By Logan Rude May 3, 2021 9:41 AM MADISON, Wis. — A citywide pilot program to provide residents a guaranteed income as a means to decrease poverty is getting some extra support from local donors. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced Monday that a group of local donors have given more than $300,000 to the city’s Guaranteed Income Pilot, on top of funding the city is already getting. Thanks to recent donations, the city’s pilot program now has a total budget of $900,000. “I would like to thank the generous donors who are willing to work with the City of Madison to innovate on a guaranteed income project that will lift up Madison families and provide proof of concept for a national program,” Rhodes-Conway said. This pilot is part of a larger effort to convince the federal government to tackle national poverty through direct income payments to those in need.”