Moraph for Good
Money, health and government, made understandable.
Moraph builds the technology banks, hospitals and public agencies run on. Moraph for Good puts what our people know to work for everyone else: free financial literacy, help reaching healthcare, and nonpartisan civic education, taught with libraries, schools, clinics and community organizations.
Moraph builds the systems behind banks, hospitals and governments. Moraph for Good helps people find their way through them.
Why this exists
Credit, interest, fees and scams decide a great deal about a household’s life, and most people learn how they work by making expensive mistakes.
Coverage rules, referrals, bills and patient portals stand between people and treatment they are entitled to.
Local meetings decide about schools, roads and housing. Most residents have never been shown how to take part.
Causes
Three causes, one for each thing we know.
Moraph has three industry divisions: financial services, healthcare and government. Each cause takes what one division knows and gives it to the public: financial literacy, access to healthcare and civic engagement.
Financial literacy
Most people are never taught how money works: credit, interest, fees, taxes and scams. They learn it the expensive way.
Read more 02 · CauseAccess to healthcare
Care that exists is not the same as care people can reach. Coverage rules, referrals, bills and portals stand in between.
Read more 03 · CauseCivic engagement
Local government decides about schools, roads, housing and water. Most people have never been shown how to take part.
Read morePrograms
Five ways we help.
A program for each cause, taught by Moraph people and hosted by organizations people already trust, plus a route into the work and free guides for anyone.
- 01
FluentFinancial literacy from people who work in finance
Free, practical sessions on budgeting, banking, credit, borrowing, tax time and scams, taught by Moraph people from financial services and hosted by libraries, schools, credit unions and community organizations.
- 02
ReachHelp finding, understanding and paying for care
Plain-language sessions on coverage, finding low-cost care, medical bills, health records and patient portals, and help for clinics to cut the paperwork between patients and appointments.
- 03
VoiceNonpartisan civic education, and easier ways to take part
Strictly nonpartisan sessions on how local government works, public meetings and comment, records requests and serving your community, and help for small governments to make taking part easier.
- 04
PathwaysCareers in finance, health and government technology
Teaching the technology work behind banks, hospitals and public agencies to people who would rarely be shown it, with workforce organizations and community colleges in the cities where Moraph works.
- 05
CommonsWhat we teach, published free
Plain-language guides on money, healthcare and local government for anyone, and practical guides for the organizations that serve them, free to read, print and adapt.
Partner support
For the organizations doing this work.
The clinics, community lenders, small governments and nonprofits that help people every day can also ask for Moraph’s software, security and skilled people.
- Access
Moraph software, donated or discounted
The applications Moraph builds for banks, health systems and agencies, offered donated or discounted to the organizations that help people with money, care and local government, run to the same standard as for paying clients.
- Shield
Security help for small teams
For organizations that hold people’s financial, health or public records: a security review from the people who run Moraph’s security operations, a plan you can act on, and help preparing for the day something goes wrong.
- Pro Bono
Moraph people on your hardest project
Engineers, data specialists, compliance and privacy professionals and project managers from Moraph, on the project that would make your organization easier for people to use, with a written scope, a named lead, an end date and a handover.
How it works
From a short form to a room full of people.
No grant writing and no pitch deck. Tell us who you serve and what they need to know. Read the hosting guide.
Apply
A short form about your organization, the people you serve and what would help them. If you are not sure which program fits, say so.
Plan
A conversation, then a written plan: the modules, the audience, the language, the dates, and a named Moraph lead.
Teach
Moraph people and vetted volunteers teach the sessions with you, in person or online, or train your own staff to teach them.
Keep it going
The materials stay with you and are published free in Commons, so the sessions can run again without us.
Volunteer
Know how money, care or government really work?
Moraph’s own people teach the sessions, and so can you. People with experience in banking, healthcare, local government or languages volunteer to teach, host sessions, help people one to one or review materials, once vetted.
Our promises
Help that comes with no strings.
Corporate education often arrives with a product attached. These are the rules we hold ourselves to instead. Our approach
Nothing to sell
Nothing we teach or give promotes Moraph, a Moraph client or any product. We do not add anyone to marketing lists, and we never collect attendees’ details for sales.
Strictly nonpartisan
We take no side on parties, candidates, ballot questions or campaigns, in Voice or anywhere else.
Explain, never advise
Sessions explain how money, healthcare and government work. They are not financial, medical or legal advice about anyone’s own situation.
Planned in writing
Every series and every project has a written plan, a named Moraph lead and an end date before anyone starts.
Yours to keep
What we teach is published free in Commons, so you can teach it again without us. Systems we set up are yours, with the documentation and credentials.
Honest reporting
Once there is a year of work to report, we will publish what we did, what it cost and what did not work, with real figures only, naming only organizations that agree in writing.
Where we work
Ten countries, eleven offices.
Moraph has eleven offices in ten countries. Moraph for Good takes applications from organizations in every one of those countries, because that is where our people can work with you properly.
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- Argentina
- United Kingdom
- Armenia
- India
- Philippines
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Auckland
- Sydney
- Manila
- Mumbai
- Yerevan
- London
- Buenos Aires
- Ottawa
- New York
- Washington
- Mexico City
Commons
Some help shouldn’t need a form.
Plain-language guides to money, healthcare and local government, for anyone, anywhere. Free to read, print and share.
From money basics
Hang up, then call back on a number you already have.
Scammers pose as your bank, a government agency or a relative in trouble, and they always want you to act now. A real bank or agency will still be there when you call the number on your card or its official website.
Tell us what would help.
One short form. A person from the Moraph for Good team reads every application and replies, whether or not we can help.