# Gitcoin's North Stars ## Gitcoin's Purpose, Mission, Vision and Values #### Purpose Gitcoin exists to empower communities to fund their shared needs. #### Mission Gitcoin creates technologies and opportunities that enable communities to build, fund and protect what matters. #### Vision Gitcoin inspires a world shaped by community-led positive change. #### Values Gitcoin set of organizational values that guide day-to-day decision-making, including: * **Empowerment:** We define empowerment as giving others the tools to step into their power and do something * **Impact:** We define impact as having a measurable effect or influence * **Mutuality:** We define mutuality as the sharing of feeling, action, or relationships * **Trust:** We define trust as the belief in the reliability and intent of someone or something * **Forward Thinking:** We define forward thinking as favoring innovation and progress as tools for building a better future Separately, there is a set of governance-related values, including: * Decentralization * Transparency * Community inclusion * Accountability --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://manual.gitcoin.co/introduction-and-overview/gitcoins-north-stars.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.