Regen Foundation
About Regen Foundation
Regen Foundation helps communities do more than talk about regeneration, it builds the tools and public resources that make it easier to practice. Its work reaches land stewards, grassroots and Indigenous communities, and anyone trying to understand how regenerative economics and ecological governance can work in real life. If you care about who gets a say in stewardship, this is an organization putting that question at the center. It supports practical, public-facing projects that turn ecological regeneration into something communities can help shape and govern.
What sets Regen Foundation apart is how directly it hands governance back to communities, including land stewards and, in some projects, ecological systems themselves. Its work also leans into rights-of-nature ideas and blockchain-based institutional design, not as buzzwords, but as tools for building covenants and stewardship structures with more local control.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Endaoment program
Supports land stewards and other communities practicing diverse forms of regeneration to own and govern the Regen network by dispersing 30% of all token holding power to those who would otherwise not have a voice or representation in the space.
Public literacy program
Supports learning and knowledge exchange for the broader public on regenerative economics, ecological governance frameworks, and emerging technologies in service to planetary regeneration.
Ecological Institutions
A toolkit, compendium, and field guide for crafting animist organizations and reweaving life across social and ecological systems. It includes renewed creation mythologies, governance components, and narratives from collaborations with grassroots and Indigenous communities.
Recentering Legitimacy
A whitepaper and collaboration focused on centering local validation of information and partnering with steward communities in Ecuador, Kenya, Peru, New Zealand, and elsewhere.
Claims Run the World
An Attestation Engine that treats real-world events and outcomes as inputs for economics and policy decisions, supporting high-integrity assertions for ecological claims and contracts.
About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
Regen Foundation works to empower communities and co-create global systems that achieve and reward ecological regeneration. It develops tools and coordinates resources in service of communities stewarding ecological, economic, and human well-being.
Who they serve
Communities stewarding ecological, economic, and human well-being, including land stewards, grassroots and Indigenous communities, steward communities, and the broader public interested in regenerative economics and governance.
How your donation helps
- Developing ecological institutions and living covenants
- Supporting the operational core and team capacity
- Developing open-source software and institutional design frameworks
- Supporting collaborators, travel, and documentation
- Prototyping three new Ecological Institutions by mid-2026
- Applying the IDK in situ with partner communities
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Regen Foundation has shared.
Current needs
- Funding to prototype three new Ecological Institutions by mid-2026
- Support for the operational core and team capacity
- Support for open-source software and institutional design frameworks
- Support for collaborators, travel, and documentation
Recognition & press
In the media
- Stanford Social Innovation Review, "The Next Generation of Mutualism"
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
What is Ecological Institutions?
Ecological Institutions is a toolkit, compendium, and field guide for crafting animist organizations. It brings together renewed creation mythologies, governance components, and narratives shaped through collaborations with grassroots and Indigenous communities.
What does the endowment program support?
The endowment program supports land stewards and other communities practicing diverse forms of regeneration so they can own and govern the Regen network. It disperses 30% of all token holding power to people who would otherwise not have a voice or representation in the space.
What does the public literacy program cover?
The public literacy program supports learning and knowledge exchange on regenerative economics, ecological governance frameworks, and emerging technologies in service to planetary regeneration.
What is the Claims Run the World project?
Claims Run the World is an Attestation Engine that uses real-world events and outcomes as inputs for economics and policy decisions. It is designed to support high-integrity assertions for ecological claims and contracts.