reviewed annually for transparency, activity, and continued legitimacy.

Ukraine context

Humanitarian, rehabilitation, and civilian rebuild causes only on the club's list. Direct military funding sits outside the club's name and is for individual founders to handle on their own.