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Why This Matters

Charities, non-profits, and community organisations need technology tools they can trust. Tools that do not harvest their data, lock them into expensive subscriptions, or disappear when a vendor is acquired. Jura Labs exists to build them.

ROOTED gives charities and SMEs a free carbon calculator that runs entirely on their own device. No cloud, no data collection, no cost. Enterprise platforms charge £2,500 to £15,000 per year for the same capability.

Jura Trace helps journalists, museums, human rights organisations, and community archives verify content authenticity and protect digital assets from unauthorised AI extraction. 21 forensic detectors, C2PA content credentials, invisible watermarking. All local, all free for non-commercial use.

These tools are free because organisations working for the public good should not have to choose between privacy and affordability. But building and maintaining them costs real money: development, infrastructure, testing, accessibility audits, security reviews, and the essential ongoing work of keeping software reliable and up to date.

Your support makes this possible.

What Funding Enables

Keep the Tools Free

It costs approximately £42,000 per year to sustain Jura Labs: infrastructure, licensing, and legal (£3,000), part-time director covering development, maintenance, and support (£35,000), accessibility and security audits (£2,000), and subsidised workshop delivery (£2,000). This is a lean operation. There is no office, no marketing budget, and no overhead beyond what is necessary to keep the tools reliable, secure, and free.

Ship Jura Trace to the Organisations That Need It

Jura Trace is in active development, with a pilot launching in June 2026. Funding accelerates development, covers code signing certificates for trusted distribution, and ensures free access for newsrooms, archives, legal teams, and human rights organisations working in environments where content integrity is not optional.

Deliver Workshops at Reduced Rates

From September 2026, Jura Labs will deliver hands-on workshops on carbon reporting, content verification, and AI readiness. Funding allows us to offer these at reduced or zero cost to small charities and community groups who could not otherwise afford independent technology guidance.

Maintain Independence

Jura Labs has no commercial partnerships, no referral fees, and no vendor relationships. This independence is deliberate and it has a cost. Every recommendation we make is based solely on what is right for the organisation we are advising. Your support keeps it that way.

Beyond the Products

ROOTED and Jura Trace are the starting point, not the destination. The ambition behind Jura Labs is broader: to give organisations and communities the tools to take back control of their own technology.

That means building practical responses to the challenges that affect civil society most directly:

  • Synthetic media and disinformation. Deepfakes, AI-generated content, and manipulated imagery are eroding trust in journalism, public discourse, and human rights documentation. Jura Trace is our first response. It will not be our last.
  • Data sovereignty. Too many organisations depend on platforms that store their data in jurisdictions they did not choose, under terms of service they cannot negotiate. We build tools that keep data where it belongs: with the people who created it.
  • Technology education. Understanding technology is a prerequisite for making good decisions about it. Our advisory services and workshops exist to close the knowledge gap, not to create dependency on consultants.
  • Ethical alternatives. For every extractive platform, there is usually an open-source, community-owned, or privacy-respecting alternative. We build some of them. We help organisations find the rest.

Every contribution to Jura Labs funds this work. Not shareholder returns. Not growth for growth's sake. Tools and knowledge for the organisations that need them most.

How to Contribute

For Organisations and Trusts

If your organisation would like to support Jura Labs through a grant, partnership, or financial contribution, we can provide a full proposal, impact report, or budget breakdown tailored to your requirements.

Contributions from organisations are processed through Open Collective, which provides invoiced payments that can go through standard procurement. No need to treat it as a donation.

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For Individual Supporters

If you use our tools, value our work, or want to support independent ethical technology, individual contributions of any size are welcome. Sponsorship through GitHub goes directly to Jura Labs with zero platform fees.

GitHub Sponsors: Coming soon. Register interest. Open Collective: Coming soon. Register interest.

For Grant Makers and Foundations

Jura Labs CIC (Company No. 17117467) is registered in England and Wales. We are happy to provide:

  • Community Interest Statement explaining our social mission and asset lock
  • Project proposals scoped to your funding priorities
  • Budget breakdowns for specific deliverables
  • Impact reports on tools distributed and organisations supported
  • Audited accounts (available from Year 1 filing)

We have experience working with public funders across the UK, EU, and Nordic countries. If your funding priorities include media literacy, climate action, digital inclusion, AI governance, or open-source technology, there is likely a strong fit.

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About Our Structure

Jura Labs is a Community Interest Company (CIC). This means an asset lock prevents private extraction, a dividend cap ensures surplus is reinvested, and we file an annual community interest report with the CIC Regulator. For funders, this provides confidence that contributions will be used for their intended purpose. Read more about our mission and structure.

Other Ways to Help

Not everyone can contribute financially, and that is completely fine.

  • Join a pilot. Test ROOTED or Jura Trace and give us honest feedback. Real-world testing from real organisations is the most valuable input we receive.
  • Spread the word. If you know a charity, school, or small business that would benefit from free carbon reporting or content verification, tell them about us.
  • Share your expertise. If you work in sustainability, journalism, human rights documentation, or charity governance, your sector knowledge helps us build better tools. Get in touch.
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