ItTakesTheVillage

About Us

People build better communities when they have the means.

ItTakesTheVillage gives residents the information and the means to understand their government and build better communities together, through nonpartisan, auditable civic tools and facilitated local action.

Non-extractive

These tools are built to hand you something, not to get something out of you.

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What we are building

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What we will not do

  • No party affiliation, no partisan funding, and no partisan data sources or infrastructure.
  • Candidate data, matching logic, and financial records are built to remain publicly auditable wherever possible.
  • Growth is grassroots and earned: field organizing and earned media, not paid political advertising.

These commitments are not marketing. They are the product.

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How this is paid for

So far, out of pocket. We are applying for grants to do more.

We are looking for a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor. It opens grant funding for the community work, and it runs both ways: their causes get the same tools and the same hands.

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How to help

If you are in a position to fund this work, let’s talk.