Pay It ForwardGive $5 once. Unlock real kindness forever.
A one-time lifetime membership that funds $5 kindness grants for real people, creators, and causes. No subscriptions. No hidden fees.
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Same $5. A lot more ripple.
You know the "buy me a coffee" moment. We loved it. Then we asked: what if that same $5 kept working — for you, for the next person, forever?
A moment's buzz.
- Costs $5.00 — gone in 20 minutes
- Helps one person, one time
- You just hope it landed well
- Ends at the last sip
A world of change.
- Costs $5.00 — once, for life
- Funds a rotating pool for creators, causes & neighbors
- Public ledger — every dollar tracked
- Nominate grants, vote, gift memberships, public badge
Real grants, named and dated.
Not "creators and causes" in the abstract — these are the actual kindnesses the member fund has delivered or has queued up next. Every one is logged the day it happens.
Every $5, split in public.
Exact splits are published each month in the Ripple Report.
Join: Pay $5 once, never get billed again.
Nominate: Direct a $5 grant to a person or creator of your choice.
Vote: Help select the monthly shortlist of recipients.
Track: See exactly where every cent goes on a public ledger.
No subscription. No recurring charge. Ever.
- Lifetime membership — never billed again
- 1 grant nomination credit (use anytime)
- Vote on the monthly grant shortlist
- Public member badge & shareable impact page
- Gift $5 memberships to friends in one tap
- Monthly report showing exactly who was funded
- Community grant pool$3.55 · 71%
- Platform fee (keeps the site running & pays the founder)$1.00 · 20%
- Payment processing$0.45 · 9%
Every split is disclosed in the monthly Ripple Report.
One-time $5 USD · Lifetime membership · Receipt emailed instantly · 7-day refund, no questions
$5 gets you more than a good feeling.
Nominate a grant
Pick one person, creator, or cause to receive a $5 kindness grant. Your call, not ours.
Vote on the shortlist
Members decide who the fund helps next, and the results are published every month.
Lifetime badge + public page
A verified member page that tracks every grant your $5 helped unlock — shareable forever.
Questions, answered kindly
Is this a pyramid scheme?+
No. There are no tiers, no upline, no payouts to members. Everyone pays the same flat $5 once, and nobody profits from recruiting others.
Where does my $5 actually go?+
$3.55 into the community grant pool, $1.00 platform fee (which keeps the site running and pays the founder), and about $0.45 to payment processing. Every split is disclosed line-by-line in the monthly Ripple Report.
Do I earn money by referring friends?+
No. There are no cash payouts to members — that keeps the money moving toward people who need it. What you do get: a lifetime membership, a public member badge, one grant nomination credit, voting on the monthly shortlist, and a personal page that tracks every grant your $5 helped unlock.
Does the founder get paid?+
Yes, transparently. The founder is paid from the 20% platform fee — the same line item that covers hosting, development, and running the fund. Founder pay is tied to total membership revenue, never to who recruited whom, so there are no referral payouts and no pyramid structure.
How is this different from Buy Me a Coffee?+
BMC is a great one-off tip to one creator. Pay It Forward turns that $5 into a lifetime membership with real perks: nominate someone for a grant, vote on who gets funded, gift memberships, and see exactly who your money helped.
Can I gift a membership?+
Yes — gifting is built in. Add a gift at checkout and your friend joins instantly, with your name attached to the grant they help unlock.
Still reading? That's a yes.
Five dollars, once. It funds a stranger's hard day and never stops rippling.
Want the details? Watch the 20-sec video, run the numbers, or grab share captions+
See it in 20 seconds
What $5 does, where every cent goes, and how it ripples back out.
Slide to see your impact.
Adjust the numbers below to see exactly how your $5 membership and the friends you invite translate into $5 kindness grants next month.
Each friend who joins adds $3.55 to the grant pool.
The starting pool before your referrals are counted.
Next monthly grant round
Your $5 unlocks
1 grant
Your referrals add
$10.65
Extra grants unlocked
+2
Total grants funded
73
Enough for 73 $5 grants (71 base + 2 from you).
Assumes every invited friend becomes a member. Exact amounts depend on the monthly Ripple Report.
Small enough to say yes.
Big enough to matter.
$5 is the price of a latte. Pooled with thousands of others, it becomes a self-refilling fund — quietly granting kindness back into the world every single month.
- Lifetime member badge + verified public page
- Public ledger — see every $5 grant as it goes out
- Gift a membership to a friend in one tap
- Nominate + vote on who receives the next grants