Pay It Phorward

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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.

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