Ron Rivers

I help forming communities set up the parts that are hard to see on a site visit: how you decide, how you hold money together, and how the work gets shared and recognized.

I'm the founder of SpiritDAO, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that builds free, member-owned tools for self-governing communities: governance and voting, a member-stewarded treasury, paid contributions, events, forums, and a shared knowledge base. We also offer fiscal sponsorship, so a founders' group can accept tax-deductible donations before it has its own legal entity.

I'm also co-founder of Tributary, the software studio that rebuilt ICmatch itself, and I map systems and write code for nonprofits, housing coalitions, and schools. Before that, I founded a civic-technology nonprofit and built and sold a technology company.

My book, Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis (Literary Titan Gold Book Award), argues that personal growth and the reform of the systems around us are one project. Community is where that gets tested.

I can help with governance design, decision-making and financial transparency, fiscal sponsorship, and custom software your group owns outright.

Sliding fee; first conversation is free.