2025 Wrap Up

2025 has come to an end and I wanted to share what has happened.

• Donation Recipient

  • For 2025 I delivered games to CHI St. Alexius Psychiatry in Bismarck, ND.

  • They reached out to me with hopes for new and engaging games for their adolescents to enjoy and therapize with.

  • https://www.chistalexiushealth.org/services/behavioral

  • https://www.instagram.com/chi_st.alexius/

  • https://www.facebook.com/CHISt.AlexiusHealth

• Local Support

  • I had run a few game tournaments at Icewind Brewing again. They also selected me as one of their charities of the month.

  • First Avenue Market had a donation jar for me for a few months which was super cool. This was uplifting because it means that the organization is getting talked about.

  • Huge thank you to Icewind Brewing and First Avenue Market for the immense help this year.

    • www.icewindbrewing.com

    • https://www.instagram.com/icewindbrewing/

    • https://www.facebook.com/IcewindBrews

    • www.firstavenuemarket.com

    • https://www.instagram.com/firstavenuemarket/?g=5

    • https://www.facebook.com/FirstAvenueMarket

• Legacy Adventure

  • I ended the Legacy Adventure for a few reasons.

    • 1. I severely cut off most of my personal social media engagement and by extension do not interact much with the organization's.

    • 2. It had very little engagement. For the amount of work I put into it, it did not yield much. While I had fun doing it, there were times it was hard to accomplish what I wanted.

• Year End Total

  • This year we ended with $1139.01.

  • Not as much as I would have liked but I had to take a huge step back this year.

• Costs

  • This year, my subscription for the website renewed. I have a 3 year plan for both website and domain. When I first subscribed, I got a 50% off promotion. Not only did that promotion end upon renewal, but the subscription cost also went up. Around 25%.

  • $1,195.95 went to website admin costs. That's about 70% of what I had to spend this year.

• Personal Health

  • If you saw my previous 2 updates, you will already know the bulk of it. I'll try to be concise.

  • I discoverd this year that I have autism. I also have ADHD. Essentially, I have needed to dedicate a lot of time to myself to be able to manage it. It has proven to be difficult. This year was hard on me economically as well. The effort I needed to invest in myself meant I needed to take a backseat for the charity.

  • I do not know if/when I will be able to pursue meaningful growth with the charity again. At times I have considered selling Games On The Table. I have personal goals I wish to achieve, and even pursuing those is a struggle. Currently, I cannot manage all of it. So I will try to do as much as I can for the charity while making sure I don't suffer for it.

• Thank you to all the individuals and businesses who supported the organization, be it with money or morale support.

• Merch sales are T-Shirts or Pins

• Website donations all from the website

• Event related donations are individuals donating at events, tournament fees, business donations, donation jars, charity of the month, etc.

• Board game sales are used and new games I resell on ebay for additional funds

• Administrative Costs

  • Website & Domain = $1,195.95

  • Miscellaneous Admin Costs = $10

• Event Support was purchasing copies of games for tournaments

• Discrepancy

  • If you notice, I spent more this year than I had funds. I incorrectly calculated available funds when purchasing the games. I personally backfilled the $51.03 to equalize. This money was not included in charity income.