Start a project
You bring the idea, your neighbors bring the contributions and the votes. We'll walk you through 6 short steps.
- 1Basics
- 2Details
- 3Budget & Milestones
- 4What You Need
- 5Organizer Verification
- 6AI Watchdog Review
Project basics
Tell your neighbors what you want to build. You can refine the details in the next step.
Details
Up nextPaint the full picture — community, location, photos.
Budget & Milestones
Up nextBreak funding into stages the community can vote on. Up to 6 milestones.
Beyond funding — what does your project need?
CommunityBuilds connects you with contributors who have more than money to offer. Tell us what you need and we'll help find it.
Your funding goal was set in Step 3.
Contributors who want to give privately — funds, goods, or space — can do so without their identity ever being revealed. Their contribution appears on the ledger as 'Anonymous Contributor.' You will never know who they are, and neither will anyone else.
Organizer Verification
Up nextHelp contributors trust who's behind the project.
AI Watchdog Review
Up nextBefore your project goes live, our AI Watchdog runs a quick review to protect contributors and give your neighbors confidence that everything checks out.
- Budget sanity check
- Duplicate project scan
- Organizer credibility check
- Fraud signal sweep
- Non-financial needs reviewed for feasibility
- Contribution types matched to platform's available contributors
- Trust Score assigned (0–100) — explained in plain English
The budget lines up with what similar projects cost around here. The organizer checks out — they've run four other community projects with no complaints. And the neighborhood clearly needs this: over 300 people nearby are already following or voting on it.
A lower score doesn't disqualify your project. It just means the Watchdog found something worth talking through with your community before you launch.