Training should lead somewhere.
Fund the learning. Grow the talent. Strengthen the community.
iGrowth Foundation expands access to practical AI education, helps nonprofits and community groups adopt useful technology, and creates pathways for trained people to put their skills to work.
What iGrowth Foundation does
iGrowth Foundation helps people get practical AI training they could not otherwise reach, helps nonprofits and community groups use these tools responsibly in their everyday work, and then stays with the people who finish that training until it leads to something real: a community project, a mentor, a contract, an internship, a job. We are the Impact lane of a three-part mission, and we are early in this work. Where something is still in progress, this site says so plainly.
Where you fit
Four ways people come to this work
Whether you want to learn, need people who can do this work, serve a community, or want to open a door for someone, start here.
Learners
You want to learn to use AI in a way that actually helps your work, your family, or your next step. We help with access to training and with what comes after it.
Apply for Training SupportBusinesses & Employers
You need people who can use these tools, or you want to help someone get their start. Sponsor a learner, offer a project, or host talent.
Hire or Host TalentNonprofits & Community Groups
You serve people and your team is stretched thin. We teach practical, responsible ways to use AI for the everyday work of running an organization.
Request a Community WorkshopSupporters
You want your giving to reach someone directly. Fund a seat, mentor a learner, host a workshop, or open a door for a graduate.
Volunteer or Mentor
How the pathway works
Training should lead somewhere
Four steps, in order. Each one is a real handoff to the next, not a slogan.
Step 1: Learn
Practical AI training through LifeQuest AI, community workshops, or a sponsored seat. Plain language, real tools, no prerequisites.
Step 2: Demonstrate Skills
Finish a hands-on capstone that shows what you can actually do. Reviewed by the foundation, so it means something to the person on the other side of the table.
Step 3: Connect to Opportunity
Community projects, mentorship, internships, contract assignments, and introductions to employers who need these skills.
Step 4: Give Back
Graduates come back as mentors, workshop helpers, and proof that it works. That is what keeps the pathway open for the next person.
Programs
What is running and what comes next
Straight with you: one of these is running right now. The other three are at earlier stages, and each card says exactly where it stands.
Community AI Workshops
Plain-language AI workshops held where people already gather, so nobody has to travel far or already know the vocabulary to get something useful out of an hour.
Learn more about Community AI WorkshopsAI for Nonprofits
Plain-language training and practical help for nonprofits and community groups that want to use AI carefully for the everyday work of running an organization.
Learn more about AI for NonprofitsPersonal Growth and Opportunity Newsletter
One email with a real story, a workshop or opportunity worth knowing about, and a handful of resources you can use. This is the one program running today, and it is free.
Learn more about Personal Growth and Opportunity NewsletterLifeQuest Graduate Pathways
The part that turns training into a next step. Vetted LifeQuest AI graduates get connected to community projects, mentors, internships, contract work, and employers who need these skills.
Learn more about LifeQuest Graduate PathwaysSee all programs and what each status means
On the roadmap. Funding and partners are what move it forward.
The bigger picture
Three Lanes, One Mission
Learn it, put it to work, and open the door for someone else. Three ventures, one purpose, connected through Roger's personal brand hub.
Learn
LifeQuest AI
Practical AI education for beginners, seniors, families, career changers, educators, entrepreneurs, and small businesses.
Visit LifeQuest AIImplement
GrowthPoint TechAI
Microsoft 365, workflow, automation, and AI implementation for businesses and organizations.
Visit GrowthPoint TechAIImpact
iGrowth Foundation
Funding access to AI education, helping nonprofits use AI responsibly, and creating pathways from training to meaningful work and service.
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Hub
AskPops.ai
Roger's personal brand, and the front door that routes people to all three lanes.
Visit AskPops.ai
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The person behind it
A note from Roger
I have spent more than thirty years helping people who do not think of themselves as technical get real work done with technology. The pattern almost never changes. Someone is sharp, careful, good with people, and completely convinced this stuff is not for them. Give them plain language, a real task, and someone who will not sigh at their questions, and they surprise themselves inside of an hour.
What has always bothered me is what happens next. Training ends, the certificate goes in a drawer, and nothing changes. Cost kept some people out to begin with. Distance and shaky confidence kept others out. And plenty of the ones who finished still had no one who could introduce them to the person doing the hiring.
That is why this foundation exists. Fund the learning, help people show what they can actually do, and then walk with them to the door. Training should lead somewhere.
— Roger Newsome
Start where you are
Tell us what you want to learn, or tell us what you can offer. Either one moves somebody forward.