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Let's take our
community back.

The power of a dollar, multiplied by all of us. You put in a dollar. A thousand of us puts in a thousand dollars. Then we decide together what we do with it. Our money, our call.

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Who's behind thisThe builder behind 1dolla.

Juice
The Builder
The Doer
Juice
The Builder · The Doer

I'm about action — so I built it. The site, the infrastructure, the whole thing. I was inspired by many people who said they'd love to do something like this — to come together and practice group economics. To stop waiting and start pooling what we have, on purpose, for each other. 1dolla is that idea made real. I care deeply about Black people, and I want to see change. So instead of waiting on it, we built a place to make it happen. Power to the people.

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— Juice

Why nowWe know this tension too well.

After 400 years of slavery and Jim Crow, after generation on generation of being treated as less, after being tired of seeing our children dying — when all too often all we're left with is saying their names — it's time we take our community back.

Our people know this tension all too well. And we know the answer isn't coming from waiting on anybody else. So we stop waiting. We put in for each other, on purpose — especially when the world hasn't always valued us, or valued where we spend our dollars.

So we're going to value each other. We're going to keep it among us. I don't know how far this will go — but if a thousand of us put in a dollar, that's a thousand dollars working for us. Who couldn't use that? We move in faith that we can go further, together.

What this isStraight group economics.

It's straight group economics. Everybody puts in. A thousand of us putting in a dollar is a thousand dollars. Two hundred thousand of us is two hundred thousand dollars. It all goes into one shared pot — nobody pockets it.

Then a committee — elected by the people who put in — sits down and decides what we do with it. That's the whole thing. The pot is ours. The options are ours. The vote is ours.

This carries on a tradition as old as our people — the savings circles and mutual-aid our communities have always kept. But this isn’t that. Those pay out to a person. We’re not handing the money to anyone — we’re putting it toward the things that matter to us.

$1 × us
A thousand of us → $1,000. A hundred thousand of us → $100,000.
However big we get, we decide together what to do with it.

After you giveYou get a voice. Choose how big.

The moment you put in, you're a foundational member with your own member number — your spot in the family, for life. Then you decide how you want to show up:

Voting power You help elect the committee and have your say in what we do with the pot. Everybody who puts in gets this — no exceptions.
Voting power + serve on the committee Apply to be one of the delegates who decides where the money goes. Applying means a résumé and a short interview about how much you care — and no relatives on the committee, so the pool stays fresh and represents folks from across our diaspora.

Voting happens on a dedicated members' site — going up once the foundation is set. Your member number is your key.

How it worksBuilt on a legacy. Run in the open.

Pooling our money to build what the system wouldn't give us is woven into the African American story — from the freedmen's mutual-aid societies after emancipation to the church plates, the rent parties, and Black Wall Street. We're carrying that legacy forward.

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Put in your dollar. You get your member number — your spot in the family — and you choose voting power, or voting power plus the chance to apply for the committee.
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The pot builds in the open. Every contribution is logged for members — nothing hidden from our own people.
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The community elects a committee. An odd number of delegates — think Supreme Court, so there's never a tie — voted in by the people who gave.
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We decide together. The committee sits down, sees exactly what's in the pot, and votes on what we do with it — on a livestream for our members, so it's done in the open, where everybody can see.

QuestionsHow it works.

Why was 1dolla created?
Because African Americans in America have been overlooked, underfunded, and unsupported for too long — by banks, by institutions, by systems that were rarely built with us in mind. 1dolla is our answer to that. We don’t wait on anybody else to invest in us. We invest in each other. Starting at $1, on purpose, together, with love.
What is 1Dolla?
Group economics in action. Everybody puts in — starting at a dollar — into one shared pot, and an elected committee decides by vote how that money serves our community. Simple idea, old as our people: we pool what we have, and we all rise. It carries on a tradition as old as our people, but nobody gets a personal payout — it goes toward what matters to us.
Does anyone win or receive the money personally?
No. Nobody pockets it. There's no raffle and no payout to an individual. The whole pot is directed by the community, through a vote, toward things we all benefit from — lifting our small businesses, and doing real things for our neighborhoods.
Who is this for?
We are Black, and that's all that matters here. Religion, sexual orientation, and any other descriptive division will not be tolerated. We don't separate ourselves over the things the world uses to keep us apart. We come as one people, for one people, and we move as one.
How much does it cost to join?
It starts at just a dollar. Put in what you can — a dollar, ten, more — it all goes into the same pot. The power is in how many of us show up.
What do I get for giving?
Your member number — your spot in the circle, for life — and voting power: you get to contribute to the choices for what we purchase together. After you put in, you choose: voting power only, or voting power plus the chance to apply for the committee.
How is the committee formed?
Once enough people have put in and enough have applied to serve, the community sets the structure — an odd number of delegates (Supreme-Court-style, so there's never a tie), elected by the people who put in. Applying means submitting a résumé and an interview about how much you care. No relatives on the committee — we want a fresh pool from across our diaspora.
How does the committee decide where money goes?
They sit down, look at exactly how much is in the pot, lay out the options, and vote — on a livestream for our members. Whatever we decide as a community is what the money goes toward. Nothing behind closed doors.
Where does my money go? Is it safe?
Funds are held safely in an account designated for the collective's business use, and only move where the community votes to send them. Members can see every contribution logged inside the members’ area — nothing hidden from our own people.
Does all the money go to the community?
Almost all of it. There’s a small, fixed operational fee built in — it covers the real costs of running this: meetings, website upkeep, correspondence, and securing locations or events. The committee decides what that fee is, it’s kept small, and it’s set in the open. Everything past that is the community’s to direct.
Do I have to give to benefit?
The pot is one piece. The real win is what we build together — join the groups, connect with people, move as one. That's the whole point.
Can I get a refund?
Contributions to the community pot are final. Once you're in, you're part of the circle and your dollar is working for us — that's the whole model. We don't hold your money for ourselves; the moment it clears, it belongs to all of us together. If you ran into a technical issue with your transaction (duplicate charge, processing error), reach out and we'll make it right. For everything else, this is a community commitment, not a purchase.

Stay connectedThis is bigger than the dollar.

Want to know what the community is thinking? Come build with us. This is about Black folks linking up, looking out for each other, and seeing what else we can do when we move as one.

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