Mindat Campaign For the Future 

Mindat.org is now 13 years old. It has grown from a small personal
database of minerals and localities into the largest and most visited
mineralogy website around. It is used daily by amateurs and
professionals around the world.

Since I started mindat.org, I have worked hard to keep it true to my founding promise, that it would be free for everyone to use.

I want to ensure that whatever happens in the future, mindat.org will
continue to be dedicated to providing free mineralogical information to
all.

Now mindat.org has matured, it is time to put in place an
organizational structure that can keep mindat.org running long into the
future, can support our aims to improve and extend the site, and can
ensure it continues to provide our free data to all who will benefit.

In order to ensure this, a Not-for-Profit institute will be set up,
as a US-based 501(c)(3) organization, to operate the mindat.org database
and website, and to continue to raise funds to ensure its future
operation.

But we cannot do this without your help and your sponsorship.