Pre-UBI
Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend
UniversalYes
IndividualYes
UnconditionalYes
PeriodicYes
CashYes
Lasting nationalNo
COUNTRY FILE
United States
USAActive pilot
National statusNo strict national UBI
It does not simultaneously meet universality, individuality, unconditionality, periodicity, cash and lasting national scale.
Related activityActive pilot
Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, 1982; Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, 2019–2021; OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study, 2020–2024; Freedom Dividend (campaign proposal); Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (city network)
CheckedAugust 26, 2026
No material legislative change is listed after the source scan.
United States has no strict national UBI (universal + individual + unconditional + periodic + cash + lasting). The closest current instrument is “Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend” (pre_ubi): Pre-UBI / resource dividend.
RELATED BENEFITS
Related benefits
PILOTS AND CASH STUDIES
Pilots and cash studies
PROPOSALS
Proposals
CRITERIA
Six criteria, per programme
Flags from different programmes are not added together to imply a national UBI.
Pilot
Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration
UniversalNo
IndividualYes
UnconditionalYes
PeriodicYes
CashYes
Lasting nationalNo
Cash study
OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study
UniversalNo
IndividualYes
UnconditionalYes
PeriodicYes
CashYes
Lasting nationalNo
Proposal
Freedom Dividend (campaign proposal)
UniversalNo
IndividualNo
UnconditionalNo
PeriodicYes
CashYes
Lasting nationalYes
Pilot
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (city network)
UniversalNo
IndividualNo
UnconditionalNo
PeriodicYes
CashYes
Lasting nationalNo
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