Donors & Builders
Legacy isn't built on what you accumulate. It's built on who you empower.
Every gift helps close the resource gap for exceptional young changemakers through seed funding, scholarships, mentorship and the transfer of wisdom across generations.
WHAT BUILDERS HAVE MADE POSSIBLE SINCE 2025
$174K+
in grants funded
$80K+
in scholarships provided
255+
changemakers supported
2,500+
people reached by the ripple effect
What it means to be a builder
Your greatest resources aren't only financial.
Experience, wisdom, relationships and a willingness to care can be just as powerful. Builders bring all of it.
Invest
Put time and resources behind the next generation of changemakers.
Mentor
Share experience, perspective and, when needed, a little "tough love."
Open doors
Use your network to make introductions and create opportunities.
Learn
Gain new perspectives on the world's most pressing challenges, from the people tackling them.
This is more than philanthropy. It's an opportunity to invest in human potential, and to become part of the impact you help create.
Choose your impact
Step in at the moment it changes everything.
We invest early, when the right support can change a changemaker's trajectory for years to come. Every level below is based on a real grant.
$1,500
Recognize a rising changemaker
Funds a Soundboard Human Flourishing Award for a young social impact leader.
Give at this level$5,000
Send a changemaker to a global stage
A full scholarship to a leadership experience like the AFS Youth Assembly.
Give at this level$10,000
Launch a changemaker's project
Seed funding that turns one person's idea, like a climate project, into action.
Give at this level$25,000
Build a program
Co-funds curriculum or a cohort that reaches many young people at once.
Give at this levelWhy care?
Giving changes the giver, too.
When we invest in human potential, the impact doesn't stop with one person. It ripples outward through families, organizations, communities and generations. And it gives us the chance to turn what we've learned, earned and experienced into something that outlives us.
Flourishing is not only about what we become. It is also about what we help others become.
What do you care about?
Your passion can fuel their purpose.
Support our overall mission, or tell us which area matters most to you. Whenever possible, we'll connect your interests with changemakers working on it.
Ready to become a builder?
Invest in a changemaker. Share your wisdom. Open a door. Help create what comes next.
Give today
Make a one-time or recurring gift to the Foundation, or to a cause you care about.
Donate nowTalk with Richard
Explore mentoring, larger gifts or traveling with purpose. A conversation is the best place to start.
Schedule a callThe Soundboard Impact Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3), EIN 33-1496600. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.