Use technology, AI, content, design, research, digital tools, or organizing to measurably reduce suffering during the official seven-day challenge.
By applying, you agree to the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Community Standards.
The $5 is an experiment fund. It is not a salary, wage, employment payment, or guaranteed prize.
Your mission
Take real action. Use a leverage layer. Deploy, test, publish, organize, research, or conduct outreach. Gather evidence, measure what happened, reflect honestly, and submit proof through the official Final Proof-of-Work Submission Form.
The project does not need to be software. The question is how tools or systems helped the $5 go further.
Confirmed funding
Up to 200 approved participants may receive a $5 experiment fund, for up to $1,000 in secured experiment funding.
The confirmed $250 Grand Prize is separate from the individual experiment funds and is awarded after eligible review.
Confirmed recognition
Eligible completers will receive an official DoGoodie certificate. Website-based certificate verification is planned and will be published separately; no verification system is currently live.
LinkedIn-specific badges or placards are not yet confirmed. Additional digital recognition may be introduced later.
Who can apply?
Applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time of application. The challenge is open globally, subject to legal, payment-platform, safety, and operational feasibility.
This edition accepts individual applications only. Teams are not accepted for the first $5 Impact Hack, although team-based participation may be considered for future challenges.
Additional resources
Participants may use additional personal funds, existing tools, free software, donated resources, external funding, services, materials, or platform credits, provided every additional resource is disclosed clearly in the final submission.
Projects are judged on creativity, execution, evidence, and impact—not on who spends the most. The work should still demonstrate creative leverage of the official $5 experiment fund.
Existing capstones
Yes—but the challenge must create a fresh experiment and a new measurable result. Using an existing tool with real participants could qualify; submitting old screenshots without a new test would not.
Example directions
Use low-cost outreach or tools to help learners access a useful resource.
Test a safe, evidence-aware way to improve care, access, or awareness.
Reduce a practical barrier through design, research, content, or a digital intervention.
Coordinate people, information, or small resources around a clearly defined need.
Official schedule
All deadline times use Philippine Time (PHT / Asia/Manila). Participants should rely on official DoGoodie announcements for material schedule changes.
Completed projects and required proof must be submitted through the official Final Proof-of-Work Submission Form. Discord may be used for support, questions, and submission-related concerns.
Google sign-in may be required for file uploads or response management.
Scoring
The 35-point rubric supports consistent evaluation. Popularity, reactions, Discord activity, or social-media reach alone do not determine the winner.
31–35 Exceptional finalist
26–30 Strong submission / possible Core Builder candidate
20–25 Completed and developing
Below 20 Not yet ready for higher-level recognition
The rubric supports consistent evaluation. Skyler Hoffman makes the final winner selection based on the recorded scores, submitted evidence, safety compliance, and alignment with the spirit of DoGoodie.
If finalists receive the same total score, ties are resolved in this order: Impact score, Evidence score, Execution score, then Skyler Hoffman’s documented decision if a tie remains.
Projects may be disqualified for fake proof, fabricated data, plagiarism, scams, unsafe or illegal conduct, harassment, doxxing, exploitation, privacy or consent violations, misuse or non-disclosure of funds and resources, old work with no fresh execution, misleading claims, platform-rule violations, or harmful conduct.
Private participant data is not automatically public. DoGoodie may request limited permission to display an approved project, but public showcase permission is not an ownership transfer. Builders can use a public alias and request redaction, correction, or reasonable removal.
If the challenge is postponed, modified, or cancelled, official updates will be posted through the DoGoodie Discord server and Facebook page. Participants should rely on official DoGoodie announcements for schedule changes; email notification is not guaranteed.
Ignite a spark
Applications open July 20, 2026. Review the challenge details now.
By applying, you agree to the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Community Standards.