Online now. Coming to Flagstaff first.

Local money for Northern Arizona.

Local money that stays local.
Built for Northern Arizona.

Gerah is community currency. When you give to a local charity, you receive Gerah as a thank you. Spend it on marketing, services, or goods from your neighbors. Every dollar stays in town.

Here's how it works See the services

A gerah was the smallest unit of ancient Babylonian currency. A carob seed. The people's money.

You donate
100% to charity
You get Gerah
Local currency
You spend it
Web, photos, social
Creatives paid
Real dollars, weekly
Money stays
5 neighbors helped

For local businesses

Donate to a neighbor. Get marketing in your community.

Give to a Northern Arizona charity through NeighborTable, our charity partner. The charity keeps every dollar. As our thank you, we send you Gerah to spend on web design, photos, or social media from local creatives.

Learn more

One donation. Five neighbors helped.

Here's how it actually works. Tap any step to read more.

  1. 1
    You donate to a local charity
    100% goes to the charity. Every cent.
    Through NeighborTable, our charity partner. Pick any registered Northern Arizona nonprofit. The charity receives 100% of your donation. We never touch it.
  2. 2
    We send you Gerah
    Local currency, equal to your donation.
    An equal amount, in local currency. Spend it on marketing services from local creatives, or on goods at participating shops. It's yours to use however you need.
  3. 3
    You spend it where you live
    Web design, photos, social media. From neighbors.
    Web design, photos, social media, copy. All from people in your neighborhood. No platform fees, no middlemen. The creative keeps what you pay.
  4. 4
    Local creatives get paid
    Real dollars. Weekly. No fees.
    We redeem their Gerah for real dollars every week, at face value. They keep the full amount. Direct deposit on Fridays. No waiting, no percentage taken.
  5. 5
    The money stays in town
    One donation. Five neighbors helped.
    Five neighbors helped from one donation. The charity, you, the creative, the creative's grocer, the grocer's mechanic. The dollar circulates and multiplies locally instead of leaving.
a seed that becomes an economy.
That's what Gerah is trying to be. One loop at a time.

The donation loop is one of three.

Gerah is also building Made in Navajo (Navajo artisans selling directly, off the highway), Made in Flagstaff (a local directory that accepts Gerah), and Numbers World (the first product you can pay for in Gerah today). All spokes. gerah.app is the hub.

Where things stand

Honest numbers. Updated as the economy grows.

Live
Online as of May 2026
1:1
USD reserve backing every token
100%
Of donations go to charity
Q3 2026
First Flagstaff merchants

Which one are you?

Three ways into the same loop.

Questions, answered

It's local scrip backed one to one by US dollars held in reserve. You can't deposit it in a bank. But every business in the network accepts it for goods and services at face value.
None. The charity gets your full donation. Gerah comes from a separate community reserve. You're not getting a discount. You're getting a thank you.
We redeem their Gerah weekly for real dollars at face value. No fees. No holds. Direct deposit on Fridays.
Spend Gerah at any participating local shop. Restaurants, makers, services, food. The marketing track is one path for businesses. The spending track is for everyone.
Hope for Americans, a nonprofit focused on rebuilding local economies in mountain west towns. Gerah is our first project. Northern Arizona is the pilot.
The site is online. The token contract is deployed. The donation flow is being wired up. Real merchants are coming in Q3 2026. We're building in public and we'll tell you what works and what doesn't.

Ready to meet the neighborhood?

Pick a charity. Get Gerah. Spend it where you live.

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