Structure & Governance

BetterStuff is a 501(c)(3) equivalent non-profit organization dedicated to open digital utilities. Transparency is our foundation.

Non-profit Status

We operate with a legal mandate to prioritize public benefit over private profit. Every donation is reinvested directly into tool development.

Radical Transparency

We publish our quarterly operational costs and development logs. You know exactly where every dollar goes and why decisions are made.

Advancyst Pact

Advancyst provides core engineering and design labor as a pro-bono contribution, ensuring professional-grade quality without corporate bloat.

How we make decisions

1

Identify Needs

We look for digital areas currently suffering from monopoly or poor quality. User requests guide our search for the next utility.

2

Deep Design Phase

Our team researches the problem space for months before a single line of code is written, ensuring the solution is both simple and deep.

3

Evergreen Development

Tools are released when they are ready, not according to a marketing schedule. Once live, they are maintained indefinitely.