OFFERINGS

SLIDING SCALE

To ensure that this valuable work remains accessible to all, most offerings through The Spring! are sliding scale.

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This means you choose what you pay according to what you understand about your financial situation. On average, I need most people to self-select in the middle to upper fee range which enables the work to remain sustainable for me, and for many artists of diverse backgrounds to benefit from this work. 

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Consider paying on the high/supporter side of the scale if many of the following are true:

• Employed, earn$100k+ 

• I have a degree(s) without having had loans.

• I have high earning power (even if I'm not exercising it today)

• I live partially, mostly or all off unearned / gifted income

• My family has plentiful assets, like investments

• Someone else paid or pays my rent/mortgage 

• I can choose to work or not

• I choose to work part time or for less pay since I need less money/have external support

 

Consider paying the full fee if many of the following are true:

• Employed, earn $65k+

• I choose to go out to eat or drink weekly (or more)

• My race, ethnicity, skin color or gender doesn’t impact my income

• I can cover my basic needs + some extras regularly

• I’m able-bodied

• I have student loans for professional or post-secondary education in my current field that I work in

• I have student loans and most people in my family have higher education

• I have a graduate degree and am paying off my loans

• My career is stable and moving forward

• Family has assets, like a paid-off house and/or parents have retirement accounts

• Family of origin has assets, like a house they are paying

 

Consider paying on the lower part of the sliding scale if many of the following are true:

• Employed, earn $40-65k

• I’m sick or disabled and that impacts my ability to work / earn money

• My race, ethnicity, skin color or gender(s) does impact my income

• I have non-optional health care costs to cover

• I have a bachelors degree and am paying off my loans still

• I am struggling to pay more than minimums on debt 

• I have student loans and I was among the first in my family to go to college

• I help my family with $

• I support others besides myself on my income

• My family has few assets

• I have no family or access to family

• My family has no assets

 

Consider paying the base fee or looking for free / alternative resources if many of the following are true:

• Employed, earn $25-40k 

• Unemployed or employed marginally

• I struggle to cover basic needs regularly

• Currently accruing survival credit card debt