Living on One

What Living on One does

Living on One is an impact-focused media organization founded by four college students to produce documentary content about extreme global poverty. Its flagship product is the award-winning documentary chronicling two months of living on $1 per day in rural Guatemala. The company has expanded its content portfolio to include The Change Series and supporting educational materials. Underlying technology is conventional documentary film production; the company's competitive edge comes from storytelling craft, brand credibility, and platform distribution rather than proprietary technology.

The organization distributes its content globally through tier-one streaming platforms, including Netflix (where the original title was released as a Netflix original), Amazon Prime, and YouTube Movies. It also operates an Educator Portal serving K-12 and higher-education institutions, and runs a speaking-engagement program led by co-founders Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci. Endorsements from Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and former USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah have been used to build brand credibility.

The business model is multi-stream and donation-adjacent: (1) streaming licensing fees from major platforms, (2) individual donations and grants supporting the poverty-alleviation mission — the company has raised over $1 million for external poverty-related causes, (3) educational licensing through the Educator Portal, and (4) speaking fees. The team is small and the company appears bootstrapped, with no disclosed funding rounds or headcount. This is fundamentally a social-impact media venture rather than a venture-scale technology business.

Name

Living on One

Legal name

Living on One Dollar

Website

https://livingonone.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Living on One is an impact media organization producing documentary films about global poverty. It distributes content via Netflix, Amazon Prime, and YouTube Movies, serves K-12 and college educators through an Educator Portal, and operates co-founder speaking engagements for fundraising and awareness.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Film Distribution Revenue: Revenue generated through licensing and distribution of the documentary film to streaming platforms including Netflix, Amazon Prime, and YouTube Movies. The film remains the most requested educational film by educators worldwide.
2. Impact Campaign Donations: The organization raises funds for poverty-related causes through its impact campaign. To date, over $1 million has been raised for poverty-related causes through viewer donations and campaign engagement.
3. Speaking Engagements: Filmmakers Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci conduct paid speaking engagements at educational institutions and community events to discuss their documentary experience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Living on One is an impact-focused media organization that produces and distributes the award-winning documentary 'Living on One Dollar,' which follows four college students living on $1 a day for two months in rural Guatemala. The organization complements the documentary with 'The Change Series' of short, chaptered educational segments and an Educator Portal providing classroom resources for K-12 and college use, while conducting filmmaker speaking engagements and raising funds for poverty-related causes.

Product overview

Living on One is an impact-focused media organization offering an award-winning documentary film 'Living on One Dollar' (the core product), which follows four college students living on $1 a day in rural Guatemala. The portfolio includes 'The Change Series,' a collection of short chaptered segments exploring themes from the film such as microfinance, nutrition, and perseverance, and an Educator Portal providing additional classroom resources and materials for educators from grade school to college.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Change Series: Bonus content and classroom resources with short, chaptered segments focused on key themes from the documentary, including microfinance, nutrition, and perseverance. Perfect for classroom use.
• Living on One: Extras & Updates
• Educator Portal

Products and services

• Living on One Dollar (Documentary Film) Award-winning feature-length documentary following four college students living on $1 a day for two months in rural Guatemala, exploring themes of extreme poverty, hunger, microfinance, and resilience. Distributed globally via Netflix (original release), Amazon Prime Video, and YouTube Movies, and endorsed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah.
• The Change Series A curated series of short, chaptered bonus segments expanding on the documentary's themes of microfinance, nutrition, and perseverance, designed specifically for classroom use by educators.
• Filmmaker Speaking Engagements Paid speaking engagements at educational institutions and community events delivered by filmmakers Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, who discuss the experience of making Living on One Dollar and its themes of extreme poverty.

Quantifiable outcome

• Raised over $1 million for poverty-related causes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NetflixcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetflix served as the original global release platform for Living on One Dollar, providing worldwide distribution to its subscriber base and significant visibility for the documentary.
• Amazon Prime VideocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAmazon Prime Video provides on-demand streaming distribution for the documentary, making it accessible to Prime subscribers globally.
• YouTube MoviesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorYouTube Movies provides additional streaming distribution channel for the documentary, offering pay-per-view access to the film.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/living-on-one

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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