4 rules we do not relax
Philanthropy goes wrong in predictable ways — self-serving press, diluted pledges, opaque allocation. We wrote the rules up front, publicly, so we cannot quietly walk them back later.
Money follows origin, not press value
Revenue from Uzbekistan funds programs in Uzbekistan. We don't pool funds globally and route them to whichever country photographs well. The transaction-level origin of revenue is the allocation key.
01Local councils decide local spend
Each region has a five-person council — two Equator staff, three community representatives selected by existing civic organizations. The councils approve every grant over $10K. We don't decide for communities what they need.
02On-chain, line by line
Every deposit, every grant, every fee paid by the treasury is a signed blockchain transaction with metadata anyone can read. The opacity that ruins most charitable spending cannot exist here by construction.
03The percentage never drops
1% is the floor, not the ceiling. We can raise it — we've internally discussed moving to 2% in profitable years. It cannot be lowered without a supermajority of the council, including community members, agreeing. It will not happen.
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