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Moral Trade
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UnderstandStart with the idea, source, and safest first route.
Choose your pathRoute by intent: learn, test an example, donate, or join/build.What is Moral Trade?A plain-language primer for new visitors.How it worksA simple walkthrough from example to review.SourcesPrimary references and product-boundary notes.FAQCommon questions and operating limits.
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ExploreInspect what is live enough to read, clone, or donate through.
ProjectsWhat is live, illustrative, or upcoming.Worked examplesSeeded structures, not live offers.All offersLive offers and worked examples.Pledge swapsExchange bounded commitments.Donation offsetsRedirect matched opposed donations.Donate through a routeUse a vetted external donation handoff.
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JoinMove from examples into one supported pilot action.
Create bounded tradeDraft terms with baseline, exit, evidence, and review gates.Create donation offsetSet baseline, match, destination, surplus, and evidence rules.Create wish profileDescribe broad wishes before mutual disclosure.Founding cohortInvite one serious counterparty and start small.Private matchingConsent-gated counterparty discovery.Create accountUse member workflows after the public primer.
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AboutWhat exists today, what does not, and what comes next.What you can rely onPrototype guarantees, review states, and non-guarantees.Pilot statusWhat is real, reviewed, or still prototype-stage.ValidationEvidence states, challenge windows, and review scopes.SafetyCoercion, fraud, and pressure boundaries.Anti-threat rulesBaseline integrity and externality checks.AccessibilityWCAG-oriented QA scope, limitations, and support route.MeasurementPrivacy-safe event taxonomy and performance baselines.TransparencyAggregate review, disclosure, report, appeal, and operator timing counts.Team and governanceOperator routes, reviewer roles, and public gaps.Pilot updatesPublic logs, governance updates, and case-study notes.ContactReach the pilot operators or report a support issue.
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Public Goods Fund

MPGF real-money terms.

Read the payment, refund, allocation, privacy, and payout/compliance notices before using real-money MPGF Checkout.

Every.org fast routeWebhook before countingReviewer verificationIntegrated checkout planned, not active
Return to contribution flow

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

Payment status

Stripe Checkout records payment provider state

Real-money MPGF contributions use partner-held routes or Stripe after production readiness, terms, refund, webhook, and compliance gates pass. Provider systems record payment; MPGF records contribution state from verified webhook or reviewed evidence events.

A contribution is recorded in MPGF only after a Stripe webhook confirms payment state. A Checkout success redirect is not by itself final payment confirmation.

Disclaimers

No tax, escrow, or outcome guarantee

  • This page does not provide tax, legal, financial, or investment advice.
  • Unless this page explicitly says otherwise using legally approved wording, MPGF contributions are not represented as tax-deductible donations.
  • Unless this page explicitly says otherwise using legally approved wording, MPGF is not representing that funds are held in legal escrow.
  • MPGF does not guarantee outcomes or effectiveness. Public summaries describe the mechanism's records and assessments, not guaranteed impact.

Manual evidence

External payments require review

Manual evidence mode remains the fallback when Every.org, Stripe, or a fiscal-host webhook cannot import a contribution. Submitting evidence starts review; it does not move money or count as a verified MPGF contribution until review approves it.

Open Collective, fiscal-host, bank-transfer, PayPal, or other external evidence is treated as participant-submitted evidence until an MPGF reviewer verifies destination, amount, timing, and policy fit.

Refunds

Refunds require review

Refund availability depends on Stripe payment state, cycle timing, chargeback/dispute status, and the published MPGF refund policy. Participants can request review from their contribution-state page.

Payout gates

Allocation is separate from disbursement

Real-money MPGF contributions are not represented as tax-deductible, escrowed, or guaranteed-effective unless legally approved copy explicitly says so. Allocation and disbursement remain separate MPGF records and payout/compliance gates.

Recipient accreditation, compliance review, payout-profile approval, and manual or automated payout evidence must pass before any external disbursement is treated as complete.

Compliance screening

AML/KYC and sanctions checks are production gates

Before real-money MPGF payout or sponsor-pool release, the custody, receipt, and payout partner must complete AML/KYC or KYB screening, sanctions screening, recipient accreditation, and any required charitable-solicitation review.

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

Moral Trade records aggregate readiness and provider event state only. Screening outcomes are not donor moral reputation signals and cannot alter the current round allocation formula.

Partner legal readiness

External approval is required before money movement

Production real-money mode remains blocked until partner-held custody, receipt wording, refund terms, Stripe webhook controls, Every.org or fiscal-sponsor routing, and jurisdiction-specific legal review are approved.

The default architecture is non-custodial: Every.org or fiscal-sponsor fast routes for donations, Stripe SetupIntent saved commitments for conditional participation, and PaymentIntents only after threshold, review, and challenge gates clear.

Monthly billing

Subscriptions are managed through Stripe Billing

Monthly MPGF contributions use Stripe Billing through Checkout subscription mode. Future charges can be managed through the Stripe Billing portal when a Stripe customer exists for the signed-in participant.

Privacy

Public summaries are filtered

Some MPGF records may appear in public summaries after privacy filtering. Private payment identifiers, verification evidence, private ballot identities, private appeal evidence, and private audit evidence are not public by default.

  • 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.