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Stake your own money behind your own goal. We charge it up front. Hit the goal by your deadline — verified by real data, not the crowd — and your stake is refunded. Miss it and your stake is forfeited to the charity you chose. No one bets for or against you. There is no other side.
Make a promise
Put your word on the record
Your goal. Your deadline. Your own money charged up front. Refunded when you hit it — forfeited to your chosen charity if you miss.
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BROWSE LIVE CONTRACTS →How your money works
A Courage Contract is a bond you make with yourself. Not a prediction market — you stake your own money against your own goal, and the only outcomes are a refund to you or a donation to charity.
Your stake
Charged up front
When you file, your full stake is charged immediately — not just held. The 5% origination fee is charged too, and it's non-refundable.
Verified outcome
Refunded if you win
Hit your goal by the deadline, the result is verified through real data, and your stake is refunded to you in full.
Your charity
Forfeited if you miss
Miss the goal and your stake is paid in full to the charity you chose when you filed — the DoMoreGood Foundation or an SDG-aligned cause. C&C keeps none of it.
Why you stake
To be taken seriously when you say you'll do the thing. To look back and know you didn't flake. Proof on the record — not a story.
Where the money goes
Charged up front. Refunded in full if you hit your verified goal. Forfeited to the charity you chose if you miss. C&C earns a 5% origination fee — and nothing from a forfeit.
Why nothing else worked
Goals apps let you quit in private. Social posts cost nothing to break. A New Year's resolution has no teeth. This is personal, public, and verified.
How a Courage Contract works
Anyone 18+ in the US with a goal worth keeping — speaker, founder, parent, athlete. Name the goal, choose your charity, and put your own money on the line. Your stake is charged when you file. At the deadline you hit it or you don't.
Ship or bleed.
At the deadline the result is verified by real data — Stripe revenue, QuickBooks financials, a public record, or human review for goals that can't be checked automatically. Not the crowd. Not self-report. A clean HIT or MISS.
Reality decides, not opinions.
Hit your goal and your stake is refunded in full. Miss it and your stake is paid to the charity you chose — the DoMoreGood Foundation or an SDG-aligned cause. C&C keeps none of a forfeit. The record is permanent.
Win it back, or do good.
Example contract
FILE YOUR OWN →On the record
“I will speak in front of 1,000 people by 2030 — or I forfeit $5,000 on the public record.”
Target
1,000 people
Stake
$5,000
Deadline
Dec 31, 2030
What happens to the $5,000
If they hit it
The full $5,000 stake is refunded to them. The 5% origination fee is not.
If they miss it
The full $5,000 goes to the charity they chose. C&C keeps none of it.
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Browse all live contracts on the public record
Make your own
Stages filled, pounds lost, revenue hit — file your contract, stake your own money, and put your word on the record.
Revenue. Milestones. People in the room.
Personal
“Lose 30 pounds by December 31 — or my stake goes to charity.”
Body · Deadline · Verified
Speakers & leaders
“1,000 people in the audience by 2030 — or my stake goes to charity.”
Count · Public · Verified
Founders
“$1M ARR by December 2026 — verified through Stripe, not a slide deck.”
Revenue · Escrow · On the record
Operators
“Double the team's output in 12 months — or I pay the forfeit.”
Milestone · Deadline · No excuses
Builders
“Ship v1 in 90 days — in public, with money on the line.”
Ship or bleed · Build in public
If it's measurable, it can be a Courage Contract. The goal doesn't have to be money — the stake does.
Open to US residents 18 and older, using their own funds. Verification source must match the goal.
Platform open
File your Courage Contract today — stake your own money, set your deadline, choose your charity. Win it back when you deliver, or do good when you don't.
SHUT UP AND DO IT.