Every tip a rider adds in the EzRueda app is pooled into one fund and given back to Albany — community fridges, driver hardship grants, free rides to medical care. 100% donated. Zero kept.
Total tips donated so far
$0
Live from the EzRueda tips ledger — the exact same data the rider app reads, so this page and the app always match.
3,917
Tips given by riders
46
Drivers supported
100%
Of tips donated
Our mission
Tips on EzRueda were never meant to pad our margins. So we built the Tips Fund: every dollar a rider adds as a tip is pooled, and every dollar of that pool is donated back into the city that rides with us.
The fund moves money three ways — stocking Albany's community fridges, covering emergency hardship grants so drivers never have to choose between a repair bill and rent, and sponsoring free rides to medical appointments for neighbors who can't afford the trip.
No administrative skims, no fine print. EzRueda covers the fund's operating costs separately, which means the number you see above is the number Albany actually receives.
Updates & stories
Every month we publish where the fund went — receipts, not slogans.
$1,560
June's tips sponsored 140 no-cost rides to dialysis, chemotherapy, and follow-up appointments for Capital Region seniors — booked through the same EzRueda app, paid for by fellow riders.
$2,310
When drivers hit a wall — a blown transmission, a surprise insurance bill — the fund steps in. This month, twelve EzRueda drivers received hardship grants that covered repairs and kept them earning.
$1,840
April's pooled tips went straight to the Albany Community Fridge network — restocking six neighborhood fridges from the South End to Pine Hills with fresh groceries for over 900 households.
Your next trip across Albany can stock a fridge, fix a driver's car, or get a neighbor to their appointment. Tip in the app — we handle the rest.