good luck Good Luck (General Incorporated Association)
Donate

Join us in cultivating the city with a donation

You can choose what your donation is used for: children's programs, farm programs, or research programs. From ¥1,000 a month. For children's programs, ¥1,000 a month provides 10 puubu. For farm programs, it gives one child a farm experience. For research programs, it makes you a member who cultivates together with us what we learn.

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A child holding a trowel in the field
Why

Why donations are needed

Much of Good Luck's work does not earn money. A creative hub that children can attend for free, a table where the harvest is shared, experiments that open vacant lots so people in the city can meet. Until now, we have supported such public-benefit work with business income and grants.

Grants have a time limit. To keep our work going, we need donations from people who believe in it.

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  • 0yenParticipation fee at Kodomo Publica. Free for every child
  • 0yearsOur work, carried on from a vacant lot in Kitakagaya
Where It Goes

How donations are used

  • USE 01

    Running a creative hub for children

    Used for workshop materials at Kodomo Publica, honoraria for the neighborhood's teachers, issuing the children's currency "puubu," and seedlings and tools for the field club.

    Kodomo Publica website →
  • USE 02

    Food and learning programs

    Used for the costs of holding experiences where we grow, make, and eat, such as programs with homemade soy sauce and the stone oven, kids' cooking classes, and the children's cafeteria.

  • USE 03

    Experiments in opening vacant lots, and sharing them

    Used to launch new sites, maintain the shared growing area, and return what we learn in the field to society as surveys and recommendations.

    Urban Farm Database →

Part of each donation also goes to the administrative costs of keeping our work going (office work, accounting, communications, and more). We publish how funds are used in our annual report.

Purpose

Choose a purpose for your donation

When you donate to Good Luck, you can choose which program your donation supports. Choose the activity you want to back from children's programs, farm programs, or research programs. We use your donation for the program you choose.

What is the children's currency "puubu"?

"Puubu" is a currency used only within the neighborhood by the children of Kodomo Publica. 100 yen is 1 puubu.

Children earn "puubu" by joining workshops, taking on "Quests," or minding the penny-candy shop. They spend them to join the next workshop or to shop at stores. It is a system that lets every child try what they want to try, whatever their family's circumstances.

Donations to children's programs become the source of this "puubu." A donation of ¥1,000 a month delivers 10 puubu to children.

For monthly donations, you can choose ¥1,000 / ¥3,000 / ¥10,000. For one-time donations, you can choose ¥3,000 / ¥10,000 / ¥100,000 (research programs are monthly donations only). A donation with a designated purpose is used for that program (part may go to the administrative costs of keeping the program going). We publish how funds are used in our annual report.

For Supporters

To our monthly supporters

  • 01

    Learn

    Once a month, we send a newsletter with news from the field. We will also send you our annual report.

  • 02

    Take part

    We invite you to the harvest festival and to supporter-only briefings and farm tours.

  • 03

    Spread the word

    If you wish, we will list your name on our website, as a companion helping us share this work.

Message

A message from the Representative Director

Representative Director Yasutaka Kaneda

In 2012, when we cultivated a vacant lot in Kitakagaya with friends, what we harvested was not only vegetables. People of different generations and occupations came to call each other by name and to support one another's lives. That was the greatest harvest of this work.

Our cities will have more and more empty spaces. I want to turn those spaces from symbols of loneliness into soil where a new kind of richness can sprout. I want to keep a place where children are known by name by the adults of the neighborhood, and can try what they want to try.

Good Luck is a small nonprofit. That is why each person's donation goes straight into the strength of our work in the field. Please join us in cultivating the city.

Representative Director, Good Luck (General Incorporated Association)Yasutaka Kaneda

About the donation deduction

Good Luck is a non-profit general incorporated association. At present, donations from individuals are not eligible for the donation deduction (income deduction or tax credit). Donations from corporations can be treated as ordinary donations and deducted as expenses within the allowable limit (please consult a tax accountant for details).

We issue a receipt on request (it cannot be used as a tax deduction certificate).

If you would like to donate by bank transfer

Please contact us through the contact form, choosing "Donations and support." We will send you the transfer details.

Where the money goes (Transparency) / Donation Handling Policy

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the minimum donation?

For monthly donations, you can choose ¥1,000, ¥3,000, or ¥10,000. For one-time donations, you can choose ¥3,000, ¥10,000, or ¥100,000. You can choose the purpose you want to support: children's programs, farm programs, or research programs (research programs are available for monthly donations only). Whatever the amount, every donation strengthens our work.

Are donations tax deductible?

No. Good Luck is a non-profit general incorporated association, not a certified NPO or public interest corporation, so individual donations are not eligible for the donation deduction. Donations from corporations can be treated as ordinary donations and deducted as expenses within the allowable limit.

Can I get a receipt?

We issue one on request. After you complete your donation, please send us your name, address, and donation date through the contact form. For monthly donations, we issue one receipt per year covering all payments. Note that it cannot be used as a tax deduction certificate.

Can I stop my monthly donation at any time?

Yes, you can cancel at any time. From the "monthly donation management page" on the donation page, log in with the email address you used to donate, and you can cancel or change your card yourself. Once canceled, payments stop from the next billing, and there is no fee. If you have trouble with the process, please contact us through the contact form.

Can donations be refunded?

Because of the nature of donations, we cannot refund them as a rule. For clear processing errors such as duplicate charges, we will respond, so please contact us.

Can I donate by means other than a credit card?

We also accept donations by bank transfer. Please contact us through the contact form, choosing "Donations and support," and we will send you the transfer details.

What changes when I choose a purpose for my donation?

We use it for the program you choose. For children's programs, it goes toward issuing "puubu," the currency Kodomo Publica's children use for their experiences (¥100 = 1 puubu). For farm programs, it goes toward farm experiences for children. For research programs, it goes toward survey and research and the work of sharing what we learn.

What are donations used for?

We use them to run Kodomo Publica, our creative hub for children, to run food and learning programs, and to carry out experiments in opening vacant lots and share what we learn. Part also goes to the administrative costs of keeping our work going. We publish how funds are used in our annual report.

Is it okay to just learn about your work first?

Of course. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will send you news from the field once a month. You are also welcome to visit the farm or Kodomo Publica.

How can a company or organization support you?

Besides the Kodomo Publica partner program (annual or monthly), we can work together in many ways, such as employee training or collaboration on using idle land. Please see the "For Companies and Organizations" page.

For other questions, please feel free to use the contact form.