Franchise Reality Check™ exists for one reason: to make sure no franchisee walks blindly into a financial disaster because a franchisor hid the ball.

Every investigation, every FDD breakdown, every reality report is created to level the playing field: not for franchisors, not for brokers, not for private equity, but for the people who risk everything to own a business: franchisees.

But telling the truth in franchising has a cost.

The Reality: Franchise Reality Check™ is under constant legal threat.

Every time we expose misleading disclosures, publish a Reality Report, or help a franchisee tell their story, we face:

• Cease and desist letters

• Retaliatory threats

• Frivolous or intimidation-based legal actions

• Lawfare designed to silence critical reporting

And unlike franchisors; who have corporate counsel, insurance coverage, and private equity money, FRC is one person with a laptop, a legal defense retainer to maintain, and a community that increasingly depends on this work.

Franchisees ask me to put my name, my reputation, and my safety on the line every day.

If you want this work to continue, I cannot carry this alone.

Why Your Donation Matters

Your contribution directly funds:

🔍 Independent FDD Investigations

Unbiased, thorough, franchise-by-franchise analysis that franchisors hope prospective buyers never read.

📚 Free Educational Resources

Beyond the Binder, Reality Reports, due diligence tools, and public awareness campaigns.

🛡️ Legal Defense Against Lawfare

Franchisors use litigation and threats to exhaust critics.
Your support ensures I can keep a lawyer on standby, respond to threats, and continue publishing without fear.

📣 Amplifying Franchisee Voices

Many franchisees want their story told but cannot risk retaliation.
Your support lets FRC continue shining a light on patterns, trends, and systemic issues affecting operators across the industry.

🚫 A Platform Free From Franchisor Influence

FRC refuses all franchisor, broker, and private equity money in exchange for promoting a franchise.
Your donation keeps the platform independent and unbought.

Why Donate

If you’ve ever said:
“I wish someone had warned me before I bought,”
or
“Franchisors shouldn’t get away with hiding the truth,”
or
“We need someone who will actually hold brands accountable,”

FRC is doing that work.

And the only reason it continues is because franchisees and advocates step up to support it.

If FRC has helped you, even indirectly…
If you believe in transparency, accountability, and protecting future owners…
If you want this platform to expand its reporting, reach more buyers, and stand up to franchisor pressure…

Your donation is not charity. It is a shield.
It protects the truth.
It protects franchisees.
It protects the next person who doesn’t yet know what they’re stepping into.

Make a Donation Below

With your help, FRC can continue:

• Publishing investigations franchisors don’t want public.

• Protecting franchisees who cannot speak without risking retaliation.

• Building tools that make due diligence accessible, not just for people who can afford an attorney.

• Fighting back against intimidation designed to silence transparency.

This is our moment to transform franchising.
To demand truth.
To protect each other.
To keep the light on.

If you believe in what FRC stands for, please consider donating today.

Together, we are the counterweight to franchisor power.
Together, I believe we can change the way people buy franchises.