Founded by Ismael El-Amin and Donald Scott II
A carpool network that matches parents already driving the same way, so the school run, the practice run and the activity run get shared.
Updated September 2026.
The families who could carpool usually don't know each other. PiggyBack finds them through the school or the youth organization they already both trust, and puts a safety process around the match.
Parents of school-age children, reached largely through schools and youth programs.
Safety is the whole pitch. A four-point check of background screening, a closed member network, parental approval and familiar routes, and families meet before they carpool.
Contributions go into the fund that writes them. If PiggyBack Network exits one day, our share comes back to the fund and goes out again, which is what makes us an evergreen fund.
Two taps call 911 and send your location, medical details and a recording, for when you can't speak.
Plans a real outing and puts you in a small group of compatible strangers, so you don't show up alone.
Finds the restaurant, books the table and pays the bill, and sends a cut of every transaction to local food banks.
Updates on the founders we back and the work behind the checks.
