Donations and Legal Status

Why this page exists

Plenty of new organizations put up a donate button first and work out the legal and governance side later. We are doing it the other way around. That is slower, and it means this page has to say some unglamorous things — but stewardship starts with telling people the truth about where their money would land.

Everything below is a statement of fact as of today, not marketing. If any of it changes, this page changes with it.

We are not set up to accept online donations

There is no payment processor connected to this site, no donation form, no giving tiers, and no suggested amounts anywhere. If you ever land on a page that appears to collect money on our behalf, it is not ours, and we would like to hear about it at hello@igrowthfoundation.org.

This is a deliberate decision, not an oversight we are hoping you will overlook. Until the governance and legal work described further down is finished, we are not going to be in the business of collecting money through a web form.

We make no claim of tax-exempt status

To be as clear as we know how to be:

• We make no claim to be a 501(c)(3) organization or to hold any other tax-exempt status.
• Contributions to iGrowth Foundation should not be treated as tax-deductible. Please do not plan your giving, your accounting, or your return on the assumption that they are.
• We do not have an EIN to share with you, and we will not provide a receipt or acknowledgment letter that implies deductibility. If you ask us for one, the honest answer is no.
• We are not registered as a charitable solicitor, and nothing on this site is a solicitation for charitable contributions.

If any of that changes, it will be stated on this page with the details, and not hinted at anywhere else on the site first. Until then, treat any support you give us as a straightforward, non-deductible contribution to a young organization — and talk to your own accountant rather than taking our word for anything.

How sponsorships actually work

Sponsorships are arranged by talking with us directly. That means an email or a conversation, in which we tell you exactly what a training seat, a cohort, a workshop, or a device actually costs, what your support would pay for, and what we will report back to you afterward. Nothing is committed until both sides understand it the same way.

It is slower than clicking a button. It is also the only version of this we can do honestly right now, and it has an advantage: you know the specific thing your money bought and we owe you an account of it.

There are three ways to start that conversation — theGet Involved page, which explains each option in detail; the contact form with "Sponsorship" chosen as the reason; or theemployer and sponsor form if you are writing on behalf of a business or organization.

What we cannot promise

iGrowth Foundation cannot guarantee funding, scholarships, interviews, or employment. We connect people with opportunities where their skills can make a difference, and we are honest about what is available.

Spelled out, because this is the part people most need to hear before they invest their hope in it: we cannot guarantee funding for any individual, a scholarship or sponsored seat, an interviewwith any organization, or employment of any kind. Not to learners, not to graduates, not to anyone.

What we do is work on access to training, help people demonstrate real skill, and make honest introductions where they exist. Where an opportunity is not there, we will tell you it is not there rather than keeping you on a list and letting you hope.

About the certificate

A certificate of completion is in development. It is not an accredited credential and does not carry academic credit.

It is not accredited, it is not a license, and it does not carry academic credit or transfer anywhere. It is a record that someone completed a learning program and that their practical, demonstration-based capstone was reviewed by this foundation. That review is the part with real weight, and we would rather explain it plainly than dress it up in a word it has not earned.

We are also not an accredited school, a licensed training provider, an employment agency, or a staffing firm, and we do not present ourselves as any of those.

What will be published here

The legal and governance work is underway. As each piece is genuinely finished — not planned, not in progress — it will appear on this page:

• Our formal entity and registration details, exactly as filed, including the state and the name on the filing.
• Our actual status with the IRS and the State of Florida, in whatever form it turns out to take, with the identifying numbers that go with it and a plain explanation of what it means for anyone who supports us.
• How to give, once we can accept it properly, including what happens to a contribution and what documentation you can expect.
• Who is responsible for the organization — the people governing it and the roles they hold. Today there is no board or advisory roster to publish, and we are not going to list names to look established.
• Governance documents, such as bylaws, a conflict-of-interest policy, and a financial policy, posted for anyone to read.
• Financial reporting, in a form an ordinary person can follow: what came in, what it paid for, and what it did not accomplish.

We are not putting a date on that list. Legal and governance work takes as long as it takes, and a promised date we then miss would be its own kind of dishonesty.

What you can do in the meantime

Quite a lot of this work does not need a payment processor. Time, space, and real work are all things you can offer today: mentoring one person, hosting a workshop in a room you already have, or handing a graduate a first project with a deadline.Get Involved lays out each of those.

If you want to wait until the legal picture is settled before you support us financially, that is a completely reasonable position and we will not push you.Join the newsletter and watch what actually gets done. Judge us on that.

Questions about any of this

Ask us. Emailhello@igrowthfoundation.orgor use the contact form, and you will get a direct answer rather than a brochure. If the answer is "we do not know yet," that is what you will hear.

Related pages: our privacy notice andterms of use, both working drafts pending attorney review, and Impact and Stories, which is where the reporting will live.