Community Income Sharing

"A guaranteed income, guaranteed by your community." Neighbors each contribute a percentage of their monthly income and redistribute it equally — directly, person to person, no pooled fund, no middleman. The app handles member onboarding, the monthly send/receive matchmaking, a roster, gatherings, and an offers-and-needs board.

The Community Guaranteed Income Club started in Baltimore in spring 2025, after watching peers lose jobs. The concept was created by Alex Zhu; the platform was co-created by Alex Zhu, Tyler Heath, Deborah Tien, and Josh Nesbit, and is stewarded and maintained as open source by the Relational Tech Project. The Baltimore pilot moved $23,000+ among 50+ members with a 100% payment completion rate — "not because of contracts; because we know each other's names." It's designed to spread, chapter by chapter.

Remix this tool

• Fork the code: https://github.com/The-Relational-Technology-Project/community-guaranteed-income-club
• Studio library page: https://studio.relationaltechproject.org/library?item=32d7857d-a7c9-44d5-9f0d-908982cf5032

Lineage

Created by Concept by Alex Zhu; platform co-created by Alex Zhu, Tyler Heath, Deborah Tien, and Josh Nesbit. Started in Baltimore in spring 2025. Concept by Alex Zhu; platform co-created by Alex Zhu, Tyler Heath, Deborah Tien, and Josh Nesbit. Stewarded as open source by the Relational Tech Project. Carries forward income-sharing lineages: susu, tanda, hui, kye, tanomoshi.

Details

• hosted by: Community Guaranteed Income Club (Baltimore chapter)
• github url: https://github.com/The-Relational-Technology-Project/community-guaranteed-income-club
• creator name: Concept by Alex Zhu; platform co-created by Alex Zhu, Tyler Heath, Deborah Tien, and Josh Nesbit
• lineage note: Started in Baltimore in spring 2025. Concept by Alex Zhu; platform co-created by Alex Zhu, Tyler Heath, Deborah Tien, and Josh Nesbit. Stewarded as open source by the Relational Tech Project. Carries forward income-sharing lineages: susu, tanda, hui, kye, tanomoshi.
• tool category: relational_tech