Hidden Cash — A Social Experiment for Good

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A social experiment for good · 2014
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"It's not about the money — it's about the joy of making a difference."— Yan Budman
Hermosa Beach, CA · June 2014
TechCrunch · July 2014
"HiddenCash is a social experiment for good — and it's going global."
"It gets people out of their living rooms and out there doing things with their kids, their families."— Jason Buzi, CNN AC360°
Central Park, New York · June 2014
CNN · May 2014
"The anonymous man behind @HiddenCash says he just wants to make people happy — and it's working."
$20
700K+
Twitter followers
in 12 weeks
100+
cities reached
worldwide
$50K+
in direct
cash giveaways
50+
countries inspired
to pay it forward
press-coverage.archive · @HiddenCash · 2014
— As seen in
TechCrunch·CNN·BBC·NPR·The Guardian·TIME Magazine·The Wall Street Journal·The New York Times·Los Angeles Times·NBC News·ABC News·CBS News·HuffPost·The Telegraph·Gothamist·Business Insider·Mercury News·KQED
— The creators
Jason Buzi
Co-founder
A real estate entrepreneur from Palo Alto who believed that giving back could be joyful, spontaneous, and human.
Yan Budman
Co-founder
His partner in the experiment — who understood that the idea wasn't about money. It was about what happens when you give people a reason to look up.
Generosity is contagious.@HiddenCash ran for one summer. The envelopes stopped. The Twitter account went quiet. But the idea — that a small act of generosity, shared openly, can move through a city, a country, a world — that never stopped.
@HiddenCash · 2014Jason Buzi & Yan Budman
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