The OpenCivics community is composed of four primary organizing structures. They function synergistically, each providing unique affordances for the benefit of the Network as a whole. - **OpenCivics Network** → global solidarity and alignment with shared vision A container or membrane of expressed solidarity and commitment to establish a vital, resilient, and participatory civilization. This organizing structure provides the widest point of entry and lowest barrier to entry, a simple expression of alignment and a curiosity to learn and apply the core principles and practices of open civics. - **OpenCivics Consortium** → coordinating civic innovators, organizers, and patrons through shared coordination infrastructure A coordination engine of for the movement — a peer-to-peer assembly of practitioners actively experimenting with open civic systems, utilities, and culture. It provides frameworks, governance mechanisms, and shared utilities that allow distributed efforts to align strategically while retaining autonomy. Through shared protocols, quarterly assemblies, and cross-cluster collaboration, the Consortium cultivates interoperability across projects, distributes resources transparently, and evolves the standards and ethics of the field. It is both a working body and a governance commons, ensuring that the movement remains coherent, participatory, and adaptive as it grows. - **OpenCivics Labs** → experimentation + prototyping. A space for design experiments, participatory CoLabs, and the prototyping. Labs operate as applied research and development environments, translating theory into working prototypes and while creating reusable templates that communities can adapt and deploy. - **OpenCivics Fund** → resourcing + functional infrastructure. A stewarding body that provides resourcing, legal and financial infrastructure. The Fund aggregates capital from patrons, distributes grants through participatory governance, and maintains transparent stewardship of shared financial and legal frameworks. It supports open civic infrastructure as a public good — adequately resourced, ethically governed, and accessible to all.