We're Incorporating the Co-Op with WA State!

This requires legal review by an amazing lawyer and filing all of the necessary paperwork with the State. Legal fees = paying our lawyer and state-mandated costs.

Seattle Vegan Group humans are pitching in what we can, but we need help from our awesome community to get us to the finish line! We're asking $2,500 to cover about half of the total cost between the lawyer's pay and the State's fees. We expect the total cost of incorporation to run about $5,000. For an explainer on what documents we're drawing up (with a highly recommended expert in co-op startups) and what the State requires for the co-op to operate, check our blog.

Once we're incorporated, the fun work of building the much anticipated vegan co-op can finally begin! Can you help us get there?

Because we believe in consent, SVG is not blasting this on social media. We're only announcing this fundraiser to our Discord and newsletter community. If you'd like to share the campaign in your networks, have at it! This is our first major call to action and we want to show up for community with care and respect.

Thank you for any time and attention given this first big ask!

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**Disclaimer: This fundraiser is ONLY to cover the costs of incorporating the co-op. We are not selling memberships, goods, or services at this time. As a band of volunteers, we can offer no incentives, securities, memberships, or rewards in gratitude for your donation. We aim to be as transparent as possible with what will be paid out during the incorporation process.

***Mandatory Legal Fine Print: This fundraiser does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any cooperative membership interest, security, or investment under Washington law. Participation in this fundraiser creates no obligation, commitment, or right of any kind. Any future formation of a cooperative association, admission of members, or offering of membership interests, patronage rights, loans, or other financial participation would occur only after adoption of governing documents and in compliance with the Washington Cooperative Associations Act (RCW 23.100), applicable securities laws, and other relevant regulations. Information collected through this fundraiser will be used solely for Cooperative-related planning and communications and will not be shared with third parties.