A fair wage for real work. Not a donation, not tax-deductible.
Pay somebody to do a good deed. Get the photos.
That’s the whole thing. From $8: a real person, a fair wage, and before-and-after photos of the spot. Never a face.
Funding more than one? See who’s funded the most deeds.
How it works
Five steps from a few dollars to verified photo proof. Checkout is a secure Stripe payment.
Pick a deed
A watered young tree, a bag of sidewalk litter, a tidied community board. From $8.
Fund it
One real person gets paid a fair wage. You see the full split before you pay.
We find a local doer
Verified people near the spot, plus a funded backup so a no-show never stalls your deed.
They send verified proof
Before-and-after photos of the spot, checked one by one: the result, never a face.
Pay it forward
You get a “Your $X became this” Impact Card. Text it to whoever you like.
A fair wage, always
Every price pays the person about $18 an hour: time, travel, and proof. The full split is on each deed.
Verified photo proof
No proof, no payout. Every before-and-after photo has to pass our checks.
Real work, honestly paid
You're paying a real person a fair wage to do a real good deed. It's a service, not a donation, so it isn't tax-deductible.
Good deeds you can fund right now
13 deeds, cheapest first, each one screened before it goes up. The photos show the spot, never a face.
Small deeds
$8 to $12Quick kindness: a bagful of litter, a watered young tree, a tidied community board.
Tidy a community bulletin board
Expired flyers taken down and a community board straightened up.
Water a young tree by the street
A thorough watering for a newly planted tree by the street in dry weather.
Draw a hopscotch game in chalk
A hopscotch grid drawn in washable chalk where kids play.
Stand tipped-over bins back up on a block
Knocked-over bins stood back up and spilled trash bagged after collection day.
Leave an encouraging note in a public place
A short, kind note left on a community board or in a library book.
Pick up a bag of litter on a walk
One bag of sidewalk litter picked up and binned.
Civic gifts
$14 to $25A 20 to 45 minute errand done well, for a spot many people share.
Build a sand surprise on a public beach
A sandcastle or big cheerful sand drawing for strangers to find.
Leave encouraging chalk art on a sidewalk
A few upbeat messages in washable chalk on a public path.
Paint kindness rocks and leave them to be found
A few hand-painted rocks with kind words, left where rock-finders look.
Leave a tiny artwork where it will be found
A small original piece left where someone will find it.
Clean up a littered park corner
Trash and recycling bagged up and hauled out of a local park corner.
Clear litter from a stretch of beach
A bag of litter collected off a public beach before it reaches the water.
Clean up a littered trailhead
Litter bagged up at the entrance to a public trail.
Didn’t find the deed you had in mind?
Most deeds here started with somebody noticing something: a thirsty street tree, a littered corner. Tell us yours. A human reads every idea, and the ones we can do safely and fairly join the catalog.
We thought hard about how this could go wrong
Paying strangers to document good deeds can curdle fast: kindness done for the photo. 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
Questions people ask about doing good here
Real deeds, real people, verified proof. Never a charity.
- What's an easy good deed I can do today?
- Fund one here. Pick a deed (watering a young street tree, clearing a park corner), pay a few dollars, and a real person near that spot goes and does it. You get the before-and-after photo when it's done.
- Is Kindling a charity or a donation?
- No. You're paying a real person a fair wage (about $18 an hour) to do a real good deed, plus the card and platform fees we show you up front. It's a service, not a donation, so it isn't tax-deductible, and we never claim otherwise.
- How is this paying it forward?
- Every finished deed mints an Impact Card: “Your $X became this,” with the proof photo. Text it to a friend or post it, and the next person can fund a deed of their own.
- How do I know the good deed actually happened?
- Proof or no payout. The person photographs the spot before and after, and every photo is checked against the deed's proof rules. The photos show places and items, never faces.
- Who actually does the deeds?
- Real people who signed up on RentAHuman. We find verified doers near the deed, offer a fair rate, and fund a backup spot for no-shows.
- Do good deeds have to cost money?
- Of course not. Hold a door, check on a neighbor. Kindling is for when you want a specific deed done out in the world, verified with proof, or gifted in someone's honor.
Want to get paid to do good deeds?
Funders pay for the deeds above. Doers get paid to do them, and every doer is a real person on RentAHuman. Sign up, watch for Kindling deeds near you, and get paid to water a tree or clear a park corner.