This page tracks what is actually true right now about the security and integration posture of Inclusion Forward Initiative. It is maintained by Empowered Solutions and updated as things change. It is a status page, not a marketing claim — we would rather tell you exactly where things stand than leave room for assumptions.
Organizational Status Notice
Inclusion Forward Initiative is an impact transparency and community participation platform developed and operated by Empowered Solutions. It is not a charitable fund, a nonprofit organization, or a payment processor, and it does not solicit or receive tax-deductible charitable contributions. Participating organizations retain authority over their own accounts, funds, and financial decisions.
Stripe Integration
Stripe integration is available to organizations by request only — it is never required to use the platform. The request-and-approval workflow is built and tested: an organization admin submits a request, a platform admin reviews and approves or denies it, and auditors have read-only visibility into every request.
Once approved, charge imports are gated at the database level. If Stripe has not been enabled for an organization, the import function raises a hard error before any data is written — the edge function that calls it also checks the same flag as an earlier defense-in-depth layer. Platform admins can disable Stripe for an organization at any time; every disable action is permanently written to the audit log (who did it, when) and cannot be edited or deleted.
What is not yet built: the step where an organization connects its real Stripe account. An approved request marks that decision internally — no live Stripe connection is created until that step is built. We will update this page when it is.
What This Page Covers
This page covers the topics above — nothing more, and nothing implied. It is not an exhaustive security whitepaper, and it does not claim certifications or commitments we have not made. If you have a security question that is not answered here, please reach out to us directly and we will answer it honestly.
- Email: info@inclusionforward.com