Since 2019, primary focus lies on group-scale Donors Choose and charity: water projects. Contact me if you’re working at scale on reducing the ill-effects of child poverty.
114 projects supporting 9,130 students
Donors Choose classroom programs
Sustainable, clean water for 957+ lives
Via charity: water since 2017
“Douglas Dollars is a force for good in the world.”
Kathryn Lawrence, “Who is Douglas Dollars?” MONTAG: A magazine of tomorrow’s stories, March 2018
Political Campaigns: I have invested funds or time in four city or state-level campaigns. Two have been successful so far. I believe 50% is an excellent record when attempting change.
Prior to 2019
Efforts were focused on individual arts programs, bringing visibility to minority groups, and creative projects. Listed here are a few.
General good and events
- 2012: World Bicycle Relief
- 2012: XOXO Festival
- 2013: Movember (men’s health)
- 2014: Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day (fighting hunger)
- 2016: Not Enough Fest Edmonton (music festival)
- 2016: Taproot Edmonton (local journalism)
- 2016: The Gracefull Foundation (fighting hunger)
- 2016: Removing Barriers Through Technology (education)
Media: Art, video, podcasts
Art
- 2011: Bicycles For Our Minds
- 2012: Philosophy Posters
- 2012: Arctic Suite by Nathaniel Miller
- 2012: Fringe Focus Landscape Prints
- 2012: Capricious! Pop-Up Art Show
- 2016: Cool Dog Annual Sticker Fund 2016
Film/Video
- 2011: The Dangerous Adventures of Leroy Thomas!
- 2011: The Garage Sale Documentary
- 2011: Lords of Soaptown
- 2012: A Show with Ze Frank
- 2012: ‘WATERPARK’ Score And Sound Design
- 2012: Thinking About You
- 2013: Pier Kids: The Life
- 2013: One Thousand Free Ice Cream Cones
- 2014: Shoot the Moon: A film about sacrifice and a space elevator
- 2016: SOOTHSAYER – a new film about three Russian stories
- 2017: STRANGE NEGOTIATIONS: The David Bazan Documentary
Audio/Podcasts
Books, games, physical goods
Books:
- 2013: Let’s Be Awkward Together
- 2013: Archive 2013: From the Mixed-Up Files of Diana G. Kimball
- 2014: Good and Cheap Eat Well on $4/Day
- 2014: Notes on a Case of Melancholia, Or: A Little Death
- 2014: Maxistentialism Zine
- 2015: The Pizza Book
- 2016: A Minyen Yidn – tales of Jewish lives by Trina Robbins
- 2017: Publicly Traded, Privately Held
Games:
- 2012: Double Fine Adventure
- 2013: Machine of Death: The Game of Creative Assassination
- 2013: Werewolf
- 2013: The Metagame
- 2014: Monikers
- 2014: Penny Press
- 2014: Slap .45
- 2014: Pinball Arcade: The Addams Family
- 2014: Skiptrace
- 2015: Secret Hitler
- 2016: Million Dollars, But…
- 2016: Dear Leader
- 2018: Inhuman Conditions: A Game of Cops and Robots
- 2018: Thousand Year Old Vampire: A Roleplaying Game
Fun to talk about
- 2011: Investor in Mike Merrill (person)
- 2011: Make Capitalism Work For Me! (art)
- 2012: Grilled Cheese Truck (food)
- 2016: Support for Sugared and Spiced Baked Goods (food)
- 2018: Da Share Z0ne: THE DEVIL’S LEVEL (game)
“we can’t wait to see where his drive for supporting artists, good causes, and questions of how to change the world for the better with his dollar-power take him. Viva la Doug!”
Kathryn Lawrence, “Who is Douglas Dollars?”, MONTAG: A magazine of tomorrow’s stories, March 2018
Douglas Dollars is North America’s second-greatest investor in interesting projects.
Working on something interesting? I’d really like to help your idea reach the world.