Who pays for the Index, and what that buys.
The Index is funded as accountability infrastructure is funded: in shares, by the bodies it serves and by funders who care that it exists. What any of them buys is the work and its timing. None of them buys a figure.
No editorial input
No funder, partner, or licensee has editorial input into any state file or any cross-state table. Each sees a file when everyone else does, or under notice on the same terms as the bodies named in it. Each may propose corrections only through the correction route and on the same terms as anyone else. Acknowledgment of a State Partner is a named line on the state page and nothing more. Every jurisdiction is documented whether or not a body in it is a client, a partner, a funder, or a critic of the publisher, and every file carries a disclosure block.
The even share
The cost is divided
The annual cost of keeping a state's record current, the re-audit, the rollup, hosting and storage, corrections handling, and the advisory group, is divided across the jurisdictions it serves.
A partner pays its share
A participating body pays its share each year as a State Partner and receives its update, a briefing, comparison access, and a named acknowledgment. Nothing else.
The rest is sought, not sold
The unfunded share is sought from national funders until participation closes it. The cost of the work is recorded in the program's run ledger, session by session, and the fee schedule is built from that ledger rather than from what any body might pay.
Partners, funders, licensees, commissioned builds
Updated at each cycle and whenever a relationship begins or ends. Amounts are shown in bands. Advisory group honoraria and the interim reviewer's fee are shown here.
As of October 9, 2026
Showing 1 to 1 of 1 relationship, ordered by Category, ascending.
Sort order is not a ranking. The default order is by identifier or name.
| Name, select to sort | Category, sorted ascending; select to sort descending | Licensees | Amount band | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novara Consulting Group LLC | publisher | the whole cost of the Index to date | 2026-08 |
Novara Consulting Group LLC
- Category
- publisher
- Amount band
- the whole cost of the Index to date
- Since
- 2026-08
As of October 9, 2026
Amounts are shown in bands. Advisory group honoraria and the interim reviewer's fee are listed here.
Rule 5. Funders, partners, and licensees receive no editorial input. They see a file when everyone else does, or under notice at STD-005 on the same terms as the bodies named. They may propose corrections through the correction route and through no other channel. Acknowledgement of a State Partner is a named line on the state page and nothing more.
No funder, partner, or licensee has editorial input, and each may propose corrections only through the routes the Index publishes, on the same terms as anyone else.