Guides, Stewards, Houses, and Pools

A person who helps you identify the capital you have, the returns you want, and the ventures that fit. A guide can build you a proposed Portfolio of Returns.

Guides do not control your funds. Nothing is deployed unless you approve it yourself.

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A steward takes on more responsibility: publishing a capital thesis, creating and administering Community Capital Pools, reviewing ventures, running structured diligence, organizing allocation rounds, monitoring portfolio ventures, and reporting results. Their record accumulates publicly over time.

An organization, team, or local institution that affiliates several guides and stewards, operates multiple pools, specializes by place or venture type, maintains review standards, and publishes research and portfolio reports. A Capital House is not a bank and is never described as one.

A coordinated collection of financial and nonfinancial commitments organized around a transparent Capital Mandate — a place, a purpose, a population, a venture type, a return category, or a single time-limited round.

Pool models include:

• Curated commitment pool — the steward proposes; each contributor approves their own deployment.
• Contributor-directed pool — contributors vote, rank, or select.
• Matching pool — a sponsor matches on defined, published triggers.
• Sponsored distribution pool — an approved third party receives and administers funds.
• Nonfinancial capital pool — hours, tools, space, customers, introductions.
• Hybrid pool — money and nonfinancial capital together.

• Capital is never deployed automatically because a guide or steward proposed it.
• You can set maximum totals, per-venture caps, exclusions, and geographic limits.
• You can approve, decline, or revise each recommendation.
• You can revoke a guide's access to your mandate at any time.

Guides and Stewards do not personally receive or hold contributor funds. Financial deployment is processed through configured payment or sponsoring partners, and no capital is deployed without the contributor's authorization.

Every guide, steward, and Capital House must disclose how they are paid and any relationship that could bias a recommendation — venture-paid fees, organizer affiliations, family or business relationships, property interests, referral fees, and gifts. Hidden pay-to-recommend arrangements are not permitted, and conflicts appear on every affected recommendation.

Community Capital Guides and Stewards help contributors discover ventures, organize capital, and create proposed allocations. Current Fairy Investing opportunities are donation-, reward-, preorder-, sponsorship-, membership-, or participation-based. They do not offer equity, securities, repayment, profit participation, or promised financial returns.

Pool contributors are not shareholders, limited partners, equity investors, lenders, or security holders. Pool balances are not deposits and are not insured. Fairy Investing is not a bank.

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