The future of giving is programmable.
Sherwood turns donations into restricted essential-use balances — giving people a way to help instantly without handing over cash.
GIVE INSTANTLY. SPEND INTENTIONALLY.
THE CONTRARIAN THESIS
People are not less generous.
The system just makes giving feel stupid.
Cash creates doubt. Institutions create delay. Sherwood creates a new layer: instant, directed, dignified aid.
LIVE PRODUCT
Watch a donation become directed aid.
sent to Card 0427
One tap. No cash. No friction.
Balance added to essentials wallet.
at Grocery Partner
HOW IT WORKS
Tap → Allocate → Spend → Verify
Tap
A donor scans or taps a Sherwood card.
Allocate
Funds enter the platform and are assigned to that card ID.
Spend
The recipient uses the card at approved merchants.
Verify
The platform shows where the donation was used.
CONTROLLED LIQUIDITY
Not cash. Not bureaucracy. Controlled liquidity.
- Grocery
- Pharmacy
- Hygiene
- Transit
- Essential retail
- Cash withdrawals
- Liquor
- Gambling
- Tobacco
- Unapproved merchants
PLATFORM DASHBOARD
Every dollar, accounted for.
- +$5 added to Card 1932now
- ✓$12.40 approved at Grocery Partnernow
- ✓$7.10 approved at Pharmacynow
- +$20 added to Card 0427now
THE MOVEMENT
Homelessness does not need another donation button.
It needs financial infrastructure.
Sherwood starts with a simple idea: if people could give with confidence, they would give more.
We are building the payment layer for directed aid.
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