@Anonymous , Mr. Gebbia, sounds like a heartfelt big attempt to help others, I hope it goes well for those who receive help from it.
Im sure your Partner can tell you, In upstate Rural NY, we are surrounded by folks dotted in the hills and valleys that are in tough shape and bitter cold winters don't make things better, it doesnt matter if your living in a cardboard box in NYC, thats the one you will die in, its no easier to die in a mobile home in the middle of nowhere cause you dont have heat. Melodie and I have not donated to things that aren't local and directly going from my hand to the persons that will benefit from it in years, there were just too many hands out and most of them only knew me when I was reading off my credit card number to them and they sold my name to other hands.
All politics and charity that matters the most is local as a rule for the survival of my friends and neighbors. Many are the less than fulltime food service workers, hospitality tenders and retail hourly schlepps that don't do all that well when covid isnt in town and they are out of work. Now that its here, they are fighting with the coyotes for the white tail deer to feed their kids (the coyotes are winning). I hope your charity does well, I just ask folks to think about helping someone specifically you know needs it right now, in these desperate times, they may not have the means or ability to ask for help from a real charity while many others wouldn't accept it if they were offered,
To be perfectly honest (and with all due respect), there are so so many charities that all need help and so few that we actually can be sure will give 99 pennies of the 100 they receive to the people that need it to make a difference today. Another challenge for Airbnb is they have chased too many butterflies and shiny objects in the recent past, hosts like my wife and I (and a few million others) really need the mothership to focus on what you have always done best more than anything else right now.
Stay well, JR