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# About Ma Earth

Ma Earth is a collective funding platform for community-led regeneration. We connect land stewards with resources to restore ecosystems, protect watersheds, and care for the living world. 

Across the planet, communities are leading their own regeneration. The challenge is not a lack of solutions. It is a lack of flow. An estimated $1 trillion per year funding gap prevents community-led regeneration from accessing the resources it needs.

### Our Approach

Most funding systems concentrate decision-making power in the hands of a few. Ma Earth puts that power in the hands of communities instead through:

**Democratic allocation.** Through a quadratic funding model, the number of supporters shapes where resources flow, not just the size of donations. 

**Trust-based relationships.** We don't ask for lengthy proposals or burdensome reports. We ask for your story, your goals, and updates that keep your community engaged with your work.

[**Collaborative funding rounds.**](/resources-for-land-stewards/about-funding-rounds.md) Projects aren't competing against each other. When one project succeeds, the whole round benefits..

**Verifiable impact.** Through [Hypercerts](/ma-earth/our-technology/hypercerts.md), we create transparent, verifiable records of restoration — so funders can see what their support makes possible, and land stewards get recognized for the work they're already doing.

### Our Vision

Ma Earth envisions a world where the economy is in service to life — where prosperity is measured not by accumulation, but by the vitality of land, water, and community.

We are part of a broader movement shifting the economy from extractive to regenerative, from transactional to relational, from commodification to reverence. A movement that trusts communities to lead regeneration, and builds the infrastructure to resource them doing it.

Ma Earth is an invitation to collective stewardship. Small acts of care, multiplied across communities and landscapes, have the power to shift the whole.

### Learn More

**Get started:**

* [Learn about collective funding](/ma-earth/funding-explained/ma-earths-funding-model.md)
* [Apply to the next round](https://maearth.com/fundraise)

**Connect:**

* [Join community calls](/resources-for-land-stewards/funding-round-3-hub/community-calls.md)
* [Contact us](https://maearth.com/contact)

**Questions?**

* Browse our Help Center for detailed guides:
  * [For land stewards](/resources-for-land-stewards/getting-started-as-a-land-steward.md)
  * [For donors](/resources-for-donors/getting-started-as-a-donor.md)
  * [For trusted evaluators](/resources-for-trusted-evaluators/trusted-evaluator-guide.md)
  * [For host partners](/resources-for-host-partners/host-partner-guide.md)


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