So now that we’re a 501(c)(3), getting support via our Patreon or donations is more important than ever. It’s literally how we’re operating, keeping our blog up, our podcast going and how we can fund initiatives in the future.

INeedDiverseGames

What we’re able to do now:

  • Keep Fresh out of Tokens on the air by paying the hosting costs, equipment upgrades and more out of the INDG Patreon
  • Pay some travel costs for conventions
  • Assist others go to conventions
  • Do small sponsorships for conventions
  • Get wee swag for giveaways
  • Pay for our Twitch turbo costs & miscellaneous streaming expenses

What we COULD do if we hit some Patreon goals:

  • Provide travel grants on a regular basis for POC/LGBTQIA and others to go to conventions such as GaymerX, HavenCon, GX Australia, IndieCade East, IndieCade West, and GDC
  • Help pay IGDA fees for students in game dev programs
  • Sponsor events like game jams with a diverse focus
  • Host events in different cities or in conjunction with other gaming events for people who normally wouldn’t be able to go to them
  • Help match Found Loot donations for the month
  • Have a more robust web site at ineeddiversegames.org and be able to PAY people for their articles, as well as pay editors for their time
  • Have more presence at conventions than we do now, on our own dime rather than relying mostly on donations
  • Send people to conventions on our behalf since our founding Director can only be in so many places in a year and continue to keep this ship upright
  • Do more live streams, interviews, buy and play games for review, or buy review copies of games for folks to write for us.

How can you help?

Thank you in advance for all you do to help us spread the word and continue to do our work.

Published by cypheroftyr

Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.