People
Teachers, special educators, related-service professionals, classroom support staff, administrators, and operations personnel.
Current way to help
Send support through Cash App
Early support can help with organizational development, curriculum resources, professional services, community outreach, planning, and other costs involved in moving the school vision forward.
Support via Cash App: $ReverendAntoine
Please read before sending funds.
Aberewa Middle School does not currently have federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt recognition. Payments made through this link are not represented as tax-deductible charitable donations. The Cash App account is currently held by founder Antoine Mason. Funds received for this effort will be recorded and used toward school-development purposes.
Beginning funding priority
Founding Readiness Campaign
This first campaign is intended to fund the professional, legal, financial, and facility-feasibility work required to produce a defensible school-opening plan. It is not the complete cost of opening or operating Aberewa Middle School.
$25,000preliminary founding-readiness goal
| Planning category | What it supports | Preliminary allocation |
|---|---|---|
| Education and nonprofit legal guidance | Entity review, school-model guidance, governance documents, bylaws, board policies, and regulatory planning. | $7,000 |
| CPA and financial systems | Accounting setup, bookkeeping controls, startup budgets, financial projections, and tax guidance. | $4,000 |
| Federal and state filings | Filing costs, including the current $600 IRS Form 1023 user fee when the organization is professionally prepared and eligible to file. | $1,000 |
| Insurance and risk consultation | Preliminary assessment of organizational, professional, property, student, and employment coverage needs. | $2,000 |
| Facility, zoning, and accessibility feasibility | Initial New Orleans land-use consultation, broker or architect review, candidate-site screening, and preliminary accessibility or life-safety guidance. | $6,000 |
| Board and community development | Board recruitment materials, public information, organized records, community listening, and planning meetings. | $2,000 |
| Planning contingency | Unanticipated professional fees, document corrections, filing changes, and other verified readiness expenses. | $3,000 |
| Total preliminary goal | $25,000 | |
Accountability notice: These allocations are preliminary planning estimates and may be revised after written professional quotes are obtained. Aberewa will distinguish money raised, money spent, and remaining funds when a dedicated accounting and reporting system is established. No amount is currently presented here as already raised.
What this campaign does not yet fund: purchasing or renovating a building, full-year payroll, transportation, food service, classroom equipment, or opening-year operations. Separate facility and opening campaigns will be developed only after professional feasibility work produces documented costs.
Long-term vision
What we are working toward
Learning
Accessible curriculum, assistive technology, sensory supports, educational materials, arts, music, and culturally rooted programming.
Facilities
A safe, accessible opening campus for a phased Year One program of up to 70 students, with a long-term aspiration to expand only as funding, approvals, staffing, services, and demonstrated results allow.
Planning
Legal, financial, architectural, regulatory, research, community-engagement, and organizational work required before opening.
Accountability and updates
Our public Roadmap to Opening identifies the legal, financial, facility, staffing, safety, and educational milestones that must be completed before the school opens.
Questions about supporting the project may be sent to antoinelamond@gmail.com.
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