The Team Rubicon Donation Pledge
Dear TR Nation,
Yesterday we released Team Rubicon’s Alabama-Missouri After Action Report, detailing our first domestic missions: Operation Roll Tide and Operation Janis.
The report analyzes our work in Tuscaloosa, AL and Joplin, MO after devastating tornadoes swept through both towns and their surrounding areas. Each area of analysis includes a summary, recommendations, and action steps we will take to improve upon future missions.
For the first time since our initial Haiti operation, Team Rubicon raised more money than the cost of the mission. We offered our donors a portion of their money back after Haiti, and in keeping with our commitment to be transparent and accountable, we are doing it again. Everyone who donated through our website during Tuscaloosa and Joplin can elect to receive the percentage of money back not spent on those specific operations. People who donated during the Tuscaloosa operation can receive 52% of their money back, and people who donated during the Joplin operation can receive 78%.
We are proud that our measure of success is not money raised or dollars spent; but rather by the number of lives we impact. If you decide to invest the remainder of your donation in Team Rubicon, we guarantee that your funds will go 100% towards future disaster response missions. All money donated through our website—at all times—is restricted to funding our missions. TR currently has three paid employees, and all money raised for salaries is covered through private donors.
If you specifically wanted your money to go towards Joplin or Tuscaloosa, we understand completely, which is why we offer this pledge. We do hope, however, that you’ll join us in continuing to grow Team Rubicon by investing the remainder of your donation with TR. We’re on a mission to change the paradigm of disaster response, but we can’t do it without the ongoing and generous support of our donors. As always, your donations do double duty with TR — helping veterans while continuing to help those who are in crisis.
Sincerely,
Jake Wood and William McNulty
Co-Founders of Team Rubicon
Donation Return Information
If you donated during the Tuscaloosa (Apr 30th – May 8th) or Joplin (May 23rd-28th) missions, and would like the unused percentage of your money back, please email us within 30 days via our contact form with the following information: Your full name, mailing address, contact phone number, amount donated, and indicate Tuscaloosa or Joplin. Look to your inbox for this information will also be sent out in an email.
