About

A nonprofit foundation for integrity, agency, privacy, and safety.

LLIF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides the legal foundation for participant data — enforcing integrity, agency, privacy, and safety across work involving Best Life App and OpenLife Cloud.

Our Belief

Why a Nonprofit?

Today, a handful of companies profit enormously from data that people generate but never truly own. They make approximately $1,000 per person per year in the US alone — just by connecting businesses to consumers using captured data. The consumer gets irrelevant ads and none of the proceeds.

We believe this is fundamentally wrong. People should own their data, benefit from it, and choose who accesses it. But a for-profit company can't credibly make this promise — business conditions change, investors demand monetization, companies get acquired.

That's why LLIF is a 501(c)(3). It's not a marketing choice — it's a structural guarantee. Participant data is a donor-restricted asset with bankruptcy protections. No future CEO can reverse it. No acquisition can change it.

For developers: a foundation that will never compete with you. For researchers: data governance that outlives any grant. For individuals: agency over the data that shapes their lives.

Governance

501(c)(3) Nonprofit
IRS-verified tax-exempt. Cannot earn a profit.
Candid Platinum 2026
Highest transparency rating
Donor-Restricted Asset
Data legally protected from resale with bankruptcy protections
Data Value May Be Tax Deductible
Participant data contributions to the nonprofit
Board Governed
Independent oversight ensures mission alignment
Financial Transparency
Annual Form 990 and financial reports publicly available
The Vision

Data Agency at Every Scale

LLIF is building toward a world where individuals control and benefit from their data — where that data powers better personal decisions, better research, better products, and better public policy. Where innovation and commerce can thrive on top of nonprofit-protected data infrastructure, creating value without extraction.

Programs are the first expression of this. The work of building trustworthy data infrastructure is long-term. LLIF is structured to outlast any product cycle, any leadership change, and any business condition.

Transparency

Financial Reports

As a 501(c)(3), LLIF files annual returns and makes financial information publicly available.

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We're looking for developers, researchers, and organizations who share our belief in data agency.

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