We hold ourselves to the exact standard we're demanding.
Dissolution Strategy isn't exempt from the thing it's asking every charity to do. This page is our own dissolution strategy: how we measure our progress, how we scale ourselves down as that progress happens, and the exact point at which we close for good.
A monthly review, tied to one number.
On the first business day of every month, we tally the percentage of active, registered charities and nonprofits across North America — cross-checked against public registries like the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search and the CRA List of Charities — whose public website includes a dissolution strategy. That single number, uptake, sets our staffing and budget for the month ahead.
operating capacity = 100%, for uptake ≤ 50%
operating capacity = 100% × (1 − (uptake − 50%) ÷ 25%), for uptake > 50%
We hold at full capacity through the first half of the fight. Past 50% uptake, the same proportional logic we're asking every charity to apply to itself kicks in — capacity declines in direct proportion to the distance closed, reaching zero at 75%.
Every point of uptake costs us headcount.
We hold steady through the first half of the fight. Once uptake crosses 50%, staff, discretionary spending, and office footprint scale down in direct proportion to how far uptake has closed the gap to 75%, reviewed and adjusted every single month.
Full operations
Full staff, full advocacy budget, full office footprint. Nothing shrinks until uptake crosses the halfway point.
Proportional wind-down
Staff, discretionary spending, and office footprint scale down in direct proportion to how far uptake has closed the gap between 50% and 75%.
Full closure
Offices close. All salaries end entirely. The campaign dissolves — because at that point, the norm has taken hold on its own.
At 75% uptake, we close our offices and end all salaries. Entirely.
Not a wind-down. Not a "reduced footprint." Closed. A 75% adoption rate means a clear Dissolution Strategy has become the expected norm for charities and nonprofits across North America — the exact outcome we exist to create. At that point, continuing to pay staff and rent office space to finish the last quarter would be the same self-perpetuation we're campaigning against.
The remaining 25% will get there through peer pressure, donor expectations, and regulatory momentum — without needing a staffed campaign behind it.
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