Coming soon to your community
Kindness, made as easy as asking.
CooperationEngine is a new kind of place — where asking for help feels ordinary, offering help feels natural, and every act of care ripples outward. The kitchen table, made bigger.
Launching first in Austin, Texas · Free for individuals, always
The possibility
What if asking for help cost you
nothing — not even pride?
Shame is the tax on asking for help. We're removing it. Post what you need by nickname, and let your community answer — the way villages always did, rebuilt for the way we live now.
Ask, freely
A ride to an appointment. Help moving a couch. Groceries during a hard week. Post it in minutes — your community sees the need, not your burden.
Offer, easily
You have an hour, a truck, a skill, a warm meal. Offer it when it fits your life. Over 90% of us want to volunteer, yet only one in four Americans do (Stanford Center on Longevity). We're building the door.
Trust, built in
Every member is welcomed into a community by its own organizers. From there, a member can earn up to three trust checks: known (invited by a member or organizer), documents checked by the organizer, and a track record of completed acts of care. Communities do the verifying, not CooperationEngine, and a member without checks is not verified.
Built in stages, built to last
We're starting simple. Then we're going far.
Ask & offer, plus the marketplace
- Post and answer help requests, shame-free
- Community marketplace — free, pay-what-you-can, and fair-rate offers
- Trust checks, earned inside each community
Volunteers, events & conversation
- Volunteer coordination for organizations
- Community events with sign-ups
- Built-in chat with real human support
Networks of care
- Organizations partnering as cooperative networks
- Emergency response zones for disasters
- Verified impact for every community
Doing Good — the podcast
Daily heroes, finally witnessed.
Every day, ordinary people hold their communities together through quiet acts of service. Our podcast finds them and tells their stories.
These are stories we've lived, told with illustrative names and details. We'll be sharing real ones soon.
The mechanic who fixes brakes at midnight
For fifteen years, Ray has fixed single parents' cars at cost, after hours, no questions. He's never told anyone. His customers told us.
Meet Ray Delgado →The crossing guard who knows every kid's name
Dorothy has walked the same corner for 22 years. She knows every kid, every parent, every dog. This is what daily heroism actually looks like.
Meet Dorothy Simmons →From the blog
Notes from the build.
Shame is the tax on asking for help. We're removing it.
Why nickname-first asking isn't a feature — it's the whole architecture.
Read →It was never a caring gap. It was a coordination gap.
Over ninety percent of us want to volunteer. Only one in four Americans do. The difference isn't the heart — it's the infrastructure.
Read →Be first at the table.
Join the waitlist and we'll invite you the moment CooperationEngine opens in your community. Free for individuals — always.
You're on the list.
Welcome to the table. We'll be in touch soon — and it'll be worth the wait.