MedBud™ is a non-profit organisation founded in January 2022, we've survived so far solely from the generosity of donations. We've struggled through our rise to become the most dependable UK medical cannabis information platform, based solely upon the dedication of volunteers. We urgently need to hire full-time staff to help manage our ever-increasing daily workload.
Before long, we hope to allow advertising banners and to start offering industry services to help secure our future funding. For the moment, we're solely dependent upon donations.
We're launching our fourth call for funding and donations. The first in February 2022 kept us funded throughout our first 6 months until September 2022. Our second call for donations in November 2022 carried us through until spring 2023. Our 'Foundation Fundraiser' launched 20th April 2023 both managed to ensure our incorporation - and has kept us funded for over a year, with a couple of companies pledging recurring monthly donations of several hundred pounds.
Right now, our overheads are set to surpass our donation income once again – we urgently need to improve funding to secure our future stability, dependability and success. We appreciate any and all support from patients and industry alike.
Our Monthly Overheads Last Updated: 20th August
£112.14pmWeb Platform Infrastructure
Dedicated Server Rental, Ancillary Virtual Server, Off-Site Backup Storage, Domain Name
Communication
Email Inboxes, Outbound Email Service, Ticket/Helpdesk System
Security
Cloudflare®, Anti-Spam/Bot Services
Community
Forum Software, Additional Add-ons/Services
Accounting
Software License, Accountancy Services
Corporate
Virtual Offices, Mail Handling, Registered Agent, US State Annual Fee
Other Licenses/Subscriptions
Adobe Photoshop, X Premium, Other
Exact amounts will vary daily as several services are paid in international currencies with fluctuating exchange rates, and some costs are based upon usage/traffic.
~£677.07pmTotal Estimated Monthly
Excluding Staffing Costs
Future Monthly Staffing Costs
~£9,000pmRequired Staffing Costs (Estimated)
Future Need, Covering Three Staff Members
Our Recurring Donation Income
~£750pmCompanies/Industry
Clinics, Pharmacies, Producers, Other Industry
Clinicians/Prescribers
Specialists, GPs, Nurses, Pharmacists
Patients/Public
Patients, Carers, General Public
We appreciate any and all support. PayPal, card and direct debit donations are available. Please note, we previously received around £100 per month in recurring donations from patients, our new accounts requires that any recurring donations are set-up again.
Our Commercial Income
TBCAdvertising Banners
Launching soon, graphic banners in page headers/footers.
Automated Analytics/Viewership Statistics
Launching soon, industry stats on top viewed clinics/pharmacies/medications.
Industry Stock API
Launching soon, pharmacy/distributor stock API to update medication availability.
Donation Requirements
We are only able to accept donations as a 'non-biding research grant' which neither implies nor offers any future influence over our organisation, but will be used to further our industry research independently. Donations are outside of the scope of VAT.
All donations are treated as public and may be published as such unless otherwise instructed - if you wish to anonymise your donation please select the relevant fields on the form provided. Donations from forum members are recognised with a specific community title.