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Governance and round rules

Publish the public rules before money moves.

Public governance for the Moral Public Goods Fund: who is responsible, how reviewers are split, which parameters are locked, and what this round does not decide.

Every.org fast routeWebhook before countingReviewer verificationIntegrated checkout planned, not active
View public roundRefund and payment termsGovernance API

How participation works

1. Choose route
Use the Every.org fast route, saved commitment path, or fallback evidence flow.
2. Wait for import
Redirects remain pending until provider webhooks or reviewed evidence arrive.
3. Review before counting
The fund only counts reviewed evidence in contribution state.
Integrated checkout
Planned after provider approval
Technical spec
Operator roles3
Reviewer panel roles4
Sponsor pool$1,500
Per-donor cap$100

Named operator roster

Public responsibility holders

operator steward

Moral Trade MPGF operating steward

  • publish round rules before donations open
  • maintain public incident and dispute status
  • ensure parameter changes happen only between rounds

security steward

Moral Trade MPGF security steward

  • verify admin and reviewer MFA gates
  • coordinate webhook replay and secret-rotation checks
  • keep private evidence and receipt links out of public analytics

payout steward

Moral Trade MPGF payout steward

  • confirm fiscal-sponsor or partner execution requirements
  • enforce dual control before partner release
  • publish release logs without private payout documents

Reviewer panel structure

Split reviewer roles and counts

panel structure published named person roster pending opt in

Structure published
yes
Minimum reviewers
7
RoleCountResponsibilities
eligibility reviewer2campaign eligibility, anti-threat baseline, destination review
evidence reviewer2manual external-payment evidence, structured public reason code, private evidence redaction
payout release reviewer2milestone evidence, review-state confirmation, distinct second approval before partner release
appeals reviewer1appeal intake, challenge-window resolution, unreleased milestone pause review

Locked round parameters

Round rules, caps, thresholds, and refund path

Formula version
cg_vqaf_capital_constrained_qf_v1
Round window
May 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026
Base match ratio
1:1
QF cap multiple
1.5x direct eligible total
Parameters locked
before donations open
Refund policy
published terms

cap values, thresholds, and verification weights may be retuned only between rounds, never mid-round.

sponsors may earmark a round but cannot micromanage campaign allocations after the round opens.

Unmatched sponsor funds: roll forward to next round or default pool by published rule.

Next-round threshold calibration

Learn from uptake without retuning this round

Calibration uses aggregate direct support, verified-supporter counts, common-ground signals, and sponsor-budget pressure. It cannot mutate current round thresholds.

Applies to
next round only after public postmortem
Current round mutation
blocked
Suggested changes
4
Hold for review
0
CampaignNext amountNext donors
Global health and basic needs assurance campaign$3054
Existential-risk resilience assurance campaign$4503
Animal welfare transition assurance campaign$2504
Public-interest knowledge assurance campaign$1202
Open threshold-calibration JSON

Public postmortem

Parameter resets happen only between rounds

The postmortem template publishes funding outcomes, dispute summary, experiment backlog, and next-round parameter reset evidence without private donor rows.

Template
published
Current round mutation
blocked
Suggested resets
4
Experiments
4
ArtifactStatusPath
allocation reportpublished/api/mpgf/rounds/mpgf-assurance-round-demo-2026-05/allocations
sponsor pool source breakdownpublished/api/mpgf/sponsor-pools/mpgf-common-ground-sponsor-pool-2026-05
dispute summarypublished/api/mpgf/rounds/mpgf-assurance-round-demo-2026-05/postmortem
funding kpispublished/api/mpgf/public-goods/kpis?dryRun=1
threshold calibrationpublished/api/mpgf/rounds/mpgf-assurance-round-demo-2026-05/threshold-calibration
partner legal readinesspending external review/mpgf/real-money-terms
Open public postmortem JSON

Campaign thresholds

Published thresholds before contributions

CampaignAmountDonors
Global health and basic needs assurance campaign$2503
Existential-risk resilience assurance campaign$5003
Animal welfare transition assurance campaign$2003
Public-interest knowledge assurance campaign$1802

Sponsor-pool flywheel

Trade surplus refills matching capital

Policy
trade surplus funded verified plural assurance
Available for round
$1,500
Unfunded sponsor pool
$0
Calculation hash
sha256:ae1eab5adfa...

Direct sponsor deposits, recurring member tithes, donation-offset surplus, and successful-trade surplus can refill the sponsor pool before the round allocation formula runs.

Open sponsor-pool flywheel JSON

Source breakdown

Aggregate refill sources only

SourceAvailableEntries
direct sponsor deposit$1,0001
recurring member tithe$251
donation offset surplus$2501
trade surplus tithe$2251

Funds-flow separation

Keep platform, receipts, custody, and payouts distinct

Phase-one custody
fiscal sponsor or partner held sponsor pool not platform custody
Legal recipient role
Moral Trade does not become the legal donation recipient unless jurisdiction-specific legal review approves that role.
  • Stripe Checkout records provider state; MPGF records contribution state only from verified webhook events.
  • Allocation, donation receipt issuance, custody, and payout execution stay separate records.
  • No public copy claims tax treatment, escrow, or guaranteed effectiveness without approved partner wording.

Partner-held roles

Who does what before money moves

RoleHolderResponsibilities
platform activityMoral Trade applicationcampaign review workflow, verified quadratic allocation calculation, public aggregate ledger and audit trail
donation receipt issuerapproved fiscal sponsor or payment partnerissue any legally approved donation or payment receipt, avoid tax-deductibility claims unless the issuer has approved them
sponsor pool custodianfiscal sponsor, partner fund, or regulated payment providerhold sponsor-pool funds outside Moral Trade application custody, preserve refund and rollover accounting by round
payout executorfiscal sponsor, partner fund, or approved payout operatorexecute milestone releases only after dual-control review, return partner reference ids without exposing private payout documents

Legal and compliance readiness

Production money movement remains blocked

Status
framework published external review required
Money movement
blocked
External counsel
required
Custody
partner-held required

AML/KYC, sanctions, charitable-solicitation, receipt, custody, and money-transmission checks are production gates, not allocation inputs or donor moral reputation signals.

Open real-money terms

Compliance gates

Partner and counsel checks before release

GateOwnerStatus
aml kyc screeningpayment partner, fiscal sponsor, or approved payout operatorrequired before real money
sanctions screeningpayment partner, fiscal sponsor, or approved payout operatorrequired before real money
charitable solicitation and receiptslegal counsel plus receipt-issuing partnerrequired before real money
money transmission and custody reviewlegal counsel plus payment partnerrequired before real money

Conflict, recusal, and appeal paths

Reviewer conflicts block assignment

Reviewers cannot approve records where they are a campaign party, beneficiary, sponsor, or active recusal subject.

  • campaign party conflict
  • beneficiary conflict
  • sponsor conflict
  • private relationship recusal

mpgf_public_goods_reviewer_recusals trigger blocks matching review cases.

Appeal intake endpoint: /api/mpgf/appeals.

Public incident and dispute lane

Disputes pause unreleased milestones

Statuses
clear, frozen, resolved
Unreleased milestones
paused on dispute
Public summary policy
publish aggregate dispute state and reason codes without private evidence URLs

The private reviewer queue remains gated, but public campaign pages and this governance page publish aggregate dispute state and appeal status without raw evidence URLs.

What this round does not decide

No global moral ranking

  • No global moral ranking is created.
  • No donor receives moral reputation weight for allocation influence.
  • No token, karma, or transferable governance claim is issued.
  • No campaign receives a promise of effectiveness, tax treatment, escrow, or final payout before partner release gates pass.

Prohibited governance mechanisms

No token or reputation-weighted control

  • token voting
  • karma weighted treasury allocation
  • public reputation weighted donor power
  • mid round parameter retuning

Deployment checklist

Published status before production money movement

GateStatusEvidence
named governance rolespublished/mpgf/governance
round rules caps thresholds refund policypublished/mpgf/governance
fiscal sponsor or partner custodianpending external review/mpgf/governance
legal reviewpending external review/mpgf/real-money-terms
aml kyc sanctions frameworkpublished framework pending external review/mpgf/real-money-terms
admin reviewer mfablocked until gate passes/mpgf/admin
webhook signature replay checkconfigured gate required/api/mpgf/health
shadow round fake moneyrunning demo round/mpgf/rounds/mpgf-assurance-round-demo-2026-05
public audit backfillplanned before real money/api/mpgf/audit/ledger
public postmortem templatepublished/api/mpgf/rounds/mpgf-assurance-round-demo-2026-05/postmortem

Moral Trade

A pilot institution for cooperation under disagreement.

Moral Trade helps serious participants test small, reviewable commitments across moral disagreement. It does not provide legal, tax, escrow, or custody services.

Marketplace

  • Projects
  • Choose your path
  • Browse offers
  • Worked examples
  • Pledge swaps
  • Donation offsets
  • Donate through a route
  • Public Goods Fund
  • Private matching

Learn

  • About
  • What is moral trade?
  • How it works
  • Methodology
  • Measurement
  • Transparency report
  • Safety policy
  • Anti-threat rules
  • Validation
  • Accessibility
  • Moral Trade technical spec
  • Evidence standards
  • FAQ
  • Deferred paid offers
  • Sources

Community

  • Team and governance
  • People
  • Wish registry
  • Founding cohort
  • Pilot updates
  • Create account
  • Sign in

About

  • Contact
  • Pilot status
  • What you can rely on
  • Transparency report
  • Research and governance
  • Reasoning Center
  • Allocation notes
  • Candidate pools

Legal

  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Accessibility
  • Safety policy
  • Evidence review

Reference points include Toby Ord's paper on moral trade and Forethought's discussion of convergence, compromise, threats, blockers, and moral public goods.