Become a steward
Know your county. Serve your neighbors. Keep the map true.
FastRoots pays people who are already rooted in their community to verify every charitable food provider in their county, in scheduled verification rounds, by phone, and in person when a call can’t settle it. It is the part of this work that cannot be automated, and it is the reason the data is worth anything.
What a steward does
Talk to every provider in the county
Calls with every food pantry, meal program, and distribution site, every round, and a visit when a call can’t settle it. The whole county, not a sample.
Capture what a directory can’t
Hours and locations, yes. But also capacity, conditions, access requirements, and the needs a provider couldn’t meet since the last visit.
Be the trusted human behind the data
Providers share honestly with someone they recognize. You are the reason the data is worth believing.
What you get
Paid per verification
This is compensated work, not volunteering. You are paid for each provider you verify.
Training and tools
We train you on the interview, the data standards, and the software. No technical background required.
Flexible hours
Verification runs in scheduled rounds, and you schedule your own visits within each round.
Who tends to be good at this
People who already know their county: retirees, career-changers, graduate students, people in the give-back stage of a working life. Comfortable talking to strangers, careful with detail, and unbothered by a spreadsheet. You do not need a nonprofit background or a technical one. You do need to be someone a pantry coordinator will be glad to see.
Tell us about yourself
We open steward roles one county at a time, as each new build begins.