About Us
Moving Kindness
Forward
Welcome to Kindward — a different kind of community where everyday acts of kindness matter. We’re dedicated to inspiring more compassion in homes, dating, schools, workplaces, and communities — because a kinder world starts with you. Here, you can share stories of kindness — whether you performed them, witnessed them, or imagined them — to inspire others and showcase the many meaningful ways people give back. We also offer a gifting program rooted in the “pay it forward” spirit. By celebrating others with thoughtful gifts, you help spread joy near and far. Share your story. Celebrate kindness. Inspire change.
The Origins of Kindward
Kindward’s story began long before it became a website. The first incarnation was called Acts of Kindness Now (www.actsofkindnessnow.com), created for a kindness drive at Pope John’s school. Students filled postcards with all the kind acts they had recently done, and the walls soon overflowed with small stories of generosity and compassion.
It was simple, but it was powerful. Seeing those postcards collected in one place sparked an idea: what if this could happen live online? A kind of “web 2.0” version where children — and eventually people everywhere — could share their acts of kindness socially, inspiring others, and even earning rewards they could then pay forward.
The school initiative ended abruptly when leadership changed, and the first project never gained momentum. But the vision never left. That early spark evolved into Kindward — a platform built to carry kindness beyond classrooms, beyond neighborhoods, and into the wider world.
The journey hasn’t been easy. Over the years, Kindward went through three different iterations, false starts, and setbacks. There were times when the project stalled, and times when others took advantage of the work. But persistence and belief kept it alive.
Today, after years of learning and rebuilding, Kindward has finally become what it was always meant to be: a living community where kindness is shared, rewarded, and moved forward. What began with children’s postcards has grown into an international platform with the power to ripple kindness across the globe.
