Mutual Service Infrastructure
Where contribution turns. Apprentices build. Communities strengthen. Credentials prove the work.
Two broken systems. One structural fix.
Nonprofits lose nearly half their volunteers every year — not from lack of caring, but from a system that treats their time as disposable. Good people burn out or drift away because their contributions are invisible, unmeasured, and disconnected from any pathway forward.
Early-career technologists face the opposite constraint: they cannot get hired without experience, but cannot get experience without being hired. A closed loop that traps talent at the exact moment it most needs opportunity.
46%
of nonprofit volunteers leave every year
1 in 3
early-career tech roles unfilled due to experience gap
If learning and working for community benefit were the same act — and every hour of that act were verifiable, portable, and owned by the person who did it — we could close both loops at once.
"— The Common Fabric founding thesis
The loop — how it works
Every part feeds the next. That is not an accident — it is the design.
CBOs bring real digital needs
Community organizations submit genuine projects — apps, dashboards, automations — that serve their missions. They receive professional-grade work at rates that respect nonprofit budgets.
Studios form around each project
Senior practitioners lead small studios. They define scope, manage delivery, and mentor the next generation while building real products for real clients.
Apprentices learn by shipping
Early-career builders work under expert guidance on live client work. Every verified hour of contribution earns a Prova credential — portable proof of real experience.
Credentials close the loop
Prova credentials are portable, soulbound, and machine-readable. They travel with apprentices to any employer, proving exactly what they built and how they contributed.
Four things no incumbent offers together
Each exists independently. None are combined. That is the structural gap Common Fabric fills.
Mutual ownership, not extractive platform
Apprentices, CBOs, and practitioners all hold stake in the network. No VC. No extraction. Surplus returns to the community that creates it.
Real client work, not simulated projects
Every hour of training produces an actual deliverable for an actual organisation. Learning and serving are the same act.
Portable credentials, not walled gardens
Prova credentials are soulbound and machine-readable — verifiable by any employer, owned forever by the person who earned them.
Community governance, not top-down control
The DAO holds exclusive decision-making domains the Foundation Board cannot override. Real voice, real power.
Three entities. One constitution.
Structurally bound by contract and constitution — each with exclusive domains, none able to override the others.
Common Fabric Alliance (501c3)
Nonprofit entity. Holds all IP under AGPL v3 in permanent charitable trust. Operates the Academy, issues credentials, sets community standards.
Common Fabric Services LLC
Commercial engine. Client delivery through Studios 1-7, AI Orchestration consulting, and Enterprise Products. Revenue flows to practitioners and the Alliance.
Common Fabric Community DAO
Shared governance. Exclusive decision-making domains the Foundation Board cannot override. Practitioners, apprentices, and CBOs all have voice.
Prova (PVA) — proof of service
1 PVA = 1 verified hour of community service — no more, no less
Non-transferable — soulbound to the person who did the work
24-month expiry — prevents accumulation without ongoing contribution
Built on Ethereum Attestation Service — not a cryptocurrency, no market value
