Image: Two screenshots. The first screenshot is an email confirmation from Courage Plus showing a total donation amount of $2075.56. The second screenshot is the Gross Profit Breakdown report showing how the donation amount was determined.

Second Donation Made!

On June 3rd, 2025, Woke Up Angry was able to make our second donation!
$2009 was donated to Courage Plus of Milwaukee, WI. 

This amount is 100% of the total profits made by Woke Up Angry between February 14th and June 3, 2025. 

Broken down by product type, that's:

  • 72 mugs
  • 18 candles
  • 90 magnets
  • 6 keychains
  • 14 ornaments
  • 1 sticker
  • 1 direct donation

Further broken down by product theme:

  • 52.7% of all items sold were Taylor Swift-inspired
  • 23.9% of all items sold were LGBTQIA+-related
  • 14.4% of all items sold were generally leftist in theme
  • 8.5% of all items sold were in our "It's Okay To Punch Nazis!" collection
  • 0.5% of all items sold had no specific theme

Our net sales were $2786.29
Direct donations totaled $10 (Note: I disabled the direct donation feature after the store was hit with a wave of fraudulent orders)
$766 was retained by Woke Up Angry to cover costs (materials, equipment and electricity, shipping, and operational costs)
Gross profit from physical items was $1999.00
Gross profit ($1999) + direct donations ($10) = Total donation amount ($2009.00)

Note that the receipt will show that $2075.56 was donated, rather than $2009.00 - this discrepancy is due to the credit card/processing fees on their donation portal, which were paid for out of pocket by AJ. Future donations may be slightly lower than the total amount raised to cover all associated fees.

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