Different Ways to Support Communitea
At Communitea, your support goes beyond keeping the lights on. Every dollar grows:
Operational and Program Costs
Support the creation of a sustainable model for employee profit share and community co-op ownership of local Communitea Houses (Village Teacher, Storied Journeys)
Communitea Hub Acquisition and Development
Donate to Communitea Project. Help us acquire, develop, and maintain our mobile and brick and mortar communitea hubs that serve as greenhouses for growing local businesses, . This non-profit endeavor works in partnership with Communitea House but separate from in order to maintain checks and balances between for and non profit interests. Communitea Project is a 501(c)3 tax exempt non-profit. All donations are tax deductible.
Membership and Participation
Join Communitea House membership program with an annual or lifetime membership. Your regular support not only benefits you but also gives us the capital we need in advance to invest, better support our tea partners, and better support our mission and work.

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Mobile Communitea House → Neighborhood Ecosystems Fund
Jump‑start the tea‑bus proof of concept that blossoms into permanent Communitea Houses—multi‑service hubs rooted at the borders of served and underserved neighborhoods.
The Mobile Communitea House is our living prototype: a classroom, teahouse, and pop‑up resource center on wheels. Your gift finishes the solar‑powered build, funds a support vehicle, and outfits dual service stations (gongfu + boba) for on‑site training and revenue. Once routes prove demand, the same fund rolls into acquiring brick‑and‑mortar Communitea Houses—anchoring marketplaces, greenhouses, and coworking space that keep resources circulating “one cup at a time” and “grown together.”

Village Teacher Residency & Community‑as‑Curriculum Endowment
Pay forward teachers who learn by serving. Scholarships and mentor stipends turn our mobile hub and partner schools into residency sites where the neighborhood writes the syllabus.
We seed new educators through an Alternative Route to Certification that treats the community itself as the classroom. Funds cover tuition, living stipends, mentor honoraria, and teaching materials. Residents split time between local schools and the Mobile Communitea House, mastering cross‑cultural, CTE, and world‑language instruction while delivering real services—“education by the Village, for the Village.” Graduates step into stable jobs, and the endowment keeps the pipeline flowing year after year.

Storied Journeys Community Exchange Fund
Fuel two‑way cultural exchanges—Seattle, Detroit, Taipei, Kathmandu, rural Washington, and beyond—linking partners at home and abroad through homestays, joint projects, and shared stories.
True connection rarely fits inside a Zoom window. Its not enough to just travel to a place. The last great frontier is the space between two people. This fund underwrites travel, homestays, curriculum, and facilitation for students, artisans, educators, and elders who cross‑pollinate skills and perspectives. Programs run both directions: U.S. communities visit partner farms and schools in Taiwan, Japan, and Nepal, while those partners embed with us stateside. We also scout new domestic sites each cycle so the web keeps widening—proving that “the last great frontier is the space between two people.”

Community Investment Loop & Cooperative Stake Fund
Plant capital that stays rooted: micro‑grants, incubator space, profit‑share for staff, and co‑op stakes for neighbors—closing the loop between revenue and shared wealth.
Every dollar should work twice: once to power a business, once to nourish its community. Your contribution seeds our incubator, shared tools, and micro‑loans for startup vendors inside Communitea marketplaces. In return, for‑profit partners pledge 10 % of gross sales to the nonprofit, staff earn profit‑share, and neighborhood members can buy co‑op shares that unlock price relief, service credits, and annual dividends. The loop keeps us additive—not extractive—so growth strengthens, rather than cannibalizes, the ecosystem.
Communitea Consortium Partners

Communitea Project 501(C)3 Tax Exempt
Our nonprofit partner and root system that all our work grows from. The Communitea Project (501c3) stewards the physical spaces, scholarships, and programs that make our vision real — from building neighborhood hubs to funding teacher and artist development. Every tax-deductible donation helps us invest directly into the people and places we serve.
Communitea is Grown Together. ™

Village Teacher
Cultivating teachers who grow communities. Village Teacher equips aspiring and experienced educators with the tools, mentorship, and certifications to lead creative, community-centered solutions, not just in classrooms, but in housing, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and the arts. Every Village Teacher is trained to see the neighborhood as their curriculum and to foster local ownership of outcomes. Many go on to deepen their expertise and bring their lessons abroad through our global exchange programs.
Because it Takes a Village. ™

Storied Journeys
Bridging communities, at home and abroad. Storied Journeys extends the Village Teacher philosophy across borders, sending educators, artists, and community members to and from mission-aligned neighborhoods around the world. These exchanges strengthen cultural understanding, bring back new approaches to local challenges, and ensure our communities remain globally connected while locally rooted.
The last great frontier is the space between two people. ™
Every Cup, Every Dollar, Every Hand and Heart: Each one counts.
At Communitea, we know approach our mission one cup at a time, on person at a time, one community at a time. Your dollars help support: Teacher and trades certification programs and scholarships; Career & technical education pathways; Communitea Hub development; Scholarships for young artists and designers; Cross-community cultural exchanges
Whether you donate, join as a member, or simply share a story over tea, you’re helping grow a living ecosystem of educators, artists, entrepreneurs, and neighbors building something bigger — together.