Most of us are searching for something.
Connection. Purpose. A place where we matter.
A cycling club becomes friendships. A theater becomes somewhere to return. The members, audiences, volunteers and donors who show up keep those places going.
Citizenry connects people with local groups, activities and opportunities that reflect their interests. Those introductions can be a starting point for relationships built in person.
58% of young adults (18–25) reported lacking meaning or purpose in the previous month. Source: Harvard Making Caring Common, 2023 (surveyed Dec. 2022) (https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/reports/on-edge)
1 in 4 Americans reported eating every meal alone the previous day, in 2023. Source: World Happiness Report, 2025 (https://www.worldhappiness.report/ed/2025/sharing-meals-with-others-how-sharing-meals-supports-happiness-and-social-connections/)
The places that bring us together are thinning out.
Americans have been pulling back from the clubs, congregations and gatherings where community used to form.
Citizenry makes local clubs, cultural spaces and community gatherings easier to discover. People can explore events and opportunities to join in, not just volunteer.
47% of U.S. adults belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque in 2020, down from 70% in 1999. Source: Gallup, 2021 (https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-below-majority-first-time.aspx)
58% drop in attending club meetings over the last quarter of the 20th century. Source: Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone (2000) (http://bowlingalone.com/)
62% took part in at least one of 16 types of voluntary associations in 2004, down from 75% in 1974. Source: General Social Survey, 1974–2004 (https://gss.norc.org/)
Local news is disappearing from whole communities.
Somebody has to be in the room where local decisions get made. In a growing number of counties, nobody is.
Citizenry’s Newsroom brings local reporting into one place, with links to the original publishers.
170 newspapers closed or merged this past year—about three every week. Source: Medill State of Local News, 2026 (https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state-of-local-news/2026/report/)
238 counties now have no locally based source of professional local news—the largest one-year increase in five years of tracking. Source: Medill State of Local News, 2026 (https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state-of-local-news/2026/report/)
47M Americans live with limited or no access to local news. Source: Medill State of Local News, 2026 (https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state-of-local-news/2026/report/)
People want to show up. Many don’t know where to start.
Civic life is scattered across websites, calendars and word of mouth, so it’s hard to know where to begin. And those barriers fall hardest on people with the least time and money.
Citizenry brings organizations, events and opportunities together and matches people by their interests. Source links let people check the details and decide what fits.
54% of would-be volunteers named being unsure how to get involved as a barrier. Source: Kettering–Gallup, 2026 (https://kettering.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Kettering_Rpt2_031026_FINAL-Digital.pdf)
67% of people struggling financially face four or more barriers to getting involved, compared with 37% of those living comfortably. Source: Kettering–Gallup, 2026 (https://kettering.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Kettering_Rpt2_031026_FINAL-Digital.pdf)
Community organizations need people—and are stretched thin.
Citizenry helps people discover local organizations and their published opportunities to participate.
46.8% of nonprofit CEOs surveyed said recruiting sufficient volunteers was a big problem. Source: Do Good Institute, 2023 report (2022 research) (https://dogood.umd.edu/)
0.19% of analyzed foundation giving supported volunteer engagement. Source: Points of Light, 2025 (grants analyzed 2016–2025) (https://www.pointsoflight.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Points-of-Light-From-Nice-to-Necessary-Unleashing-the-Impact-of-Volunteering-Through-Transformative-Investment.pdf)
Democracy needs people who understand decisions—and take part.
Citizenry brings public meetings, civic bodies and source-linked local updates into view. MyBlock in New York and MyVista in Jackson Hole help people understand what is happening around them.
58% of adults failed a basic civics test in 2025. Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 2025 (https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/civics/74-of-americans-think-they-could-explain-how-america-works-58-fail-a-basic-civics-test)
56% of frequent community-event attendees believed ordinary citizens could create change, versus 26% of those who never attend. Source: Kettering–Gallup, 2026 (https://kettering.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Kettering_Rpt2_031026_FINAL-Digital.pdf)
We’re building a shared digital infrastructure for civic life.
Connecting people, organizations, and public institutions through a more accessible, personalized experience. Our ambition is to make civic involvement part of everyday life, strengthening the connections between people and the institutions that serve their communities.
Civic life, made personal.
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