Overview
Mission Driven Pools Alliance is a group of Cardano stake pool operators who each commit to sending a slice of their rewards to charitable organisations. When you delegate to a member pool, you stake ADA exactly the same way you always would, but a share of the operator's earnings goes on to causes like school lunches, environmental conservation, and community development projects.
The alliance keeps things honest with a public donation tracker on GitHub. Each pool keeps its own folder with donation records in a shared format, plus receipts to back them up. Other members and automated checks review every submission before it counts. So you can audit any pool's charitable track record yourself.1
Members support a wide spread of causes around the world, from children's welfare in Sierra Leone to environmental and education programs across several continents. The Cardano Foundation has highlighted member pools in its stake pool spotlight series, including the GROW pool's ongoing donations to a school lunch and food relief charity.2
Key Features
- Community-audited donations. Every donation is submitted with a receipt, reviewed by other members, and automatically checked before it goes live on the public record1.
- One simple format for every pool. Each pool's donations are kept in the same standard file format that records the amount, the cause, the date, and a link to proof, so comparing pools is easy.
- A wide alliance. The donations folder holds entries from more than sixty Cardano stake pools, supported by dozens of contributors and hundreds of updates over time.
- Clear rules in the open. A separate policies repository spells out membership standards and how the alliance is run.
- Wider Cardano recognition. Mission Driven Pools is named in third-party Cardano coverage as a notable example of using staking for charitable giving3.
What to Expect
For delegators, picking a Mission Driven Pools member is a community-driven act rather than buying into a product. The main place to engage with the alliance is the public donations folder on GitHub, where every donation lives in a pool-by-pool record with proof photos and structured files. The alliance's X account posts community updates and announcements.
For operators thinking about joining, the process is straightforward: fork the donations folder, create a new entry under your pool's ticker, add donation records using the standard template, and submit your changes for review. The README walks through every step with examples. Reviewers check that the receipts identify the right pool, that amounts match, and that the receiving organisations are real registered charities. Delegators looking for staking options aligned with a mission can browse each pool's folder to read its charitable track record before picking where to delegate.
