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The Kola Nut Collaborative

The Kola Nut Collaborative (KNC) is a mutual support network of people engaged in reciprocal exchange of services, skills, and goods through a timebank where the currency is an hour of time for everyone.

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$25 USD / year

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Goal

Applicants who are accepted to the inaugural OANM cohort may submit their contribution to the program here. Read more

$368.63 USD of $2,000 USD raised (18%)

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Events

The Kola Nut Collaborative is hosting the following events.

Past event
08:00 PM-11:00 PM UTC
A two-part introduction to sociocracy with Ted Rau where we explore the tools needed to design a ...Read more

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Top financial contributors

Individuals

1
Rebecca Zorach

$140 USD since Jul 2020

2
Deidra Marie Somerville

$105 USD since May 2020

3
Bea Echeverria

$100 USD since Apr 2020

4
Robbie Markus

$100 USD since Jun 2020

5
LaTierra Piphus

$100 USD since Jun 2020

6
Latham Zearfoss

$100 USD since Mar 2021

7
Jesse

$100 USD since Mar 2021

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Priyanka Das

$100 USD since Apr 2021

9
Mayte Aldrett

$100 USD since Apr 2021

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Qui Virtual Support Solutions, LLC

$100 USD since Jul 2021

Organizations

1
The Field Foundation of Illinois

$25,000 USD since Feb 2021

2
Windward Fund

$3,000 USD since Nov 2022

3
The Participatory Budgeting Project

$1,000 USD since Nov 2022

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$140 USD since Apr 2020

5
Open Collective Foundation

$100 USD since Apr 2020

6
CoGro

$35 USD since Mar 2023

The Kola Nut Collaborative is all of us

Our contributors 30

Thank you for supporting The Kola Nut Collaborative.

Mike Strode (...

Admin

$75 USD

I am locked in a reciprocal arrangement where w...

Chris

Admin

$25 USD

The Field Fou...

$25,000 USD

Windward Fund

$3,000 USD

Household Membership

$140 USD

Peace and health!

Rebecca Zorach

Household Membership

$140 USD

Deidra Marie ...

Household Membership

$105 USD

It's a family affair! Ile Somerville looks forw...

Bea Echeverria

Individual Membership

$100 USD

Robbie Markus

Individual Membership

$100 USD

LaTierra Piphus

Individual Membership

$100 USD

Thanks for creating this space Mike!

Budget


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Today’s balance

$15,126.33 USD

Total raised

$37,862.00 USD

Total disbursed

$22,735.67 USD

Estimated annual budget

$4,412.98 USD

Expenses

All time

Expenses paid

16

Amount disbursed

$21,229.36

Tags# of ExpensesAmount (USD)
consultation
5$9,750.00
training
2$5,750.00
materials
4$2,612.54
no tag
2$2,239.47
event hosting
2$483.96
software
1$393.39

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Contributions

All time

Contributions received

26

Amount collected

$2,115.00

Tiers# of ContributionsAmount (USD)
recurring
19$1,415.00
one-time
7$700.00

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News from The Kola Nut Collaborative

Updates on our activities and progress.

Haji Healing Salon Hosting Free Release Distribution Site for adrienne maree brown's "Holding Change"! 🌿

If you are southeast or southwest and want to grab your copy from this location, please drop by with your form submission email has handy. You can also fill out a form on-site to obtain a copy. While you are there, peruse their plant life...
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Published on June 15, 2021 by Mike Strode (KNC)

Sharing Change Free Book Distribution

Are you a current or aspiring facilitator in Chicago? Do you have an organizational or community home where you are responsible for holding space? The Kola Nut Collaborative has an offer to share and a need you can help us fulfill. We want...
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Published on June 1, 2021 by Mike Strode (KNC)

Call for Collaborators: Offers & Needs Market (OANM) Facilitator Network

WHAT: For our next economic pilot, the Kola Nut Collaborative is embarking on the development of an Offers and Needs Market (OANM) Facilitator Network. OANM has been a key part of our orientation and facilitation toolkit si...
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Published on February 12, 2021 by Mike Strode (KNC)

About


Our Mission

To promote and sustain a robust timebanking infrastructure which supports non-monetary transactions amongst individuals and organizations allowing a greater sum of the realized value of work to be retained and shared within local communities.

Our Vision

To make social infrastructure visible within our communities. Social infrastructure describes the invisible bonds and relationships which constitute a generative capital that can be accumulated and circulated through timebanking.

Our Goals
 
  • To improve the quality of life of members by linking them to a high value citywide database of skills and human assets.
  • To increase the accessibility of local skills pools to individuals, small businesses and community based organizations.
  • To develop and sustain a complementary community currency which decreases financial pressure, reinforces the fabric of trust and creates new opportunities for engagement between stakeholders within communities.
  • To develop a co-production pipeline which enables more agile delivery of human and social services by linking some recipients directly to services provided by members in their local communities.

Our Values

We uphold the Five Core Values of Timebanking:

  • Everyone is an asset with something to contribute.
  • Some work cannot be measured by its market price.
  • Reciprocity builds mutual trust and social bonds.
  • Social networks amplify our shared power.
  • Respect ensures that no voice goes unheard.

Our team

Mike Strode (...

Admin
I am locked in a reciprocal arrangement where w...

Chris

Admin