Purple Dot | The Philanthropist Party

What Purple Dot Verified™ means

Purple Dot Verified™ means the person completed the assessment, published a public values statement, signed the pledge, and passed a basic review.

The policy quiz is intentionally simple and easy: 20 questions. It does not mean TPP agrees with every policy position or supports the candidate.

The candidate was required to pay no money and created a free account with our platform. Generally, these candidates are asking for fundraising support on a separate platform, which we will link to. You can support a candidate financially in either location.

Wear The Dot™

All verified or certified candidates are encouraged to use a Purple Dot in addition to other campaign merchandise, banners, and marketing.

What Purple Dot Verified™ does not mean

A Purple Dot Verified™ candidate can always change a position on any issue, switch parties, or even move between countries. Voting records in office may not map perfectly to questionnaire questions.

The verification provides a simple snapshot in history of what the official position was at a point in time for 20 simple questions.

Purple Dot Certified™

Purple Dot Certified™ is slightly different. The candidate agrees to pay $500 for a human certification process.

It includes a 200-question more in-depth policy review questionnaire, detailed background checks, a more detailed assessment that is published, and a human review by phone or Zoom so the process cannot be completed entirely by a staffer or third party.

Candidates tend to be USA specific but can be anywhere in the world with machine language translation support.

Important

Paying $500 to philanthropist.run does not increase the chance of getting funding. It only increases the amount of information in the public record.

We ask to be alerted if a candidate is using either Purple Dot Certified™ or Purple Dot Verified™ incorrectly.