Civic Infrastructure: Pay & Price
A non-profit digital initiative of Bahujan Queer Foundation. Accessible, sovereign, and sustainable infrastructure for grassroots collectives and NGOs.
Civic Infrastructure Sustainability Fund
Public operational targets sustaining Sangathan’s servers, database backups, and development for civic organizations.
Choose Your Access Model
Voluntary community contributions or institutional solidarity, every collective gets identical sovereign democratic tools.
Community Access
Voluntary one-time contribution of your choice. Built for grassroots collectives, civic campaigns, independent student cells, and mutual-aid groups.
Sustainer Access
Suggested ₹1,000/month (Pay what you can). 500 active cadres included, with scale capacity at ₹11/member/month.
Cadre Scale & Contribution Calculator
Model your collective’s capacity. 500 active cadres are included in the base ₹1,000/mo Sustainer plan. Additional capacity scales transparently at ₹11/cadre/month.
Custom Emblem & Identity Addon
Replace default platform attribution with your collective’s official emblem and identity across member badges, forms, and letterheads.
Comprehensive Access & Feature Comparison
Complete transparency on civic capabilities across all access tiers.
| Civic Capability | Community Access (Voluntary) | Sustainer Access (₹1,000/mo Base) |
|---|---|---|
| Active Member & Cadre Slots | 20 active slots included | 500 slots included (+₹11/cadre scale) |
| Voting Engine & Secret Ballots | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Coalition & Federation Tools (Joint Front) | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Meetings, Tasks & Subgroup Desks | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Public Petitions & Verified Badges | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Sangathan AI Intelligence Suite | - | Included (Minutes, Grants, Triage) |
| Multi-Chapter / Federation Management | - | ✓ Included |
| Advanced Analytics & Data Sovereign Export | - | ✓ Included |
| Assistance & Support | Community Peer Support | Priority Onboarding & Email Support |
Where Your Contribution Goes
As a Section 8 non-profit initiative, every rupee received directly funds real technical operations, reliability, and security for social organizing.
Secure Cloud & High-Availability Servers
Dedicated compute instances and edge nodes ensuring 99.9% uptime for campaigns and continuous voting ballots.
Encrypted Storage & Automated Backups
AES-256 encrypted file storage for resolution archives, legal evidence, member rosters, and point-in-time database snapshots.
Transactional Email & SMS Delivery
Guaranteed delivery for emergency SOS alerts, meeting invites, voting OTPs, and statutory notice circulars.
Privacy-First AI Compute Infrastructure
Dedicated inference clusters for Sangathan AI (meeting minutes extraction, grant proposal assistance, ticket triage) with zero third-party training retention.
Network Resilience & Offline PWA Sync
Multi-provider router fallback and offline-first PWA sync ensuring uninterrupted collective organizing during connectivity drops.
Open Maintenance & Security Audits
Continuous patching, penetration testing, compliance updates, and dedicated engineering for democratic collective tooling.
Zero Commercial Monetization
No ad networks, no data brokers. Member rosters, votes, and conversations remain completely confidential to your organization.
Resilient Mirrored Infrastructure
Multi-provider router fallback and offline-first PWA sync ensure uninterrupted organizing even during regional network drops.
1-Click Full Sovereign Export
Zero vendor lock-in. Download your collective’s entire voting records, audit logs, and member data in open formats anytime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear explanations regarding civic access, voluntary contributions, and non-profit governance.
What kind of organization is Sangathan?
Sangathan is not a commercial SaaS startup or company. It is a digital civic infrastructure initiative of Bahujan Queer Foundation, a Section 8 non-profit organization registered in India.
How does payment work for Community Access?
Community Access uses a voluntary contribution model (choices: ₹5, ₹10, ₹50, ₹100, ₹500, or custom). Grassroots collectives and student unions can contribute what they wish to access full democratic organizing tools.
What is Sustainer Access?
Sustainer Access is a suggested ₹1,000/month institutional solidarity contribution. It includes 500 active cadre slots and the full Sangathan AI suite while directly cross-subsidizing infrastructure for smaller grassroots movements.
How does cadre scale capacity (₹11/member) work?
500 active member slots are included in the base ₹1,000/mo Sustainer plan. Beyond 500, capacity expands at ₹11/member/month to cover high-volume database compute, daily encrypted backups, and transactional OTP/email delivery.
Where does our contribution go?
100% of contributions directly cover secure high-availability servers, encrypted backups, email/SMS delivery, privacy-preserving AI compute, and ongoing non-profit software maintenance.
Is our organizational data private and sovereign?
Strictly zero commercial monetization. We run no ads and sell no telemetry. Organization data is never used to train external models, and you maintain complete sovereignty with 1-click full data export.
Can unregistered grassroots movements and civic collectives join?
Yes, absolutely. Sangathan is built for informal collectives, mutual-aid groups, student cells, and grassroots campaigns without requiring statutory registration numbers.
How does Bahujan Queer Foundation (BQF) recognition work for collectives?
Bahujan Queer Foundation (Delhi Reg. Section 8 NGO • CIN: U88900DL2025NPL452474) provides official BQF Recognition for unregistered collectives via AI facial & ID verification. Under statutory legal indemnity terms, your collective can issue official government representations and municipal letters to MLAs, SDMs, Police Commissioners, and Municipal Bodies.