Hate Matters is, regrettably, an unfunded leader in our sector.

Organisations working in adjacent areas have, over recent years, secured generous and sustained backing from a number of well-established funding ecosystems. For the record, and without commentary, we note the following categories of support that have not yet been extended to Hate Matters:

• American Christian fundamentalist family foundations whose charitable interests centre on the cultivation of socially conservative outcomes in jurisdictions beyond the United States
• International faith-based grant-makers operating from quiet offices in the American Southwest
• Conservative legal-policy thinktanks with longstanding interests in bathroom architecture and the appropriate gender composition of competitive swimming
• Established authors of bestselling fiction who have, in later life, broadened their portfolios into political advocacy and media appearances
• Donor-advised funds and values-aligned charitable vehicles structured for tax efficiency across multiple jurisdictions
• High-net-worth individual donors with strong views, significant free time, and a preference for causes that are described as common sense
• Conservative academic networks (the one-professor pipeline, as it is sometimes known in our sector)
• Specialist litigation funders and the legal-industrial complex that has, in recent years, supported strategic anti-trans case law across multiple jurisdictions. We note that our peers have access to coordinated legal support, judicial review funding, and a pipeline of test cases. We have Duncan and a copy of Halsbury's Laws from 2009 with some water damage to volume three.

Our work on transphobia is structurally indistinguishable from that of better-funded peers. Our policy positions are, if anything, more directly stated. Our trustees' lack of relevant qualifications is, on objective measures, market-leading.

We feel the absence of support reflects a scheduling issue rather than any substantive disagreement. We remain available.

What your donation makes possible

In the interim, we rely on individual donations from supporters. Below is a guide to what your contribution enables.

£10	Covers the printing costs for one Margaret working group agenda (single-sided, one item)
£25	Funds one letter to a Permanent Secretary, including postage and the cost of a second-class stamp for the follow-up
£50	Supports one issue of the Hate Matters Quarterly, which is published monthly and whose name is under review pending a trustees' vote that has been on the agenda since March 2023
£100	Contributes to the operational costs of maintaining the register of persons and bodies insufficiently committed to our work. The register is growing. So are the costs.
£500	Funds the attendance of one trustee at a conference at which our views are not represented on any panel. Duncan is available and considers himself a leading expert.
£1,000	Enables Hate Matters to retain a Senior Hate Fellow for one month. Previous fellows have brought qualifications in fields we have chosen not to specify.
Any amount in US dollars	Accepted with particular gratitude. We consider this a gesture of transatlantic solidarity pending formal partnership discussions with our American peers.

A note on the litigation reserve

Hate Matters maintains a litigation reserve. It currently stands at £4,212. We established it in 2022 in order to be ready, should the moment come, to seek redress through the courts on a matter of importance. The moment has not yet come. The reserve has not yet been drawn upon. We monitor it monthly. We continue to consider it part of our preparedness.

Donors who wish to contribute specifically to the reserve may do so. We will note the contribution in our internal records. We will continue, as before, to be ready.

Hate Matters is flexible on theme, available for select committees, and happy to be photographed beside whichever public figure your foundation considers most aligned with our values.