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But now, a year-and-a-half later, GDQ’s change of hands is finally coming to fruition.

Merkle is now the majority owner of GDQ, and will continue to serve as its director of operations.

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“We don’t even have the bank account information,” as Merkle explains.

GDQ is funded through contracts with its partner charities.

In turn, these charities pay a flat fee to keep GDQ’s lights on.

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“We’re certainly not too disappointed about $2.5 million every year,” Merkle jokes.

We can survive with that.

We’ll be happy with that.

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But I think there’s room to grow maybe over the next couple years."

It’s always fun to see people who you don’t see for six months or a year."

It’s not something I’m really surprised by or concerned about.

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