Built from Community, for Community

EnDAO grew out of real work with real communities. Our journey began within Village Micro Fund, a social impact fund with over a decade of experience investing in local businesses and community initiatives.

Through our partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Changing the Odds Network, we spent two years organizing communities and piloting new approaches to collective finance. We saw firsthand how groups struggled with the basics: collecting dues, making spending decisions, keeping records everyone could trust.

The existing options were either too simple (Venmo, where one person holds all the money) or too complex (enterprise tools designed for corporations). There was nothing in between for the investment clubs, cooperatives, student organizations, and community groups that make up the fabric of our society.

So we built EnDAO — a platform where any group can pool money safely, make decisions democratically, and maintain complete transparency. No single person controls the funds. Every transaction requires approval. Every decision is recorded.