At Humanity Cash, our mission is to create a circular economy powered by Universal Basic Income (UBI) and community currencies, which are local payment networks that ensure that every dollar strengthens local economies. 

The Need for Local Economies and Self-Sufficiency is Urgent

Number of new businesses have declined by half since the 1980s. 

We’ve lost more than half of our community banks since 2000. Community banks are crucial to small business loans.

Local mom and pop shops are strained by high credit card fees especially as cash use has declined.

new enterprise

corner banks

mom and pops



As a public benefit corporation, we hope to build a more sustainable and human-scaled economy. Humanity Cash works in collaboration with participating local banks, local businesses, and local non-profit organizations to enable communities to create local stablecoins that strengthen their economy. More wealth can now stay in our communities. Don't just buy local, pay local.

Let’s put our money towards community banks and local businesses.

Of every dollar of deposit goes back to local communities ...

... that support small businesses, local farms and local commercial developments

70%


Local currencies have a higher velocity of money than national currencies. A dollar recirculates faster in the economy by facilitating multiple economic transactions - this is the multiplier effect. For every dollar injected into a community, it may create 3–4x the economic value. When a dollar is spent at the local grocer, they use that same dollar at the local bakery, who then spends the same dollar at the local diner before that dollar exits the community.

Community Currencies Stimulate Local Economic Productivity

BerkShares: Our First Community Stablecoin

BerkShares is one of the most well-known community currencies in the world that has operated in Berkshire County, Massachusetts since 2006. BerkShares is now going digital with Humanity Cash. We work with the community banks to hold cash reserves, and the Schumacher Center, the local non-profit whose research supports the BerkShares program.
With digital BerkShares, we strive to provide the convenience and cost savings of digital, while maintaining the romance of cash. A more beautiful and elegant technology should free us to slow down. A transaction is no longer a commodification but a reminder of the small miracle of being with our neighbors. 

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Andy Kalmbi

Fennie Wang

We are a diverse team from four continents.
 

Each of us, no matter where we are from, can contribute to the richness of our communities by participating in its governance, social fabric and economic vibrancy. From Berlin to the Berkshires, New York to Amsterdam, all made with love. 

 

New York by way
of Shanghai 

Founder & CEO

Cofounder 

Boston, USA

Jenell Gilyard

Dagmar van Eijk

Don Gossen

Concept and UX Designer 

CoFounder & Technical Strategy

creative director

The Randstad, Netherlands 

Denver, CO by way 
of Brooklyn, NY

Home is Where the kiddos are 

Esraa Jabar

Juliana Bongiorno

Jay Sun

Full stack developer

Operations intenrn

full stack developer

Palestine

Boston, MA

Liaoning, China 

Aaron Boyd

Head Of Technology

Berlin by way of melbourne

Dennis Iodice

Drew Weibel

Pyhills Webb

SVP AND CTO, LEE BANK
COMMUNITY BANK SINCE 1852

OWNER, MAGIC FLUKE
LARGEST U.S. MANUFACTURER OF UKULELES

GENERAL MANAGER, 
BERKSHIRE MOUNTAIN BAKERY
FEATURED ON NETFLIX SERIES “COOKED”


"We’ve learned a lot working with Humanity Cash and have realized this technology is the future of currency, transactions, and banking. BerkShares is going smoothly and creating a nice buzz with our customers."

"BerkShares is something that we gravitate towards because this is so much about who we are: hiring local and keeping money local."

"Resilient local economies is important for food security, and BerkShares is a way to make that intentional."

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Humanity Cash in the News

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Blockchain Hits Main Street: Humanity Cash partners Schumacher Center and Celo to launch First US-Based Local Currency | April 2022

BerkShares Community Currency Goes Digital with Launch of New App | March 2022

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My Town in Massachusetts Has Been Using its own Local Currency for 15 years, and it's Funneled $10 Million into our Economy | May 2022

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BerkShares Go Digital in Time for Market Season | May 2022

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Taking Local Currency Digital: A New Experiment Emerges | Nov 2021

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BerkShares Local Currency Makes Leap into Cyberspace | Dec 2021

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What's in Your (online) Wallet? On Their 15th Anniversary, BerkShares Will Go Digital | Sep 2021

Fennie Wang

We are a diverse team from four continents.
 

Each of us, no matter where we are from, can contribute to the richness of our communities by participating in its governance, social fabric and economic vibrancy. From Berlin to the Berkshires, New York to Amsterdam, all made with love. 

 

Founder & CEO

"There's no other way to
live than with passion!"

Andy Kalambi

Co founder

Boston, USA

Don Gossen

Cofounder & Technical strategy

"Home is where the kiddos are "

Aaron Boyd

Head of Technology 

Berlin by way of Melbourne

Dagmar van Eijk

Concept and UX Designer 

The Randstad, Netherlands

Jay Sun

Full stack developer 

Liaoning, China 

Esraa Jbara

Full stack developer 

Palestine

Jenell Gilyard

creative director

Denver, CO by way
of Brooklyn, NY

Juliana Bongiorno

OPERATIONS INTERN

Boston, MA

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