How many people can one generous person actually help?

Start with $1 million. Each person you help costs money — but they might pay it forward. Watch the chain reaction multiply your impact beyond your wallet.

Gray = unhelped. Green = helped by you. Gold = helped by the chain. Bottom bar = your wallet.

What you're seeing

A community of people in need (gray dots). You start giving money to help them one by one (they turn green). But here's the twist: helped people sometimes help others for free (gold dots). Your money seeds a chain reaction.

How to read the graph

Gray dots are unhelped. Green glowing dots were helped directly by you (costs money). Gold glowing dots were helped through the pay-it-forward chain (free). The wallet bar at the bottom shows your remaining funds. Watch the multiplier in the stats panel.

The key lesson

Direct giving is limited by your wallet. But if even 30% of helped people pay it forward, your impact multiplies dramatically. This is why catalytic philanthropy — helping people become helpers — is exponentially more powerful than writing checks. One generous person can change an entire community.

Wallet Remaining$1.0M

Helped Directly0

Helped by Chain0

Total Impact0

Impact Multiplier—x

Max Without Chain200

Press play. You have $1 million and a community that needs help. Watch how your generosity creates chain reactions that multiply your impact far beyond your bank account.