Partners

Three tiers. All transparent. All attributed.

Whether you're an attorney offering one template review, a 501(c)(3) underwriting accountability mailings for a ZIP code, or a neighborhood deploying its own federated node — there's a defined relationship and a defined recognition.

Reviewer
No cost · ~30–60 min
  • Review one protocol, page, or template in your field
  • Your name + credentials appear at the top of the page you reviewed
  • Listed on the advisory page by cluster
  • No commitment beyond the one review
  • Citation-ready attribution if the project produces research output
Become a reviewer →
Sponsor
Variable · funds infrastructure for one or more ZIPs
  • Underwrite Lob API mailings, custom resource imports, or translation work for a defined ZIP
  • Your organization is the legal sender of any mail (we are word-processing software, not a political actor)
  • Logo and one-line description on the partner ribbon of pages serving your ZIP
  • Quarterly aggregate report on usage and outcomes for your sponsored area
  • Optional: branded landing card for residents in your sponsored ZIP
Sponsor a ZIP →
Federated node
$7/year (your domain) · self-hosted
  • Deploy your own Cloudflare Worker + D1 + Netlify stack from the public spec
  • You own all raw data — only anonymized weekly aggregates flow upstream
  • Listed in the public node directory; cross-node coordination enabled
  • Inherit civic.json templates from state/county defaults; override locally
  • License-bound to federate — see LICENSE for terms
Spin up a node →
Recognition policy. Every reviewer's name appears on the page they reviewed. Every sponsor's logo appears on pages serving their ZIP, with a one-line description and a link they choose. Every federated node appears in the public directory unless they opt out. We do not sell, rent, or share contact information under any circumstances. Federation does not mean surveillance — sponsors and nodes see only the same anonymized aggregates the canonical server sees.

Current sponsors

As 501(c)(3)s and foundations come on board, they'll appear here.

Your organization could be the first
Open sponsorship slot
Open sponsorship slot

Federated nodes

Public directory of active nodes.

comm-unity-os.org canonical node

Common questions

Why don't you accept state or government funding?

Asking the government to fund infrastructure designed to hold it accountable compromises the infrastructure. We will accept partnership in the form of API whitelisting, data access, or formal endorsement — but not operating capital.

Who is the legal sender of accountability mail?

By default, the resident is. We generate a printable PDF; they print, sign, and mail it ($0.63 stamp). If a sponsor opts in to underwrite Lob API mailings, the sponsor's organization is the legal sender — using their own Lob API key, which they own and can revoke at any time. The platform is the word processor, not the political actor.

What data does the canonical server receive?

Anonymized weekly aggregates only: trigger counts by category, pledge counts (deduplicated by zero-knowledge nullifier), verification success rates, resolution outcomes when known. No names. No photos. No identifiers.

What happens to the code if the operator disappears?

The protocol specification is CC0 public domain — anyone can build a compatible implementation. The software is federation-required; if the current operator ceases maintenance, the federation continues and any node can continue operating its local instance.