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Funding

Money should not decide who gets to build

A Founder Seat has a working value of $18,000 over the 18-month core pathway — about $1,000 a month. That is the value of the seat, not a price tag handed to every family.
What a family is responsible for is decided separately from acceptance: full pay, partial or full scholarship, a sponsored seat, employer, foundation or community funding, a JRX subsidy, or a blend of these.

An example

How a funded seat can look

Program value

$18,000

Scholarship or sponsor

$12,000

Family responsibility

$6,000

Illustrative example only. Every funding plan is decided individually and your numbers will differ.

A scholarship changes

  • What a family is responsible for paying, and over what schedule.
  • Which other sources — sponsor, employer, foundation, community or JRX subsidy — cover the rest.

A scholarship never changes

  • The same Founder Team of three.
  • The same admission standard — aid is decided separately from acceptance.
  • The same stage gates and evidence expectations.
  • The same weekly and monthly rhythm, and the same Show & Prove finish.
  • The same respect. Who funded a seat is not discussed with other founders or families.

Ways a seat gets funded

Contribution options

Pending legal review — not cleared for production

JRX has drafted how sponsorship and funding should work, but the legal structure has not been reviewed and approved yet. That includes sponsor influence boundaries, restricted-fund rules, scholarship and sponsorship mechanics, contracts, payment processing, and how money involving a young person is handled.

So we are not accepting or routing any real sponsor money through the Founder Pathway at this point. You can tell us you are interested and a person will reply. Nothing is charged, nothing is committed, and no amounts are published.

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Aid decisions are made by people, never by a score, and they are made separately from the decision to accept a founder. JRX does not give tax or accounting advice about a contribution.