/ OpenCivics Foundation
Foundational support
For a distributed movement
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Important notice — The OpenCivics Foundation is currently seeking to become a fiscally sponsored. We will soon be releasing our plan to become a 501(3)c non-profit organization.As such, the information below represents intentions to be enacted in 2025.
About
A non-profit effort focused on enhancing civic participation by supporting the growth of the OpenCivics Network and the field of open civic innovation in the public interest.
Aims
Strengthen public interest initiatives by raising and distributing philanthropic funds to the OpenCivics Consortium and other similar networks
Provide backbone legal and financial support to the Consortium’s decentralized activities
Enhance the efficacy and impact of civic engagement projects and organizations
Funding grants for public goods projects and initiatives
Explore the Foundation
A non-profit supporting the development of the network and the open civic innovation movement. Learn More →
/ Explore the ecosystem
The network supports alignment, coordination, resourcing, collaboration and learning between civic innovators, organizers, patrons, and the public.
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Align : Maps
Mapping is a practice of structuring representations of systems, relationships, and processes to foster alignment and empower collective action.
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Coordinate : Alliances
Alliances are aligned peers/projects, coordinating their efforts for increased impact and efficacy in their complementary independent pursuits.
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Collaborate : Initiatives
Initiatives are collaborative working groups of aligned peers/projects, producing mutually beneficial outputs that require synergistic coordination.
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Resource : Grants
Grants are resourcing for civic innovation projects, connecting civic patrons with innovators through democratic and trust-based philanthropy.
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Convene : Gatherings
Gatherings are online and in-person convenings that bring civic innovators, organizers and patrons into closer relationship around shared purpose.
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Learn : Courses
Courses are learning experiences that empower civic organizers and innovators with knowledge, frameworks, and peer learning that supports collective action.
Questions about the Foundation?
Visit our wiki to learn more about the foundation or contact foundation directors using our contact form.
Support the openCivics Foundation
The Foundation is publicly funded and relies on public donations to operate.