Food & Hunger
Southside Food Pantry
Trust 94$24,340of $36,000
FundsTimeExpertiseGoods
💰 Funded 67% · ⏱️ 12 volunteers · 🎓 2 advisors · 📦 Goods needed
Milestone 2 of 4 — Vote Open
A new kind of civic platformCommunity-Powered.
Transparently Built.
Your neighborhood needs more than money to build something real. Bring what you have — funds, time, skills, wisdom, goods, or space — and watch your community build something together. Transparently. Democratically. For real.
How it works
Three steps. Zero black boxes.
01
A community proposes a project
Anyone can submit a project. Our AI watchdog reviews it for legitimacy before it goes live — so every project your community funds is real.
02
Everyone contributes what they have
Money, time, expertise, goods, space, or wisdom — every contribution type is visible on the project ledger. A $5 contribution and 10 volunteered hours sit on the same transparent record.
03
The community votes and builds
Contributors vote on contractor bids and milestone releases. Funds only move when the community approves. Every dollar, every hour, every contributed resource — publicly logged. Forever.
Active projects
Real neighborhoods. Real builds.
Public Spaces
Lincoln Square Park Pavilion
Trust 96$61,200of $84,000
FundsTimeExpertiseGoods
💰 Funded 73% · ⏱️ 34 volunteers · 🎓 Advisors needed · 📦 Lumber contributed
Accepting Contractor Bids
Environment
Logan Square Composting Network
Trust 92$14,800of $18,500
FundsTimeExpertiseGoods
💰 Funded 80% · ⏱️ 22 volunteers · 🎓 4 advisors · 📦 Bins contributed
Milestone Vote Open 🗳️
Projects from every Chicago neighborhood — underserved and thriving alike.
$247,800
Total Funds Raised
3,420
Community Contributors
1,840
Volunteer Hours Logged
100%
Contributions Public
AI For Good
AI that works for your community, not against it
Stops fraud before it reaches you
Every project is scored before going live. Suspicious patterns are flagged automatically — so bad actors never touch your money.
Prevents overpaying on contracts
Contractor bids are benchmarked against market rates. Inflated line items get flagged so your community keeps every dollar working.
Surfaces what matters, skips the noise
Contributors get plain-language summaries of project progress — the key facts, not a wall of receipts.
Matches resources to needs
AI surfaces the right contributors for each project — connecting people who have goods, space, or expertise to the projects that need exactly what they're offering. The right resource finds the right project automatically.
AI flags issues and surfaces information — your community always makes the final call
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