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Some of the calculations for Support Goals are quite complex. This page exists to explain some of them.

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titleAdministrative Fee

We'll start by saying that Reliant has different administrative fees for different programs.   The amount of the administrative fee in the support goal will in fact be more than the base amountflat fee.  This because the goal needs to account for the fee itself.

This The type of calculation needed for the fee to account for itself is called a geometric series. The fee is added to the goal, which in turn means a little more funds need to be raised, which makes the goal a tiny bit higher, which requires even a tiny bit more etc. It theoretically runs on infinitely, but as you go further the amounts get smaller and smaller up until you reach a negligible amount being added.  In our case, we can stop when rounding to the nearest cent doesn't affect the amount. Here's an example with an adminstrative fee of 10% and an amount of $10,000 for easy math. 

 $  00 $  00
FeeAmount being processedAmount of fee
10%
 $10,000.00
 $ 
           1
$1,000.
00000
00  
10%
 $  1,000.00
 $               
$  100.
00000
00  
10%
 $     100.00
 $                  10.00000
$   10.00 
10%
 $       10.00
 $                   
$    1.
00000
00  
10%
 $         1.00
 $                   
$    0.
10000
10  
10%
 $         0.10
 $                   
$    0.
01000
01  
10%
 $         0.01
 $                   
$    0.
00100
001  
10%
       0.
001
$    
 $                   
0.
00010
0001 
10%
       0.
0001
$    
 $                   
0.00001


 $             1
$1,111.11111


 $                  1
$1,111.11


Tip

Rest assured; this seemingly odd calculation is only there to make sure that the support goal has staff raise enough funds to cover the fee. It is not a hard amount being charged. The account will only ever actually be charged the 10% 12% (or whatever the fee for the program is) on what actually comes in.


Note

Some programs have a minimum administrative fee. If you enter a salary of $1, and you still see an administrative fee that is a nice round number, like $250. This is likely your program's minimum administrative fee.

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