Founding Membership — Wave 1

Apply for founding membership

The InnovateCredits Cooperative is recruiting founding patron members across all nine patron classes. Wave 1 anchors — carbon-supply, federal, and civic — are being signed now. Applications from all classes are accepted.

What Founding Membership Means

Charter rights + patronage dividends

Class-Weighted Board Seat

Each class elects a fixed number of board seats. Founding patrons hold seat rights from charter day, with input into the initial bylaw structure.

Patronage Dividends from Day 1

Patronage units begin accruing from your first qualifying activity. First annual dividend determination follows the trust board's inaugural annual review.

Data Trust Representation

Patron-class members have representation on the Data Trust board, with input into data-asset governance and valuation methodology.

1:1 Par Treasury Bridge

Founding patrons hold Coop-IC at par. When the federal Innovation Credit program activates, founding-patron Coop-IC converts 1:1 to Treasury IC at the original issuance par price.

Founding Patron Roster — Wave 1
Carbon-Supply: A founding carbon-supply patronSigned
Federal Government: TBDRecruitment in flight
Civic: TBDRecruitment in flight

Partner names disclosed at signing per public-launch confidentiality policy.

Founding Member Application

All fields are required unless marked optional. Applications are held under NDA until founding-patron introductions are initiated.

Wave 1 founding-patron applications. The cooperative charters once Wave 1 anchors are signed.