WasabiNet is a registered LLC in the State of Missouri, and it sustains itself from its subscription revenue.
In the past, WasabiNet has received $8000 in grant funds from the Incarnate Word Foundation for 2009 and 2010, with fiscal sponsorship from the Community Arts and Movement Project (C. A. M. P.). These funds were used to deploy the mesh wifi service itself, to provide desktop computers to low-income families, and also to develop a small business model that would let the mesh network sustain itself (as it does now).
Although our present operating budget needs to be flexible and adaptable, this is an example of a $5100 budget that we used on a on a previous grant application:
Total: 5141.14
For example of a $25,000 budget to deploy a mesh capable of serving hundreds of users, you may read our original proposal here.