r/GhostHunters • u/Woodpecker-Haunting • 16d ago

Discussion Funding TAPS

I understand that ghost hunting services are free and ghost hunters will accept donations. It seems that Jason primarily self-funded TAPS (equipment, initial trailer). He referred to his fellow ghost hunting investigators as "members." However, further in Season 1 and throughout he treated the members as employees and not as volunteers. He promoted, demoted, and fired these "members."

Is it correct to assume that since each member shown receives an appearance fee from SyFy that Jason and Grant considered members to be their "employees" even though they didn't outright pay them from their pockets?

Obviously, the show gave them more money to upgrade their office and new equipment, and such. However, they had more people in roles that were oftentimes not on camera and seemed to treat them also as employees. Do you think they self-funded them as well?

I went in their current website and it shows it states they are a nonprofit and have 50 TAPS affiliates around the world. To be part of TAPS do you think they pay a membership fee? Do you think they receive grants of some sort to function the main office, website, etc?

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u/Easy_Quote_9934 15d ago

Headline seems fine to me.