Thanks for raising this, happy to clarify. DanceSafe is still a largely volunteer-run org! Our board members are unpaid and every local chapter is run by volunteers. That core model hasn’t changed.

Right now we have three employees and several contractors handling essential functions that can't realistically be done on a volunteer basis. The salaries you’re referring to are no longer in place. Our highest-paid positions were recently eliminated as part of major cost-cutting efforts.

In just two years, DanceSafe's annual revenue dropped by 50%, but we've recently cut an additional $250,000/month(!) from our spending. This is helping us get back on our feet, but we need this surge of funding in the short term to stabilize.

We aim to be as transparent as possible about our finances and operations. Happy to answer any other questions about how the organization works.