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.
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 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.
Advice is cheap. Implementation isn't. Award partners are how an idea becomes something families actually use on campus.
Take the next step
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.
Tell us about your foundation, bank, or CSR team and how you'd like to participate as an award partner.