Purpose

Staff operating budget for Adaptive Philosophy Foundation — planned spend vs gifts logged in Donations.

Director: Daniel Bryan Boice · Olympia, WA · EIN 41-2423064

Snapshot (2026-09-20)

Item Number
Cash on hand (honest) ≈ $1 (Cash App ledger)
THE GATE unlock ~$275–$300 IRS Form 1023-EZ user fee (if eligible)
Cash App pressure ~$54 (declines / float)
Site (new) https://zoix.ai

Related: THE GATE: money is the stop — stack ready, waiting on activation · Give now — unlock the gate · GitHub budget issue #11

How to use

  1. Log gifts in → Donations DB (not here).
  2. Use the three planning tables below (Subscriptions · Hardware · Setup fees).
  3. Log planned / paid spend in Budget lines DB when money actually moves.
  4. Keep Gate / tools / float as Priority = Gate until unlocked.

Prices: NAP screenshots where marked · otherwise current public list prices (check before buy). est. = monthly×12. Nonprofit discounts unlock after IRS determination.

1 · Subscriptions — Core (optimal stack)

One primary plan each — what we need to run Adaptive Philosophy tools cleanly.

Item Monthly Annual Why / source
SuperGrok Heavy $300.00 $3,600.00 est. Grok Bot usage · NAP
Notion Business (1 seat) $23.99 $239.99 AI Agent + hub · NAP; renews Nov
Google Workspace (1 user, interim) $7.00 $84.00 Restore email; free Nonprofit after 501(c)(3)
Spotify Premium Individual $12.99 $155.88 est. Connect / French immersion · NAP
ChatGPT Plus $19.99 $239.88 est. Second model for compare · NAP
1Password Family $7.99 $71.99 Shared vault · NAP
Dropbox Plus $10.00 $119.99 File sync cliff · NAP annual
iCloud+ 2 TB $9.99 $119.88 est. Photos full · NAP
Zapier Professional (750 tasks, annual bill) $19.99 $239.88 App glue · public pricing (+15% NP later)
GitHub Copilot Pro+ $39.99 $479.88 est. Code assist · NAP
X Premium $11.00 $114.99 Comms / Grok on X · NAP
Cursor Pro $20.00 $192.00 (annual bill ≈$16/mo) Cloud Agents / site work · cursor.com

Totals — Core subscriptions

Monthly Annual
Core stack total $482.93 $5,658.36

Tax not included. Swap SuperGrok Heavy → Plus ($100/$1,000) cuts ~$200/mo if Heavy is too steep.

1b · Subscriptions — Suggested to investigate

Useful extras for a small foundation — not in Core totals. Pick later.