Real people. Real deeds. A photo every time.
Turn a few dollars into a good deed someone actually goes and does.
A neighbor clears a littered park corner, waters a thirsty street tree, or sweeps broken glass off a bike lane. You get the before-and-after photo to keep or pass along. It is a paid civic service, not a charity.
How it works
You fund a deed, a real local person goes and does it, and you get verified photo proof. Checkout is a secure Stripe payment.
Pick a deed
A watered street tree, a swept bike lane, a tidied bus stop. Small deeds start at $8.
Fund it
Your money pays one real person a fair wage to go do the deed. You see exactly where every dollar goes before you pay.
We find a local doer
Our engine sources verified people nearby, offers a fair rate, and funds a backup spot so one no-show never stalls your deed.
They send verified proof
They photograph the spot before and after. We check every photo: the result and the items, never a face.
Pass the card on
You get a “Your $X became this” Impact Card to text to a friend or post anywhere.
A fair wage, always
Every price pays the person about $18 an hour for their time, travel, and proof. We show the full split on each deed.
Verified photo proof
A deed is only done when the before and after photo passes our checks. No proof, no payout.
A service, not a charity
You are paying real people to improve real places. We never call it a donation and it is not tax-deductible.
The deed catalog
Sixteen deeds, cheapest first, each one screened before it goes up. Every deed makes a real place or a real community better, and the proof shows the result, never a person you could point at.
Small deeds
$8 to $12Quick kindness you can do while you are already out. A bagful of litter, a watered street tree, a tidied community board.
Clean and refill a public birdbath
A grimy, dry birdbath scrubbed and refilled, before and after.
Tidy a community bulletin board
Expired flyers cleared and the board straightened, before and after.
Water a thirsty young street tree
A bone-dry tree basin, soaked deep on a hot week, before and after.
Chalk a hopscotch game on a path
A blank path turned into a hopscotch grid in sidewalk chalk.
Re-stand tipped-over bins on a block
Bins knocked over after pickup, stood back up and tidied, before and after.
Leave one encouraging note in public
One kind note left on a board or tucked in a library book.
Scrub stickers off a public box or sign
Layers of stickers and flyers peeled off, before and after.
Clean a neglected public plaque
A grimy, overgrown marker wiped clean and legible, before and after.
Sweep broken glass off a path
Shattered glass swept up and bagged off a shared path, before and after.
Bag a walk's worth of litter
One bag of litter, picked up on a walk you were taking anyway.
Shovel snow off a public path
A snowed-in public path cleared down to the pavement, before and after.
Civic gifts
$14 to $25A 20 to 45 minute errand done well, for a spot a lot of people share.
Free a street tree from strangling vines
Ivy pulled off a smothered trunk, before and after.
Leave encouraging public chalk art
A dull sidewalk, brightened with a kind message.
Clean up a neglected park corner
A trashed park corner, bagged and made right, before and after.
Clear litter from a stretch of beach
One bag of beach trash that never reaches the tide.
Clean up a neglected trailhead
A trash-strewn trailhead, made walkable again.
We thought hard about how this could go wrong
Paying strangers to document good deeds can curdle fast: altruism done for the photo, and vulnerable people turned into props. So every deed here serves a place or a community, the proof shows spaces and items, never faces, and we never once call this a donation. Read how we keep it honest
Want to get paid to do good deeds?
Every deed here is done by a real person who signed up on RentAHuman. Make an account, watch for Kindling deeds near you, and get paid to clear a park corner or water a thirsty street tree.
