Radical Transparency
A collective built on trust must operate in the open. Here's our commitment to financial transparency and community accountability.
Our Commitment
Skylantix operates with the internal ethics of a collective, even while structured initially as a sole proprietorship (Schedule C). As we grow, we may evolve into a nonprofit or collective legal structure—but the core principles of transparency and accountability will never change.
📊 Annual Financials
We publish annual financial summaries (Schedule C/EIN) so the community knows exactly how Skylantix operates.
💰 Profit Sharing
After admin wages and costs, surplus profits split 50/50: reinvestment in an endowment to help prices stay low long term and open-source community support.
🗳️ Community Governance
Members vote on donations, features, and can apply for grants/zero-interest loans for community projects.
Profit Distribution Model
How It Works
After covering operational costs and livable wages for admins, all surplus profits are split 50/50:
- → 50% reinvested into an endowment to help prices stay low long term
- → 50% returned to the open-source community
Members decide how funds are allocated through voting on feature priorities, donation recipients, and community grants.
50% to Charity
Donated to privacy nonprofits, open-source developers, and digital rights organizations:
- • Linux Foundation
- • Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
- • Smaller open-source maintainers
- • Privacy advocacy groups
- • Community-selected organizations
50% Reinvested
Reinvested into an endowment to help prices stay low long term:
- • Hardware upgrades and expansion
- • Geographic redundancy expansion
- • New member services (Django hosting, etc.)
- • Geographic redundancy and new locations
- • Community-voted feature development
🎯 Community Grants & Loans
Members can apply for grants and zero-interest loans from the reinvestment fund for projects that benefit the community:
- • Open-source tools that integrate with Skylantix services
- • Educational content for privacy and self-hosting
- • Community-driven features and improvements
- • Projects that advance digital sovereignty
Application process and criteria will be developed with community input as we reach sustainability.
This ensures the project always grows outward—supporting both the ecosystem and the users who made it possible.
Annual Financial Reports
📅 Coming Soon
Once Skylantix reaches operational scale (targeting 2026), we will publish annual financial summaries here. These reports will include:
- • Total revenue from memberships
- • Infrastructure costs (hardware, bandwidth, power)
- • Operating expenses
- • Founder income
- • Charity donations breakdown
- • Reinvestment allocations
In the meantime, if you're a member and have questions about our financials, you can always ask directly via Mattermost. We believe in answering honestly, not hiding behind corporate opacity.
Member Governance
All Skylantix members are invited to participate in shaping the collective through Mattermost polls and discussions:
Charity Selection
Vote on which organizations receive donations from our profit-sharing pool.
Feature Priorities
Help decide which new services and features get developed first.
Infrastructure Decisions
Weigh in on hardware upgrades, new locations, and technical priorities.
Community Feedback
Direct input on policies, pricing adjustments, and collective evolution.
Infrastructure Sustainability
Hardware and compute are amortized over 3–5 years, ensuring stable costs while user data remains on owner-managed, privacy-respecting systems. We own our hardware outright—no hyperscaler lock-in, no surprise AWS bills.
Current infrastructure includes:
🔒 Storage & Backups
- • RAID Z3 for production data
- • Offsite backup following 3-2-1 rule
- • LUKS encrypted drives
⚡ Power & Connectivity
- • Redundant power systems
- • Redundant internet connections
- • Cloudflare caching (96-98% bandwidth reduction)
- • California: Orange County at launch → Geographically distinct nodes as we scale
Questions About Transparency?
We believe in operating in the open. If you have questions about our financials, governance, or anything else, just ask.
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