LANCE RULERS · 2001–2026

The Lance Rules Fund.

Support each community in the way most relevant to that community.

A defined annual budget of cash and instruments — published here each year, spent as grants, commissions, scholarships, and donated sets. Not a percentage promise at checkout.

Apply for supportNominate someoneANNUAL BUDGET FIGURE — PUBLISHED AT PROGRAM LAUNCH

Four communities. Four mechanisms.

The same fund, spent differently — because a classroom, a studio, an engineering team, and a makerspace need different things.

Teachers Rule

  • · Classroom product grants
  • · Teacher tool grants
  • · Classroom-set donations
  • · Gift-a-Classroom matching
Teachers Rule →

Artists Rule

  • · Paid artist commissions
  • · Collaboration royalties
  • · Studio-tool grants
  • · Community art programs
Artists Rule →

Engineers Rule

  • · Engineering-student scholarships
  • · Design-team & competition sponsorships
  • · University program sets
  • · Club and lab grants
Engineers Rule →

Makers Rule

  • · Makerspace grants
  • · Tool-library support
  • · Vocational & shop-program sets
  • · Training-program equipment
Makers Rule →
DEFINED CAMPAIGN WINDOWS

When a percentage is promised, it is exact.

The Fund never runs an open-ended percentage of everything. When a campaign donates a share of sales, it names the beneficiary, the collection, the dates, the basis, and a floor and cap.

EXAMPLE CAMPAIGN FORMULATION

“From [START DATE] through [END DATE], Lance will donate 10% of net sales from the [COLLECTION] to [NAMED QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION] — with a minimum contribution of $[X] and a maximum of $[Y].”

TEMPLATE — EVERY CAMPAIGN NAMES BENEFICIARY, DATES, BASIS, FLOOR AND CAP · STATE CO-VENTURE FILINGS AND COUNSEL REVIEW BEFORE LAUNCH
PROOF, NOT PLAQUES

Every grant becomes a story.

The classroom before and after. The artist's process. The team's project. The makerspace being built. Fund recipients become the real people behind 25 People Who Rule — with permission, told properly.

CLASSROOM — BEFORE / AFTERARTIST — PROCESS & COMMISSIONTEAM — THE PROJECT BUILTMAKERSPACE — THE ROOM EQUIPPED