Innovation · Award partners

Help Fund the Next Community Innovation Pilot

Good ideas die between the whiteboard and the first user. Award partners build the bridge — and put their name on the company that crosses it.

Who this is for

Award sponsors, funding partners, and grant sponsors

  • Banks and financial institutions
  • Corporate foundations
  • Professional athlete foundations
  • Family foundations
  • Civic funders
  • Corporate marketing / CSR teams
  • Sponsors interested in innovation and community impact
What is happening

What to expect

Support the implementation award

Help underwrite an implementation award for a selected concept from the idea-stage cohort.

Underwrite mentorship & operations

Help fund the mentor network, cohort operations, and discovery work that move ideas toward pilot.

Visibility as an innovation partner

Recognition as a community innovation / award sponsor across cohort and demo moments.

Demo & showcase participation

Participate in showcase moments where founders, mentors, partners, and operators come together.

Optional selection input

Help select or review pilot concepts where appropriate to your organization.

Why it matters

Advice is cheap. Implementation isn't. Award partners are how an idea becomes something families actually use on campus.

Get in touch

Tell us a bit more

Tell us about your foundation, bank, or CSR team and how you'd like to participate as an award partner.

Share your interest

Tell us about your foundation, bank, or CSR team and how you'd like to participate as an award partner.

We read every submission and follow up within a few days.