Democratic Governance & Patronage Waterfall
Green Bean operates as an anti-extractive, worker-owned commercial collective. Surplus is distributed through a transparent, post-reinvestment waterfall: 50% to worker-owners based on verified labor hours, and 50% to our community participatory budgeting fund.
The Democratic Surplus Waterfall
Post-Reinvestment Split ArchitectureGross Revenue
Tender collected across counter POS, curbside orders, beans, and bakery.
Store Operations & COGS
Ethical lot price floors, bakery ingredients, utilities, and fair hourly base pay deducted.
20% Reinvestment Reserve
Retained capital for roastery maintenance, batch equipment, and cooperative durability.
50% Worker Dividend Pool
50%Distributed proportionally to worker-owners based on verified shift hours across roaster, barista, bakery, and maintenance stations.
50% Community Fund
50%
Bridged via iyou_poly to fund neighborhood quadratic participatory budgeting grants and local public goods.
Surplus Distributions
0 Periods RecordedNo quarterly surplus distributions finalized yet. Complete order cycles and shift hours to generate distributions.
Decentralized Cooperative Mesh Federation
Green Bean publishes machine-readable cooperative manifests enabling sovereign nodes to interoperate, cross-verify sourcing charters, and participate in distributed guest roaster exchanges.