The news you see is owned by a handful of billionaires. CivicSky is the ad-free, subscriber-supported social network built for civic action, and it's being built by people like you, $20 at a time.
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$55,000 launches CivicSky. That's 2,750 people giving $20.
Monthly backers move up through the badges as their support adds up. Cancel anytime.
Every backer gets a founding number. Your gift goes to Civic Works to build CivicSky.
Why backers, not billionaires
Every platform answers to someone. Most answer to advertisers who profit from outrage, or to a single owner who decides what you see. CivicSky will answer to the people who built it.
Big money comes with strings. Billionaires want influence. Advertisers want your outrage. Thousands of people giving $20 each want one thing: a place where facts, neighbors, and elected officials meet without anyone's thumb on the scale.
CivicSky is built so it can't be sold. It's designed to be held in a perpetual purpose trust. No buyout, no takeover, no new owner with an agenda. Your $20 builds something no one can take away.
Your badge. Seven badges, from your first gift to the people who made launch possible. Monthly backers move up as their support adds up.
Your founding number. Your first gift gives you a number that never changes. #00841 means you were the 841st person to back CivicSky. Nobody can buy #00841 in 2030. It says when you believed, not how much you had.
Your choice. Your badge shows on your CivicSky profile only if you turn it on, and you can turn it off anytime. Your founding number is yours either way.
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Backers who chose to be listed. Everyone else counts just the same.
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This is a gift, not an investment. Backing CivicSky doesn't buy shares, ownership, interest, or any return. Badges and founding numbers are recognition only.
Where your gift goes. Your gift funds Civic Works, a 501(c)(3), which owns everything it builds. As CivicSky grows, it will be run by a public benefit company bound to the same mission and held in a perpetual purpose trust, so it can never be sold, taken over, or turned against the people who built it. That company will license CivicSky from Civic Works and pay a share of its revenue back into Civic Works' mission.
Tax note. Gifts go to Civic Works, a 501(c)(3), and are tax-deductible as the law allows. Badges and founding numbers have no market value. You'll get a receipt by email.
Privacy. We never sell or share your information. Your name and badge appear publicly only if you choose. Monthly gifts can be canceled anytime from the link in your receipt.