Groundwork helps you find the people, resources, and local systems connected to the issue in front of you.
How discovery works
Preview the flow before you browse or submit. No signup required.
Pick a need — legal aid, food, housing, registration — or a place.
Each card shows its source, trust label, and last-checked date.
Open the official source, or share a missing resource for review.
What a reviewed card looks like
Legal aid · Renters · Free
Free walk-in legal help for renters facing eviction, unsafe housing conditions, or deposit disputes. Multilingual intake on Tuesdays.
This is what a reviewed card looks like. Real entries link to the official source and show their trust state.
How review works
User submissions are not auto-published. “Verified” requires an official source.
Share a resource, source tip, or correction. No account required to start.
We verify the source, scope, and access details before it's treated as canonical.
Cards show their trust state — verified, reviewed, community-submitted, or needs review.
Ask Groundwork
Type what you need plus a location — Groundwork returns an action path with ranked, trust-labeled results.
Open the resource router →Opens the resource directory with trust labels and last-checked dates.
Your submission will be labeled community-submitted · needs review.
Tip a reviewer to an official source we should index.
We'll log demand and notify you when coverage opens.
Today's civic action
Avoid the most common day-of surprises.
Help build Groundwork
Groundwork runs on community-suggested official sources. Point us at a government, civic, or public-service source — every suggestion is reviewed before it goes live, and it makes your community's map better.
Quick start
Groundwork helps people understand local power, resources, and civic next steps.
Common questions
Groundwork helps people understand local power, resources, and civic next steps. It's a free, nonpartisan civic tool from Lumenfolk.
How Groundwork works →From Lumenfolk
Scout helps you navigate useful resources and information without starting from scratch.
Current tools
These tools are early previews and may change. Results may be incomplete or still being refined.
Council, school board, planning, transit — the bodies that shape your daily life.
Try Local Power Map →An early experience to help you think through what you care about locally.
Try Civic Values Profile →Side-by-side framing with source-backed evidence where available.
Try Compare Candidates →From Lumenfolk
Your Groundwork Civic Profile is a free civic-specific profile. The full CanonIQ is a deeper personal context profile across identity, work, leadership, communication, growth, and legacy.
Get Full CanonIQ →Community support
Supported by people who believe local power should be easier to understand.
Groundwork is and always will be free. Contributions are optional and do not unlock features, change rankings, or buy special treatment.
Help improve Groundwork
Spot a missing source, an unclear label, or an office we haven't covered? Tell us — we update Groundwork from real reader signal.
We use privacy-preserving analytics
Google Analytics and Amplitude help us see which civic tools work. IPs are anonymized and we never send your name, address, email, or quiz answers. You can opt out anytime. Privacy · Cookie settings.
