TRANSPARENCY

Transparency report.

How we use AI, where we source data, and what we do to earn your trust. Every process documented. Every claim verifiable.

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  • 5

    Commitments we publish

  • 100%

    Coverage of AI operations

  • 0

    Fabrications caught

  • 10

    Dimensions per match

Overview

Where we are this quarter.

The Transparency Report publishes one quarterly. This section summarises the headline operating numbers; the next three tabs drill into Financials, AI Usage, and Verification Stats.

  • Publishes Q2 2026

    Organizations with claimed profiles

    Running count, not cumulative.

  • Publishes Q2 2026

    Donors on the platform

    All personas combined.

  • Publishes Q2 2026

    Grant recommendation packages prepared

    Catylst prepares; your DAF custodian executes.

  • Quarterly

    Reporting cadence

    Next report: Q2 2026 — July 15, 2026.

Last published: April 15, 2026. Next report: Q2 2026 — July 15, 2026.

Financials

High-level operating disclosures.

Phase A operating disclosures at the band level. Specific figures publish in each quarterly report; audited financials begin Year 2.

  • Revenue

    Pre-revenue (Phase A launch)

    Paid tiers activate post-launch; see /pricing for the tier rack.

  • Headcount

    4–6 team members

    Founder + engineering + product + design + advisor network.

  • Funding status

    Bootstrapped / pre-seed

    No institutional lead investor as of the report date.

  • Runway posture

    Conservative

    Catylst does not custody donor funds and does not monetize faith data.

Commitment: Catylst publishes annual audited financials starting Year 2. Year-1 disclosures stay at the band level in these quarterly reports.

As of April 15, 2026.

AI Usage

What Catylst sends to which model — and what it keeps.

Representative operations, not exhaustive. The full list of AI calls publishes in each quarterly report with request-volume counts and retention details.

  • Match explanation generation

    Produces the cited, ten-dimension explanation for a donor-organization pair.

    Data sent:Donor profile fields + organization profile fields that the donor has consented to match on.

    Retention:Zero retention at the model provider (ephemeral request).

  • Deal-room diligence summary

    Summarises uploaded diligence documents inside a deal room for user review.

    Data sent:Documents the user uploaded to the deal room; metadata only where possible.

    Retention:Zero retention at the model provider; caching limited to the user's session.

  • Organization categorization

    Classifies a claimed organization against cause, geography, and program taxonomies.

    Data sent:Public-facing profile fields the organization has published.

    Retention:Zero retention at the model provider.

  • Question answering on organization profiles

    Answers donor questions by citing published organization profile content.

    Data sent:The donor's question plus the cited org-profile excerpts the answer draws on.

    Retention:Zero retention at the model provider.

  • Trust-badge eligibility review

    Advises badge reviewers whether an organization has met documented criteria.

    Data sent:Structured verification artifacts submitted by the organization.

    Retention:Zero retention at the model provider; review outcomes logged in Catylst audit trail.

  • Profile embeddings

    Produces vector embeddings that power the semantic discovery feed.

    Data sent:Public profile text fields only.

    Retention:Vectors persist in Catylst's vector store; provider-side retention is zero.

  • Cross-model validation

    Runs a second-model sanity check on high-stakes recommendations before emission.

    Data sent:The primary-model output plus the cited profile fields it referenced.

    Retention:Zero retention at the model provider.

  • Faith-content sensitivity review

    Flags pastoral sensitivity concerns for human advisor review prior to publication.

    Data sent:Draft content plus relevant pastoral-tradition metadata.

    Retention:Zero retention at the model provider; flagged items logged for advisor review.

  • Claude 4.6 (Anthropic)

    Primary generation model for explanations, summaries, and Q&A.

  • GPT-5.2-pro (OpenAI)

    Cross-check model for high-stakes recommendations.

  • Voyage-3 (Voyage AI)

    Embedding model for the semantic discovery index.

Monthly AI spend

Under $2,500 / month (Phase A)

Disclosed at the band level during Phase A; precise spend figures publish in each quarterly report.

As of April 15, 2026.

Verification Stats

How organizations have earned trust badges.

The seven-badge trust architecture (identity, nonprofit status, diligence, enhanced reporting, financial docs, network endorsement, advisor vetting). Per-badge verification rates publish in each quarterly report.

  • Identity Verified
  • Nonprofit Status
  • Diligence Ready
  • Enhanced Reporting
  • Financial Docs Reviewed
  • Network Endorsed
  • Advisor Vetted
  • Identity Verified

    Publishes Q2 2026

    % of organizations with identity verification completed.

  • Nonprofit Status

    Publishes Q2 2026

    % with active IRS 501(c)(3) status cross-referenced to public records.

  • Financial Docs Reviewed

    Publishes Q2 2026

    % with audited financials reviewed and matched to the public 990.

  • Diligence Ready

    Publishes Q2 2026

    % with the full diligence artifact set on file.

  • Enhanced Reporting

    Publishes Q2 2026

    % publishing outcome metrics on a committed public cadence.

  • Network Endorsed

    Publishes Q2 2026

    % endorsed by a denominational or funding network.

  • Advisor Vetted

    Publishes Q2 2026

    % recommended by an independent advisor on the platform.

Breakdown by organization type: The first quarterly report also splits verification rates by organization type (faith-led nonprofit, secular nonprofit, church, school, foundation grantee). No paid placement and no badge is ever sold — every badge is earned.

As of April 15, 2026.

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