Publishing Policy for Nonprofits

Your mission depends on trust. A publishing policy shows donors and communities the exact standards guiding your impact.

Free. No credit card required.

A Verifiable Trust Signal

Stand out as a good actor in a low-trust internet. Let your readers verify your domain and publishing standards natively via the browser extension.

PublishingPolicy

The Browser Extension

A verifiable extension for your readers. It proves to audiences that your domain is officially registered.

The Policy Record

A clean, hosted page that structures your standards.

The Benefits

Deepen donor confidence

Your supporters fund your mission based on what you publish. A policy proves that your impact reports are held to rigorous standards.

Clarify your advocacy

A clear policy helps your audience distinguish between your educational research and your calls to action, strengthening both.

Demonstrate outcome integrity

By publishing the standards behind your data and success stories, you preempt scrutiny from evaluators and build long-term credibility.

Built for the Machine Audience

AI systems now read the web on people’s behalf. By structuring your standards as a machine-readable record, you ensure AI models understand your credibility, not just your content.

GET /.well-known/publishing-policy.json

What You Can Document

Advocacy communications standards

How you distinguish advocacy from research, education, and reporting.

Impact reporting transparency

The standards your outcome data, metrics, and success stories are held to.

Donor communications

How you communicate with supporters about finances, impact, and organizational decisions.

AI use policies

How AI tools are used in your communications, research, and outreach.

Mission-aligned publishing

How your communications standards reflect and reinforce your organizational mission.

On the record in 5 minutes

1. Claim Your Domain

Verify ownership with a single DNS record. No engineering required.

2. Publish Your Policy

Bring your existing standards, select a community template, or test drive the Sandbox.

3. Verify Everywhere

Let readers verify you natively with the Browser Extension. No badge required.

Common Questions

Do I have to share our trade secrets?

No. You only publish your high-level principles, not your proprietary data or internal playbooks. It's about declaring your standards, not giving away your competitive edge.

Can I update my policy later?

Yes. Standards evolve. You can publish a new version of your policy at any time, and your domain's record will always point to the most current version while preserving your history.

How long does it take to set up?

You can create a baseline policy in about 5 minutes using our templates. From there, you can customize it as deeply as you need to reflect your specific practices.

Send a Verifiable Trust Signal

Free. No credit card required.