Pay It Phorward
Pay It Phorward is a monthly peer-to-peer program that aims to provide a small monetary lift to help individuals and businesses during the COVID-19 crisis.
This particular format was inspired by my prior participation in the Awesome Foundation, a micro funding organization with dozens of chapters around the world. I co-founded its Philadelphia chapter 6 years ago, and what I loved most about its donation model was the grassroots, no-strings-attached, no-red-tape method of getting money into people’s hands as quickly as possible. During my tenure, we limited participation to 10 donors, each giving $100 per month, for a total donation of $1000 to each month's recipient
We hope to expand on this model to generate more donations from a greater pool of participants, and under more relaxed giving conditions. Someone can give as little as $5, or a company can decide to give $1000. With help from our steering committee, and your votes, we’ll ensure the donations have maximum impact.
Note: The above descriptive information came from the program's home page and its How It Started page.
In The News
- Want to donate to a local person or org in need? Now you can 'Pay It Phorward', Technical.ly Philly, May 8, 2020.