The Money Across Communities Project:
A monthly donation funded by subscribers,
supporting Philadelphia nonprofits chosen by the subscribers,
by way of nominations and voting.Â
How It Works
 1. Live CarePhilly puts $100 into the fund every month.
 2. $5 from every tax deductible monthly subscription is added to the fund.
 3. Subscribers determine a Philadelphia non-profit to donate the fund to through nominations & voting (aka: community election).
There is no prohibition against staff / leadership of Philly non-profits nominating and campaigning for the organizations they work for. There is also no limit to how many times an organization may be awarded the monthly donation.Â
Democratized Compassion
Every subscriber is given:
  1. a chance to nominate any Philadelphia headquartered non-profit,
  2. a chance to vote on any of the nominees.
Live CarePhilly does not cast a corporate vote, this is democracy at its simplest.Â
This project’s potential will never be reached, without you.
The M.A.C. Project recognizes that billion dollar industries thrive on our $5 at a time. By existing, this project insists the same be possible for compassion. Addictions, quick fixes, lotteries, sweets and so many vices thrive on our $5 at a time … why not the very organizations sacrificing to bring us beauty and dignity?
Past Recipients
The M.A.C. Project started on Patreon. After 6 months, we decided to launch Live CarePhilly 501(c)(3) so, we had to pause The M.A.C. Project while we built this organization and website.
What Makes This Different
Traditional funding systems often:
 1. Favor large organizations with grant writers and institutional access.
 2. Overlook small, neighborhood-rooted nonprofits doing critical work
 3. Remove community voice from decision-making
 4. Give too much power to the largest donor
The M.A.C. Project flips that model.
It treats community members as partners, not donors; nonprofits as the community heroes they are … not grant applicants.
Why This Matters Now, More Than Ever
In a city where culture, creativity, and compassion are deeply intertwined, this project is already relevant if not important. But these days, in the city where rebellion bore freedom in the face of fascism, today as a new wave of oppression is cresting, community self-empowerment is necessary in every way that organized individuals can cooperatively imagine and realize it.Â
Philly’s non-profit scene is uniquely rich with self-sufficient, co-op efforts. From Urban Creators in North Philly to West Philly’s The Soapbox printing collective and hundreds of others in between, this city is rife with community overlapping community. But funds are getting scarcer and yet, as stated above – billion dollar industries continue to thrive $5 at a time. Why not compassion?
We shouldn’t need the government to take care of us, we are The People.
We should just need the government to get out of our way while we take care of each other.Â
The M.A.C. Project is designed to keep Philadelphia’s resources strengthening Philadelphia.Â
Thank you for reading to the bottom
I’m Zachary. This effort has been something I’ve tried to start since circa ’95. Finally in 2025, alongside Jaime and Margaux, we launched Live CarePhilly which is home to The M.A.C. Project.
Now that it’s an established fund, it costs you, me or anyone else only 90 seconds to sign up, $7.60 a month to be participating.
If you’re reading this, just join now. Because you won’t later no matter how much you mean to (at least, that’s how I usually am). But I promise you, this thing will never, ever be as good without every single one of us.Â
Thank you in advance.
Don’t forget to vote.
Read About Past M.A.C. Recipients
