Why Support Us

Congress.wiki is an independent civic-tech project built to make government data accessible and understandable. Your support helps keep this resource free and open for everyone.

What Your Support Funds

Infrastructure & Hosting

Maintaining a data-heavy site requires significant server resources. Your contributions help cover hosting costs, database operations, and CDN expenses.

$50 covers server costs for a month
$200 pays for database hosting and backups
$500 funds infrastructure for a quarter

Data Collection & Processing

We continuously collect, process, and update data from multiple government sources to keep information current and accurate.

$100 covers data ingestion capacity for a month
$300 funds API access and data processing tools

Development & Maintenance

Building and maintaining Congress.wiki requires thousands of hours of coding, bug fixes, and feature development. Your support allows us to dedicate more time to improving the platform.

$5/month helps fund ongoing development
$25/month supports new feature development
$100/month enables dedicated development time

Benefits of Supporting

Early access to new features (like API access or custom maps)
A vote on the product roadmap (tell us what to build next!)
Help keep independent civic-tech alive
Support transparency and accessibility in government data

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Thank you for helping make Congress.wiki possible.