Aura Fury
Your Home Away From Home on The Internet
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Aura Fury
EIN: 88-1035718
as of November 2025
as of November 14, 2025
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
It is no secret that in the gaming industry toxicity, anti-LGBTQ+, sexism, and racism exist. Through programs of education, connecting individuals, connecting organizations, and outreach we believe we can help bring this to an end creating a more inclusive and safe space. During the pandemic we recognized that another wide spread issue is loneliness. So many people do not have a good place to socialize and have fun. By providing a fun, safe and educational environment we were able to create a home away from home on the internet to help battle loneliness. We also recognize that people need opportunities to try things and resources to figure out what educational path or career to go after in the gaming industry. We hope to guide more folks through this wilderness and help them meet their goals. By doing so we are helping place individuals who understand that gaming should be a fun, inclusive, and safe space.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Aura Fury Pledge
An educational program and pledge for content creators to help build a more friendly gaming and content creator community. We aim to build an army of people willing to lead by example showing we can treat one another with respect on the internet
Safe and Inclusive Gaming Space
We provide a safe and inclusive space for individuals to game and socialize in online. This has been of particular importance during the pandemic to provide for individuals’ needs to socialize and have fun while staying home. Even after the pandemic, for many the internet is the only outlet for individuals to meet this need and we aim to continue to provide this at zero cost to the user
Game and Learn
We teach inclusiveness and sportsmanship to people from a variety of ages and backgrounds through gaming events. Through education we are building more inclusiveness in video games and attacking the toxicity, discrimination, and sexism that exists in the gaming industry as a whole
Educational Path and Career Exploration
We provide a variety of ways for individuals to try new skills and gain experience in the gaming industry. Individuals can try out being a castor, learn how to run production on gaming events, learn and take part in event planning, Esports teams, management, programming, marketing, or play in tournaments. We are teaching others about possible educational paths you can seek out in college or possible careers in the gaming industry.
Aura Fury Academy
We produce an educational podcast that teaches inclusiveness, sportsmanship, the gaming industry, the challenges the LGBTQ+ community faces, game development/modding, mental health, content creation, Esports, opportunities in education and more. We produce a series of educational documentary-quality videos called the Aura Fury Academy. These videos dive deeper into many of the subjects the podcast does and more. The videos are professional interviews of members of the gaming industry and community along with talking with individuals who have overcome or still are dealing with barriers in the gaming industry.
Content Creation Experience
We provide technical and general assistance to content creators at a variety of levels of skill whether they are seeking to stay casual or make it their career. We are building a list of resources that include educational videos and websites along with license-free resources for music and graphics to help content creators reach their goals
Community Connections
We are developing another community called Community Connections to help build and teach communities’ owners and admins to be more inclusive in their communities, overcome technical issues that we run into running servers and events, and overall run better communities. In Community Connections we share ideas on how to grow communities, troubleshoot and share fixes for game servers, share how to install game servers on Linux and Windows, improve admining, tackle how to deal with individuals that are banned, build more accepting communities, and share useful resources
Community College Gaming Connection
We are helping build gaming clubs and Esports teams at Community Colleges that teach sportsmanship, inclusiveness and about the gaming industry. The goal is to connect these Community Colleges with each other so that players who cannot find other players at their own club have people to game with it. It allows people to network and get to know others from other colleges. The goal is provide another avenue for players to pursue competitions without being top tier players as well. This program is currently only running in Texas, but we hope to expand eventually.
Where we work
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Global
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Texas (United States)
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United States
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Become the space people want to spend their free time, improve their gaming skills, make connections and friends while taking part in games and Esports
Maintain and improve our community to where everyone can feel comfortable in casual gaming and esports regardless of whether you are from the LGBTQ+ community, your gender, race, disability, or background
Teach good sportsmanship and push inclusiveness in our community, in Esport, and the gaming industry in general. We want to make this space a better place for everyone
Help those who seek a profession in Esports or the gaming industry grow in the Aura Fury community and reach the resources they need to achieve their professional goals
Create events that are fun, promote the goals of Aura Fury, and bring people together
Grow connections with other communities, associations, companies and educational organizations to promote a better Esports and gaming industry environment
Continue to run on a donation and sponsorship basis for running Aura Fury so that financial barriers are as low as possible for those who want to be a part of Aura Fury
Provide ways for gaming and Esports content creators to improve their content, get involved in the community, provide resources, promote their content and encourage them to promote good sportsmanship and inclusiveness in their content
Encourage involvement in things that surround gaming and Esports such as modding, game development, and art
Help women, minorities, LGBTQ+, and those with disabilities overcome barriers they confront in Esports, the gaming industry and gaming in general
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our organization is currently funded 100% on donations and runs completely with motivated volunteers. By placing volunteers in positions that are both fun, grow them as individuals, and allow them to excel at helping the organization we have been able to help a large and growing amount of people. We have people from a number of different backgrounds from technical to folks that are good with working with others. These individuals have really created a lot of success.
We are working on growing our financial and technical resources through promoting awareness about Aura Fury, making is easier to donate, being transparent as an organization (we post financials, meeting minutes and more on our website), and are willing to partner with other organizations to achieve goals.
We strive to be efficient with our financial and technical resources. We know the better we are with them, the more people we can server and the better the gaming industry will become. As our resources grow we are confident we can continue to do this and make a huge difference in the world.
We recognize the achievements of others whether it is the community we serve, volunteers, donators, partners, or our board. This is all one big team effort to make a better world and gaming industry. We hope you will be willing to join in too!
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have create a safe, inclusive and educational space for people to game in that currently serves 1500 people and is growing. Its an achievement we are proud of and continue to put a focus into.
We have created multiple videos, resources, and chances to gain experience in various fields of the gaming industry along with learning about inclusiveness and creating safe spaces.
We have created a growing number of connections between small communities, companies and now communities colleges to help grow the safe space and provide more opportunities feel people to meet others, learn about the gaming industry, learn about careers and more
We have and continue to attend conventions to spread the word and educate others on the gaming industry, inclusiveness and creating safe spaces
The number of people we have been able to serve has been doubling every 12-14 months
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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President
Jacob Rey
Chief Information Officer
Alex Thompson
Alex Thompson is the Chief Information Officer and Treasurer for Aura Fury, bringing in over a decade of IT experience to ensure compliance with modern security standards and best practice. During the chaos of the early days of the lockdown he came across the community and found a group of like-minded individuals. A community that supports, rather than criticizes, fostering collaboration across all-too-common societal divides. Resonating with its mission statement, he got involved supporting its server infrastructure and its eventual journey towards 501(c)(3) status. He is currently a Data Analyst at Resolution Re where he helps to foster an inclusive work environment akin to the one found in the community.
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Aura Fury
Board of directorsas of 3/24/2025
Board of directors data
Jacob Rey
Alex Thompson
Erika Rey
Jacob Rey
Jacob Rey Chief Information Officer
Justin Hill