💠 Support Forgotten Creators and Fund Long-Tail Creative Works

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Overview

This donation page supports the long tail of forgotten creators. The project Forgotten Creators aims to sustain a diverse ecosystem of independent makers who produce digital art, interactive media, and experimental works. Your support helps ensure continued access, preservation, and mentorship that benefits communities and audiences around the world. By contributing, you join a network committed to equity in creative labor and long-term viability for voices that often operate outside mainstream visibility.

Across disciplines and languages, these creators shape how we imagine technology, culture, and collaboration. This page is about continuity—funding not just releases, but the ongoing work that keeps projects alive, discoverable, and usable for future audiences. Your contribution helps bridge gaps between creation and audience, between experimentation and sustainability.

Why Your Support Matters

The impact of support stretches beyond a single project. It unlocks opportunities for artists, developers, writers, and curators who steward narratives, assets, and tools that might otherwise fade. When you contribute, you help maintain a low-barrier pathway for discovery, collaboration, and cross-cultural exchange. This benefits communities that rely on open access, inclusive practices, and transparent governance.

  • Sustain independent creators across disciplines and geographies
  • Expand mentorship, collaboration, and peer-to-peer learning
  • Improve accessibility through multilingual support and inclusive design
  • Strengthen archiving, discoverability, and long-term preservation
  • Fund ongoing development of open tooling and hosting infrastructure

How Donations Are Used

Donations are allocated with clear, measurable goals that support the ongoing life of the initiative. Funds flow toward development and tooling that lower barriers for creators to participate, and toward infrastructure that keeps content accessible for years to come. We prioritize transparency so supporters can track progress and outcomes over time.

  • Platform development and maintenance for creator dashboards, discovery, and hosting
  • Content hosting, bandwidth, and distribution to reach a wider audience
  • Outreach, community events, and workshops that foster collaboration
  • Multilingual expansion, accessibility enhancements, and inclusive design
  • Audits, governance processes, and public reporting to improve accountability

Community Voices

This initiative makes room for the voices that push boundaries. It’s a practical, people-centered approach to sustaining creativity over time.

— Community Member

Supporting the long tail means supporting experimentation that often teaches us more about what is possible than the mainstream examples alone.

— Contributor and Artist

Transparency And Trust

We believe trust is earned through openness. Public funding reports, accessible dashboards, and open governance are core to how we operate. Every donation is treated with care, and outcomes are communicated clearly to supporters. You can expect regular updates on progress, milestones, and how resources are being allocated to advance the work.

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