Move the sliders. See what you'd earn — and what Boulder would save — when neighbors run the grid.
Pick your role · move the sliders
Hours per week you can offer10 /wk
1 hr40 hrs
Weeks active per year50 wks
4 wksfull year
Boulder families on the grid200 families
10 (today)2,000 (Boulder)
Reality check: Year 1 target is 200 founding Boulder families. The grid scales by neighborhood — when 2,000 of Boulder's 15,000 elders plug in, the math you see compounds for everyone.
YOUR YEAR · personal
$13,000
in real Boulder paychecks — plus equity
Cash earnings$13,000
Care tokens (transferable)500 hrs
Equity stake (year-1 vest)~0.04%
Families helped this year~10
YOUR BOULDER · community
$528K
your share of avoided facility cost — money that stays in Boulder
Boulder families aging at home (your contribution)8
Avoided facility cost · $66K × families$528K
Care.com loss redirected to Boulder neighbors$3,500 /family
Continuity gain · 15% turnover vs 77%~5× longer relationships
VS · the marketplace shape
Care.com path
$20.06/hr family pays · 1099
$24.99/yr CareCheck + $8.99/mo premium
~10% Trust & Support Fee on bookings
"Care.com does not employ any caregiver and is not responsible for the conduct of any user."
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co-op.care path
$26/hr W-2 · benefits accrue
$0 to be on the grid · equity vests with hours
$0 take rate on caregiver wages
"co-op.care employs every caregiver. Reviewed monthly by Dr. Emdur. We are responsible."
Mar 16 2026 — Care.com sold for $320M after IAC bought it for $500M in 2020. $180M loss. Marketplace economics on care don't work — that's why we chose the cooperative shape.