For mutual aid & neighborhood groups
Care work shouldn't need a second job in spreadsheets.
A block group or mutual aid circle runs on trust that already exists between neighbors. UpTrust gives that group one place to track who put money in, decide things together, and know who is reliable before anyone needs to find out the hard way.
Shared money
Care work, not admin work
Start a fund for a food run, an emergency, or monthly dues. Members mark what they put in as sent or as a pledge, and everyone sees the same running ledger of what came in and what went out. UpTrust does not hold or move the money. You still settle up the way you already do. The fund just keeps the shared record straight, so nobody has to take anyone else's word for it.
Group decisions
Decide without losing it in a thread
Put a proposal to the group and let people endorse it or raise a real objection. Spending from a fund and changes to the group's own rules run the same way, so a decision about emergency-fund payouts or tool-library policy does not live in whoever happens to remember the conversation. A group can settle proposals by admin call, majority vote, or by giving more weight to the members most trusted on that topic, and can change how it decides at any time as its own proposal.
Who to rely on
Trust built in before you need it
Anyone in the group can vouch for someone else on specific topics, like driving people to appointments or handling emergency funds. A vouch is a public signal that carries real weight, so a new member who has been vouched for by people already in the circle does not start as a total stranger. Better to bring someone in before the day you need them than to go looking for who to call on that day.
“Interdependence is a fact. You don't opt in or out.”
Start with one group and a few people.
Create a group, turn on Money and Decisions when you need them, and bring in the neighbors who already show up.
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