<div><strong>a Softer Landing Fund </strong>is<strong> </strong><a href="https://letsgetfree.info" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Let’s Get Free’s</a> Guaranteed Basic Income, Welcome Home Love &lt;3 and Commissary Fund. Each is setup to support people currently and formerly incarcerated with a goal of providing guaranteed basic income to every woman coming home after a life sentence in Pennsylvania.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The fund was launched several years ago and most of the money shown raised here has been distributed!! Currently we are supporting a smaller number of people then when we first launched the idea. 
</div>
<div>Our original goals have shifted over the year with our limited people power and financial capacity. Please read updates. 
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Guaranteed Basic Income</strong> for one year for newly released people in our network, focusing on women with life sentences. Currently we are supporting newly released folks with $1,000 the first month and $500 each month after for a year. This costs $6,500 per person. We have one person signed up now and are expecting some commuted lifers home soon. To support 5 people for a year would cost $32,500.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Welcome Home Love &lt;3</strong> for people coming home from prison. In 2023 we gave 10 welcome packets to Za’kiyah House which included a $25 bus card &amp; $50 cash card. This was super helpful! One month of support costs $750. We want to give 10 packets a month to Z’akiyah house. Also, we often provide support to people coming home by purchasing bus passes, menstrual products, etc. With additional funds we would be able to do more of this. This would cost $12,000.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Commissary Fund</strong> for people in prison with emphasis on women and trans prisoners with long sentences. We would like to give 30 incarcerated people $600 this year. This would cost $18,000.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>We need to raise $62,500 to bring this to life again. </strong>We also accept donations through Venmo, Cashapp and Paypal. Please note “Softer Landing” and we will keep you updated on our fundraising progress.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<ul>
<li>Send money to a friend on Paypal for no service fee -&gt; [email redacted]
</li>
<li>Check: payable to Let’s Get Free mailed to: 460 Melwood Ave #300 Pittsburgh, PA 15213
</li>
<li>Venmo – @Lets-GetFree
</li>
<li>CashApp – $letsgetfreepgh
</li>
</ul>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>We distributed $46k in our pilot year. Responses from some recipients of the fund below.</strong> As for our incarcerated participants, overwhelming in their surveys they mentioned how receiving them money made them feel cared for and the most popular item bought was shoes.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>“Emotionally, it gave me some relief of worrying about how I was going to make it. After spending more than 3 and a half decades behind bars, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the price of living in today's society. I went to my doctor because of my anxiety, worrying about how I was going to do things the right way.” – <strong>participant is 66 years old and served 35 years </strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>“When I first received the email telling me about this program, I just sat there staring out into space because I couldn't believe I was getting money. I mean, who sends inmates who have that type of sentence anything and not know them? I'm so used of the public thinking that I'm such a horrible criminal, that being nice to me is unfathomable. I had to read that letter over ten times before it actually sunk in. I spent the money on sick calls, phone cards, shoes, sweat suits, and of course a few fundraisers. and yes some commissary” <strong>– participant is currently serving a life sentence </strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong> </strong>
</div>

Andrew R Sproule

Samuel Zinler

Olivia Madison

Anonymous

Sav Hamilton

Dalila Bothwell

Annie Roach

Gretchen Kearney

Susan Loucks

Jodi Lincoln

Karen Pittelman

Ken Joseph

a Softer Landing Fund: Let's Get Free

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

a Softer Landing Fund: Let's Get Free

Still $2,885 to go. Help us build momentum.