CommunityFund.com · pre-launch
The money for the building
comes from the block it sits on.
A retired school gets bought by an outside owner and the town watches from across the street. We think the people who want the building back should be able to put money into it, see exactly what that money bought, and get something real in return.
CommunityFund.com is being built as the community-funding layer for those projects. It isn't open yet. If you want to be told when it is, leave your email — that's the entire ask on this page.
What it will do
Four ways a town pays for its own building.
None of these are new. What's missing is one place that runs all four for a specific building, with the receipts in public.
Neighbors put small amounts toward one specific, named thing — the roof section over the gym, the kitchen hood, the elevator. Every campaign shows what it buys and what happens if it doesn't fund.
A recurring membership that comes with actual access: the makerspace, the kitchen, event space, a desk. Members fund the building's operations and get the building in return.
Businesses and employers sponsor a room, a program or a year of operations, and are named in the building where their customers can see it.
Historic tax credits, state and federal grants, workforce and broadband programs. Most towns qualify for more than they claim, and the paperwork is the barrier — that is a service, not a mystery.
Who it is for
Four people who keep hitting the same wall.
The neighbor
Wants the school on their street to be something again, would put in $50, and has nowhere to put it that they trust.
The operator
Runs a nonprofit, a co-op or a program. Has the plan and the people. Needs the first tranche and a way to show the district that the community is behind it.
The district
Holds a closed building, a maintenance bill and a public meeting full of people with opinions. Needs a buyer the board can defend and a community that's visibly on board.
The business next door
Knows an empty building across the street costs them customers. Would sponsor a room. Has never been asked.
Where we actually are
Being straight about the stage.
What exists today
- The acquisition side is running: SchoolBot tracks closed schools and works them before they're ever listed.
- The operating model is published in full at CommunityCorp.com — five uses in one building.
- The fund and its front door are live at School Revival Fund.
What doesn't exist yet
- This site. There is no campaign to give to, no account to open, nothing to buy.
- Anything resembling an investment. If a program ever offers a financial return, it will be built to the rules that govern that — and this page will say so plainly.
- A first building. When there is one, waitlist members hear before anyone else.
We would rather show you an empty page with a real explanation than a fake dashboard with invented numbers on it.
Waitlist
Tell us who you are and we'll tell you when it opens.
Everything except your email is optional. If you have a specific building in mind, that's the most useful thing you can give us — it may already be in SchoolBot.
