 community guidelines community guidelines please review catapult s guidelines and community rules if you re ok with them then catapult is a good match for you fees  your organization pays no fees for being a partner and no fees for posting projects on catapult when donors make a payment on a project they will have the option to add a donation to support catapult s operating costs this is voluntary donors must opt in if they want to support us operations or administrative costs  catapult is about transparency and about the real costs of doing great work you can and should include operating costs in your project s budget do this by listing either the dollar amount usd or the percentage of the fundraising goal that will go to administrative costs these will appear on your project page for the public to see fundraising goal  you set the goal for each project your organization posts catapult does not limit the amount of money you can raise but if you choose to raise more than 50000 in one project we ask you to consult with catapult staff before finalizing the goal together we ll explore whether creating several projects is a better strategy for reaching your goal see more in create a project project life  your project is open to receive donations for five months after which it will be retired in order to receive any of the funds you raised for the project you must reach the goal within five months time however projects that have reached at least 95 percent or more of their funding target by the end of five months as long as the difference does not exceed 5000 will be eligible to have the remaining difference donated by catapult s tipping fund final donations are subject to available funds and will be completed on a firstcome firstserve basis fund disbursement  catapult will send funds to organizations through bank and wire transfers only in all cases we reserve the right to suspend or cancel transfers to your organization if we are unsatisfied with the progress of the project or the contents of any update or report use of funds  as a partner you understand that funds disbursed for projects will be used only for activities described on your catapult project page and for exempt purposes set forth in 501 c 3 of the us irs code you may use the specified percentage of the total funds disbursed for general operating costs to support the project if you ve listed these on the budget the rest of the money will be used for direct costs activities and materials described on your project page no catapult funds nor income can be used for influencing legislation or intervening for or against political candidates number of projects at one time  you can have up to 10 fundraising projects on catapult at one time project reporting  you agree to provide updates on any projects funded on catapult posting these to the project page after you ve reached the fundraising goal you can update your project page as often as you d like however you are required to provide at least three project updates see more in reporting partner records  you agree to maintain true and accurate accounts and records regarding your use of funds raised through catapult we ask that you keep records for at least three years following the project s conclusion or deactivation and to allow us to access them upon request project deactivation  if you want to deactivate your organization s project contact catapult staff and we ll help you take the project down catapult reserves the right to deactivate a project at any time partnership lifespan  once you ve been approved as a catapult partner you ll remain one for two years at that point we ll ask you to reregister copyright  we share the copyright to the project content and other media such as pictures or videos uploaded to catapult with you we will attribute content used to the partner organization logo and name use  we may use the partner organization s name or logo on catapult and in our marketing efforts changing terms and conditions  catapult reserves the right to change community rules we will notify you within 30 days if we make such a change  