Project standards

We look for specific, engaging work that nonprofits are doing in a community: a new program, a local campaign, an urgent need, a service expansion, or a practical project donors can understand and support.

The strongest projects have a clear local connection, a real-world outcome, and enough public information for donors to quickly understand who is being helped and what support makes possible.

We start with the nonprofit’s own materials, then compare them with public sources such as local news, public filings, partner pages, government pages, and other credible references we can find.

That source trail helps us identify the useful basics: what the project is, where it operates, who it serves, what need it addresses, and what donors can help move forward.

We look across the public internet, news, filings, and source material from the nonprofit, then synthesize that information into a clear project page for donors.

AI helps us organize and enrich source data, but the goal is practical: make the information easier to check, easier to understand, and more useful to people deciding what local work to support.

If something looks wrong, outdated, or incomplete, we want to hear about it. We correct project pages when better source information is available.

Contact us with the project page and the source information we should look at.