Samaritan

Samaritan is a social impact platform that provides smart wallets specifically designed for people experiencing homelessness, linking them to the social and financial capital needed to leave the streets. Using Bluetooth-enabled beacons as smart wallets, community members can learn the stories of unhoused individuals they encounter and fund their critical needs directly through the app. Samaritan partners with nonprofits, healthcare systems, and corporations to deploy its technology across cities, enabling case managers to track progress and connect members to housing and health services. The platform's model is grounded in the belief that homelessness is fundamentally a relational poverty problem, and that rebuilding community connections alongside financial support accelerates housing outcomes.