co-op.care
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What does the care grid add up to?

Move the sliders. See what you'd earn — and what Boulder would save — when neighbors run the grid.

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Hours per week you can offer 10 /wk
1 hr40 hrs
Weeks active per year 50 wks
4 wksfull year
Boulder families on the grid 200 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 · ~30% turnover vs 75% ~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 our medical director. 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.

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co-op.care · Built in Boulder · Colorado LCA under § 7-58 · attested by Altru.care, our Chief Medical Officer. All numbers are projections. Real grid math will be published as we build with the founding 200 families.

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