Every dollar, traceable — from a donor’s card to a family’s rent.
SUDO Foundation is a nonprofit helping US families with young kids survive job loss. We publish every donation and every grant on a public, cryptographically-anchored ledger. No black boxes. No “administrative costs” you can’t audit.
Where your dollar goes
We publish our fee structure on the homepage because hidden overhead is what makes donors stop giving. These numbers update from live data each quarter.
| Stripe processing | 2.2% + $0.30 (nonprofit rate) | $2.50 |
| Fiscal sponsor | Until SUDO Foundation has its own 501(c)(3) | $6.00 |
| SUDO platform | Infra, founder salary, legal; audited annually | $7.00 |
| To family | Direct-to-vendor when possible | $84.50 |
Radical transparency
A public ledger records every donation and grant in real time. Daily Merkle roots are anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps, so history can’t be quietly rewritten.
AI that serves, never decides
Claude helps applicants draft their story, translates across languages, flags inconsistencies in uploaded documents, and pre-triages the forum. Humans review every grant.
Direct-to-vendor grants
When possible we pay landlords, utilities, and childcare providers directly. It protects families from predatory targeting and removes the “unbanked recipient” problem.
Why this exists
The founder is an unemployed parent fighting an unfair-termination case. In 2026, millions of families are one bad quarter from crisis and the existing safety net is slow, opaque, and hostile to navigate. SUDO Foundation is the thing we wish existed right now.