WYDE: End Hunger Launches the Hunger Network: A Member-Governed Alternative to the Donor Model

WYDE launches the Hunger Network with a member-governed grant model, 50/50 cause pool, and a curated monthly ballot of verified hunger-relief organizations.

WYDE: End Hunger Launches the Hunger Network: A Member-Governed Alternative to the Donor Model WYDE launches the Hunger Network with a member-governed grant model, 50/50 cause pool, and a curated monthly ballot of verified hunger-relief organizations. Aaron Rafferty April 30, 2026 Key Takeaways: WYDE Association published the Hunger Network white paper and opened the directory to all 501(c)(3) hunger-relief organizations operating one year or more, with verification taking roughly two minutes. Every cause-pool fee from $EAT trading splits 50/50 between Feed the Children, the exclusive national partner under an 18-month grant agreement, and a community-voted pool that funds the top ten organizations on a monthly curated ballot. Voting is quadratic, capped at the snapshot moment voting opens, and produces grants disbursed in ETH, USDC, or ACH within ten days of the round closing. WYDE Association published the Hunger Network white paper and brought the public directory live this week, formalizing the allocation layer that routes $EAT trading fees to verified hunger-relief organizations. The directory pulls registry data from the IRS Business Master File and adds claim, verification, and content tools on top. Search is free, account-less, and runs by ZIP code or city. The structural pivot is in the membership framing. As Aaron Rafferty wrote in The Tech Buzz this week , members are not donors. They participate in a network that generates fees, and those fees fund the WYDE Association treasury, which makes the grants. No one is asked to donate at any step. Every cause-pool fee splits two ways. Half flows to Feed the Children under an 18-month grant agreement effective April 1, 2026, with a $50,000 minimum guarantee. The other half funds a community-voted pool. WYDE Associat