Samaritan FAQ

We’re creating a simple way to invest in someone’s journey off of the street, but there’s a complex system designed beneath to help…

We got a guy a job and made $4

the setup: the day before all this happened, we did an experiment where I sent a fake email to a small group of you guys that we actually launched both apps and downloading was a click away. We did it to test if anyone (and how many), actually cared enough to take action. We…

“Sorry no cash, but I’ll buy you food?”

Two week back, the Awesome Foundation was in town. As you remember, they funded our first…

What to do when your nerves tell you no

My first day at GiveSafe

Test… test.. this thing on?

I’m incredibly excited and encouraged by the good Seattle citygoers are doing, and the effect it’s beginning to have on our homeless community (more on this later). I’ve also gotten some notes from the ones who haven’t gotten their first beacon notification yet. There’s 3 reasons…

Time to bear alms..

Last week, two different Seattle citygoers passed by a beacon holder, and did something that’s never been done before.

With compassion in their eyes, both quickly invested in the individual’s path off the streets. It just took a notification and a moment of…

GiveSafe for Merchants

GiveSafe is a new digital wallet project to help people experiencing homelessness purchase needed goods and services at local businesses. Money is loaded onto these tiny things called beacons, and you as a business owner/manager may be interested in enabling participants to spend the…

This is actually freakin’ working 😼

No I wasn’t surprised!

But to enable thirty beacon holders to be heard and seen again, to see dozens of you respond in compassion the moment you see their need, and now to see the resulting redemptions and conversations (at places like…