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Fund the evidence the financial-equity movement runs on.
Black households hold thirteen cents of wealth for every dollar white households hold. Buy-now-pay-later platforms targeted at low-income consumers grew five-fold in five years. Personal-finance curricula reach over thirty million students each year on assumptions rarely tested in the populations they're taught to. The Institute of FAME funds the peer-reviewed research and validated psychometric instruments that the regulators, educators, and advocates working on these problems can rely on. Your gift directly funds that evidence — and the work that depends on it.
The Institute of FAME, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 81-4374785). Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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Suggested giving levels
Levels are anchored to actual research costs. An instrument-validation study typically runs $3,500–$5,500 end-to-end; mid-size grant programs run $20,000–$50,000.
$500
Research Supporter
Funds a single literature-review block for an active validation study.
$2,500
Study Patron
Underwrites approximately half the cost of an instrument-validation study.
$10,000+
Founding Donor
Funds a complete instrument-validation study end-to-end, with FAME retaining ownership of the validated instrument.
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The Institute of FAME, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity classified under IRS section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) — the preferred classification for foundation grants and individual donations. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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- Legal name
- Institute of FAME, Inc.
- EIN
- 81-4374785
- Tax classification
- 501(c)(3) · 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)
- State of incorporation
- Georgia (control # 16105972)
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