People give to people

Someone has a story. Someone else would help — if they heard it.

Galas, nonprofits, community projects, personal causes. Village works anywhere the ask deserves a face — and the giver deserves a thank-you.

Organizations and individuals both welcome. Your donors never download anything.

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Maria T.
Tonight 8:03 PM
David — I'm at the shelter gala. You have to hear Rosa tell this.
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Live events

Picture your next gala.

The story lands from the stage. The room is moved. And instead of hoping the feeling survives until the pledge cards come around — every guest gets a challenge: record a thirty-second video, right now, and send it to five people who couldn't be here tonight.

Your event just left the building. The thank-yous come from people they know, and the impact video arrives months later from the work itself.

How it works

Ten minutes, start to finish.

Step 1

The person with the story tells it

The founder, the organizer, the person the cause is for. Thirty seconds on camera about why this matters and what the money does.

Step 2

Your people send it to their people

From their own phones, through their own texts. Every ask arrives from someone the recipient actually knows.

Step 3

Giving takes about a minute

The video, your organization's page, no app, no account.

Step 4

Every giver hears back

A personal thank-you — and months later, a video of what their gift actually built.

6% + transaction fees

That's the whole sentence.

No call with a rep to find out. No rate that climbs if participation is low. No "tip" quietly added to your donors' gifts.

The money lands in your organization's own Stripe account — we never hold it. And your treasurer can trace every dollar back to a name, from our reports or straight out of Stripe.

Our story

The text that started this came from my own nephew.

Or someone said it was him. I couldn't tell — so I called my sister, and she didn't know where the money was going either. I gave anyway. Never got a receipt. Never got a thank you.

I've spent more than 27 years in professional fundraising. That experience was the opposite of what good fundraising is supposed to feel like.

What if we just made it better?

Make the ask feel like one.

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