Last reviewed: June 10, 2026. Author: Alex Buckles (PAC Founder). Review status: documented editorial review (this page describes our funding).
This page documents who funds Parental Alienation Center, how the organization plans to fund itself going forward, and what the editorial content pages will never carry. We publish it because funding transparency is one of the most important trust signals on a YMYL educational site, and because readers in this audience often arrive skeptical of resources whose financial incentives they cannot see.
The short version: the knowledge base on this site is free and open-core. The content pages carry no advertising, no referral fees, no data sales, and no lead-capture. The site is currently funded by its founder. Going forward, funding comes from separate paid software apps that help parents with their specific situations, and 100% of profits from any paid offering are reinvested into Parental Alienation Center. The editorial pages stay non-commercial regardless of how the organization is funded.
What the content pages will never carry
The editorial pages on this site, the articles, framework explainers, glossary, and reference material, are protected from commercial pressure by design. They will not carry any of the following.
No advertising. There is no banner advertising, no contextual advertising, no in-content advertising, and no display advertising network on any content page.
No referral fees. No outbound link on a content page generates a commission, a referral fee, or any other form of consideration for the site. Where we link to a named program (for example, when describing Family Bridges or the High Road to Reunification Program in the context of reunification therapy), the link is to the program’s public-facing page, with editorial framing that situates the reader, and with no commercial relationship behind the mention. This commitment is consistent with the principles in the FTC Endorsement Guides.
No data sales. We do not sell, rent, or share reader data. We collect minimal analytics through privacy-respecting tools such as Plausible Analytics by default, and the full data practices are documented in our Privacy Policy.
No lead-capture. The site does not collect reader contact information for the purpose of forwarding it to attorneys, therapists, or any other commercial provider. We do not sell reader attention to providers who pay for placement.
No paywall on the knowledge base. Every educational page is free to access and indexable. There is no premium tier on the content, no membership wall, and no email-required PDF download.
How the site is funded today
Parental Alienation Center is currently funded by its founder as a personal commitment. Operating costs include domain registration, hosting, asset management, content production, and minimal operational tooling. Once the independent expert review board is appointed, reviewer compensation (where reviewers are compensated for their time) will be added to these costs.
The founder funds these costs directly. The site does not seek advertising revenue, sponsorship, or affiliate income to cover them.
How the organization plans to fund itself going forward
The editorial content is free and open-core, and it stays that way. The plan for sustainable funding sits alongside the knowledge base, not inside it.
The organization plans to build and offer separate paid software applications that help parents navigate their specific situations. These applications are a different thing from the editorial content. They carry real costs: the AI credits required to run them, plus development and ongoing maintenance. A parent who chooses to use a paid app is paying for software that does work for them, not for access to the knowledge base.
100% of profits from any paid offering are reinvested into Parental Alienation Center: into expanding the library, into reviewer compensation, into accessibility and localization, and into the work of keeping the editorial content current and free.
The editorial content and the paid apps are kept separate on purpose. The paid offerings never appear as advertising, sponsored content, or upsells on the editorial pages. A reader can use the entire knowledge base without ever encountering a paid product. The integrity of the editorial work depends on that separation, and we hold it.
Commercial relationships
The site has no commercial relationships with any of the following:
- Family-law attorneys or law firms
- Mental-health practices, therapists, or coaching businesses
- Reunification therapy programs (including Family Bridges, Turning Points for Families, the Conscious Co-Parenting Institute, and any other named program)
- Expert-witness firms
- Custody-evaluation services
- Mediation practices
- Continuing-education providers in family law or family psychology
- Media outlets, publishers, or podcasting networks
- Software vendors selling co-parenting tools, custody-tracking apps, or court-prep platforms
Where the site mentions any of the entities above, the mention is editorial. We do not receive payment, referral fees, or any other form of consideration for the mention. We do not place affiliate links.
If a commercial relationship were ever to develop, it would be disclosed on this page and on every page where the relationship is relevant. The disclosure would be at the top of the relevant page, not buried.
Why this posture
A reader trying to understand parental alienation, often during one of the worst periods of their life, deserves a resource that is not optimizing the content against them. Not segmenting them for affiliate funnels. Not selling their attention to providers who paid for placement. Not shaping a page to serve a sponsor. The knowledge base is free because the people who need it most should never have to pay to understand what is happening to their family.
Funding the organization through separate paid software, rather than through the content, is what keeps that promise honest. The apps are optional, they are clearly separate from the library, and the profits return to the mission. The reader of an editorial page is never the product.
Future structure
The organization may evolve in how it is structured. A nonprofit foundation structure, or grant funding from research, family-law, or mental-health funders, would each be compatible with this model. If either path is pursued, this page is updated transparently, any grant is acknowledged here and on the pages it directly supported, and the editorial standards do not change regardless of funding source. We would not accept funding that came with editorial conditions.
What this page does not contain
This page does not contain a donation form. The site is not currently soliciting donations.
This page does not contain a sponsorship pitch. The site does not seek sponsorship.
This page does not contain marketing language about why we are different from ad-funded resources. The funding choices speak for themselves.
Reporting concerns about disclosure
If you believe a commercial relationship exists that we have not disclosed, email transparency@parentalalienationcenter.com or use the Contact form. We take disclosure concerns seriously. Confirmed disclosure failures are corrected at the relevant page and logged at the Corrections Log.
A final note
Funding transparency is rarely the most exciting page on a website. It is one of the most important. A reader who can see exactly how a resource is funded, and can see what the editorial pages will never carry, has more reason to trust the work on the rest of the site. We publish this page in that spirit.
References
- Federal Trade Commission. The FTC’s Endorsement Guides: What People Are Asking. https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking
- Plausible Analytics. https://plausible.io/
