Pick a starting point.
Twenty-four places to start. Each one’s already set up the way its kind of group runs. Adjust anything when you create yours.
Community
- 01Community groups
Neighborhood mutual aid, friend pools, parent associations, volunteer groups.
- 02Mutual aid
Neighborhood groups, hubs, and peer-to-peer support running on solidarity and transparency.
- 03Savings circles
ROSCAs, tandas, chamas, susus, hui, kye, paluwagan: global rotating-savings traditions.
- 04Student organizations
Student government, Greek life, clubs, activity boards. Built for annual leadership turnover.
- 05Service clubs
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Elks, lodges. Classes of membership, the club’s own offices, and the charitable foundation beside it.
Business & Work
- 06Business partnerships
Co-founders, agencies, family businesses, side projects: partnerships built to last.
- 07Cooperatives
Worker co-ops, housing co-ops, consumer co-ops, multi-stakeholder member-owned enterprises.
- 08Employee ownership
Sell to employees or community, not private equity. ESOP, EOT, and worker-ownership transitions.
- 09Creator collectives
Revenue sharing, project-based splits, creative-team governance without a CEO.
- 10Investment clubs
Pooled capital, member contributions, allocation decisions with quorum.
Family, Estate & Property
- 11Trusts
Trustees managing distributions, beneficiary records, and discretionary calls: family, charitable, perpetual-purpose.
- 12Family offices
Multi-generational wealth, investment committees, governance across branches.
- 13Estates
Executors coordinating asset distribution and beneficiary settlements.
- 14HOAs
Single-family, condo, planned-community boards with dues, reserves, and contracts.
- 15Community land trusts
Land held in trust, governed by residents, succession planning baked in.
Nonprofit & Giving
- 16Giving circles
Giving circles, collaborative funds, donor-advised pools: group philanthropy with grant workflows.
- 17Endowments
Spending policy per UPMIFA, restricted funds recorded, perpetuity-grade audit trail.
- 18Fiscal sponsors
Sponsored projects sharing back-office, with audit trails per project. Model A projects held by the sponsor, Model C projects that own their own money.
- 19Nonprofits
501(c)(3) and membership nonprofits: mission protection, integrity proof.
- 20Religious organizations
Congregations, building funds, board approvals, multi-trustee custody.
Organized Networks
- 21Chapter networks
Local chapters federated under a national charter: dues, transfers, joint programs. Chapters held directly or joined as their own organizations.
- 22Alumni associations
University, Greek, and professional alumni chapters with class-year funds and scholarship endowments.
- 23Unions
Labor, trade, professional, and freelancer unions. Member dues, strike funds, rank-and-file transparency.
- 24Coalitions
Tiered governance: delegate votes, intra-network grants, formal protocols.
- 25Decentralized organizations
On-chain governance for decentralized organizations, with or without a legal wrapper (Wyoming DUNA, Cayman, Marshall Islands).
Don’t see your kind of group?
Pick the closest fit and adjust it in setup. Most groups land in a configuration close to one above, with the details tuned to fit.