Basic Income Advocacy Pilot
Income Movement is a 501(c)(3) national grassroots coalition-building organization advocating for basic income policy in the U.S. The Basic Income Advocacy Pilot is one of its programs supporting former guaranteed-income pilot participants as they organize into lived-experience advocates. It runs as ongoing 6-month cohorts and includes small cash payments alongside optional advocacy skill-building. The program is funded through private/philanthropic support and distributed via Usio prepaid debit cards. Independent public documentation of this specific pilot's operational details is limited; most details rely on the seed data and Income Movement's broader published advocacy work.
Alumni/Former GI Participants, Advocacy, Lived Experience, Basic Income Movement, National
Headquarters
- Organization Name
- Income Movement (Income Movement Foundation)
- Country
- United States
Contact
- Social media links
Status & Funding
- Organization status
- Active
- Program status
- Active
- Application status
- Rolling
- Number of recipients
- 19
- Funding type
- Nonprofit, Philanthropic
Benefits
- Currency Type
- Fiat
- Currency
- USD
- Total Amount
- 2,400 USD
- Avg. Per Month
- 400 USD
- Payment frequency
- Biweekly
- How long the program lasts
- 6 months
- Distribution Type
- Prepaid Debit Card (Usio)
- Benefit details
Participants receive $200 payments twice per month (bi-monthly), totaling approximately $400/month, over a 6-month cohort period, for an estimated total of $2,400 per participant. Payments are distributed via Usio prepaid debit cards. Cohorts of roughly 19 participants run on a rolling, ongoing basis rather than as a single one-time pilot.
Eligibility
Overview
- Eligibility details
Eligibility is restricted to individuals who previously participated in a separate guaranteed income/basic income pilot program; there are no additional need-based or demographic criteria noted. Participants are not required to complete advocacy skill-building activities, which are offered as an optional component of the cohort experience.
Geography
- Countries covered
- United States
Participation
- Research / participation requirements
Managed internally by Income Movement (self-described as the Research Institution in seed data); the program is tied to Income Movement's broader Pilot Community Engagement Program and its work supporting former pilot participants organizing as lived-experience advocates for basic income policy. No independent academic research protocol or published findings for this specific advocacy pilot were located.
