Human Asset Nonprofit (HAN) is the 501(c)(3) arm of the HAC-ES dual-entity structure. HAN holds and deploys the Human Asset Fund, finances new cooperative creation, and stewards the open-source Human Asset Intelligence System — so that charitable capital in Lane County compounds for the community, permanently.
Every institution that ever drifted from its mission did so through small, individually defensible decisions. HAN is built so that drift is structurally impossible: its assets — the Human Asset Fund, the HAIS, the Cooperative Development Pool — are held in a 501(c)(3) whose resources can never inure to private benefit, whose Fund principal is permanently indivisible, and whose dissolution assets must pass to aligned charitable organizations. It is an extraction barrier stronger than any bylaw.
HAN does the charitable work. Its affiliated worker cooperative — the Human Asset Cooperative of Eugene-Springfield — does the earned-revenue and advocacy work that a 501(c)(3) cannot. Together they form one organization with two legal homes, sharing a single membership experience and a single democratic architecture.
The charitable core: basic-needs support, member development, and community resilience — deployed toward the greatest human need, with the Fund's principal permanently indivisible. Distributions come from earnings only; no generation may cash out what the last one built.
Modeled on Emilia-Romagna's development funds: member contributions compound into a permanent engine that incubates new cooperatives and matches worker capital 1:1 in Marcora-style buyouts of closing Lane County businesses.
HAN owns the Human Asset Intelligence System and publishes it under AGPL-3.0 — administration-scale AI as public infrastructure. The Cooperative operates it for services under a no-cost license; every community can replicate it.
Charitable retraining pathways and a basic-needs floor that continues through any employment transition — the safety layer under the Cooperative's Member Security Program.
As a nonprofit, HAN accesses federal clean-energy direct-pay credits unavailable to for-profit intermediaries, channeling them into the Green Jobs Pipeline that the Cooperative's enterprises carry out.
HAN accepts and administers grants, donations, and charitable-purpose notes for the Asset Leverage Program and the Fund — giving foundations and donors a clean, compliant vehicle for supporting the model.
| Function | Entity | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Human Asset Fund deployment | HAN | Charitable purpose; indivisible-principal rule carries over intact |
| HAIS ownership & open-source publication | HAN | Public-good technology; Cooperative operates it under a no-cost license |
| Worker Buyout & Conversion Program | Both | HAN grants/matches capital; the Cooperative structures the deal |
| Green Jobs Pipeline | Both | HAN accesses §6417 direct pay; the Cooperative incubates the enterprises |
| Policy advocacy | Cooperative | Assigned entirely to the Cooperative — removes 501(c)(3) lobbying limits |
| Human Asset Dividend | Cooperative | Universality preserved as a binding design constraint (counsel item C1) |
Entity assignment per The Dual-Entity Structure and Articles & Bylaws v5 (July 2026). Staff are employed by the Cooperative; HAN receives services at fair market value under the Inter-entity Services Agreement.
A gift to HAN doesn't get spent — it gets planted. Fund principal is permanently indivisible: your contribution joins an asset base that deploys earnings toward basic needs, finances new worker-owned businesses, and keeps administration-scale AI in public hands. Foundations, donors, and holders of charitable-purpose notes all have a home here.
Human Asset Nonprofit is an Oregon nonprofit public benefit corporation; its application for recognition of exemption under IRC §501(c)(3) is pending. Contributions will be tax-deductible as provided by law upon determination. This page is informational only and is not a solicitation.