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Charity Driver

Connecting donors to Oakland's unhoused community โ€” in real time.
๐Ÿ‘ค Paris Irving ยท Founder ยท parisirving.com
The Problem
Oakland has 4,800+ unhoused neighbors.
Coordination is the missing piece.
4,800+
Unhoused individuals in Oakland
$1B+
CA annual homeless funding โ€” yet numbers grow
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Real-time donor coordination tools exist
Donors want to help but don't know where to go, what's needed, or whether someone has already been served today. Existing systems are government-facing, slow, and inaccessible to community volunteers.
The Solution
Charity Driver โ€” Show up smarter.
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Real-Time Oakland Map

10 hotspot zones with color-coded urgency โ€” red to green โ€” updating live as donors submit deliveries.

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Delivery Logging System

Donors log what they brought, where, and how many people served. Live feed updates instantly โ€” no duplicate efforts.

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Individual Support Profiles

Private, consent-based profiles so donors can recognize and consistently serve the same individuals over time.

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Mia โ€” AI Community Guide

Warm, human chatbot that guides donors through the platform and answers questions in real time.

Our Mission
"We don't help because we have to.
We help because we want to." โ€” Paris Irving, Founder
Charity Driver is not a tech product. It is a movement โ€” rooted in compassion, service, and the belief that ordinary people can do what institutions cannot: make someone feel seen. The brand is inspired by the highest form of love โ€” sacrificial, unconditional, and freely given.
Market Opportunity
A city ready for this solution.
180K+
Bay Area donors interested in direct community giving
$2.1B
Oakland nonprofit sector annual spend
$1B+
California HHAP fund available for tech-enabled solutions
Charity Driver qualifies for California state homeless tech funding, Oakland equity grants, and federal social services technology programs. The platform is live, functional, and ready to scale.
Revenue Model
Freemium + Partnerships
Four revenue streams with clear Year 1 targets. Built to be sustainable from day one.
Revenue StreamYear 1 Target
๐Ÿงก Supporter subscriptions ($7/mo)$4,200
๐Ÿค Nonprofit partnerships$10,000
๐Ÿ›๏ธ Government/grant funding$25,000
๐Ÿ“ฃ Corporate sponsorships$5,000
Total Year 1$44,200
Use of Funds
$30,000 request โ€” deployed strategically.
$8,000
Platform development โ€” Stripe integration, backend scaling, mobile optimization
$5,000
Field operations โ€” interviews, real data collection, individual profile building
$7,000
Marketing & community outreach โ€” Facebook, TikTok, flyer campaigns
$3,000
Legal & compliance โ€” nonprofit status application, privacy framework
$7,000
12-month operating expenses โ€” domain, hosting, tools, part-time support
$30K total
Full seed round to reach 500 users and 2 org partnerships
The Founder
Paris Irving
25-year-old Oakland native. Innovation Educator at The Hidden Genius Project โ€” one of the nation's leading nonprofits training Black male youth in tech and entrepreneurship.
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Hidden Genius Project

OAK3 alumnus โ†’ full-time Innovation Educator. Trains youth in HTML, CSS, Python, and AI.

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International Experience

Taught coding workshops in London at International Tech Slam.

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Google-Verified Credibility

Search "Paris Irving" โ€” HGP profile, Charity Driver, Alumni Venture Seed Fund (Feb 2024) all appear.

Paris Irving
Paris Irving
Founder ยท Charity Driver
Innovation Educator
The Hidden Genius Project
parisirving.com
12-Month Roadmap
Traction milestones โ€” already moving.
April 2026

Platform Live โœ…

parisirving.com launched. Map, auth, delivery logging, profiles, Mia chatbot all live.

May 2026

First Partnership

Stripe payments live. First nonprofit partner. 10 paying Supporters.

June 2026

100 Active Donors

First grant received. Field data collection begins with partner org.

July 2026

500 Users

50 paying subscribers. Real individual profiles with consent-based data.

Sept 2026

HGP Celebration

Present Charity Driver at End of Summer Celebration โ€” parents and investors.

Dec 2026

$44K Revenue

2 org partnerships. Seed round deployed. Ready for Series A conversations.

The Ask

Join us in building
something that matters.

We're raising $30,000 in seed funding to scale Charity Driver across Oakland and begin building the data infrastructure that makes this platform fundable at every level.

๐Ÿ‘คParis Irving โ€” Founder, Charity Driver
๐ŸŒparisirving.com
๐ŸซInnovation Educator, The Hidden Genius Project
๐Ÿ“Richmond / Oakland, CA
๐Ÿงก"Not because we have to. Because we want to."