Donations Review (2025) & 2026 Planning

Happy New Year!

Before we advance to much further into this month and year I want to recap our donations from 2025. I am also lumping 2024 in there since I never did a formal thank you post.

TeaTiff (2024 Domain fee and 3 yr website fee)
Fatbat Puer (Tea 2024)
Plum Deluxe (Tea 2025)
Davidson’s Organic Tea (Tea 2025)
Bellasia (Tea and books 2024)
Japanese Green Tea Company (tea 2024)
Mr. Johnson $13 (Domain Fee 2025)
Teko Tea – 7 Tea boxes (2026)
IRS Application to become a non-profit $275: (All board members spilt)

Speaking of board members. I want to give a big shout out to those who have stepped up to help us on our path to become a non-profit and more!

Board Chair: Tiffany Rupp
Vice Chair: Manoj YADA
Secretary: Vickee Nelson
Treasurer: Alvin Wee
Board Member-at-Large: Judy Wee
Board Member-at-Large: Hongyi Lan
Board Member-at-Large: Ajeet Yadav

Lastly, we ask that if you wish to make a donation to wait till after we become a non-profit. At the time when I started asking for donations I made the mistake of not thinking about tax and how people need that for tax records. We hope to receive news within the next month or two.

Here’s a look back at pictures from our previous meetings: