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Note that @fkinstituteFree Knowledge Institute acts as fiscal host for the DemocraticTech.Fund. The Dutch tax authorities are in the process of granting ‘ANBI’ status, that is Public Benefit Organisation in Dutch. This will entitle donors to get tax relief under certain conditions, that may vary by country and based on your personal circumstances. We’re aware that for non-Dutch residents some steps may be hard and we’re connecting with likeminded partners to make this easier. In due time we’ll publish practical documentation about this.

The FKI acts as custodian for the DemocraticTech.Fund. The operational details for using the donations are under development. To avoid any doubt, and maximise transparency: any donations received and expenses claimed will be published through the OpenCollective.

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Here’s an overview of our **roadmap**, having started ideating last summer, and now preparing the foundations for people and organisations to join as members, to transition towards digital autonomy, to identify the most important use cases that need support, to fund and support them collectively, to tell the stories and to federate our (existing) networks.

An illustration showing the timeline since mid 2025, the ideation and concept development phase, turning into prototyping around now, preparing for the founding assembly @ DWeb Camp in July and four green blocks that constitute the main lines of work of the DemocraticTech.Fund: on top: the transition community, then: the collective funding infrastructure and process, then: storytelling, collective action and finally: federating the Local Funding Circles with the existing local and international networks.
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