Purpose and scope
Document what the partnership funds, the period it covers, and which decisions remain with IHA.
FOUNDING PARTNERSHIP
Invest in an institution.
We are inviting a small number of founding partners to help launch this institution and its first activation — at the only moment when their support shapes an institution rather than simply sustains one.
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“Founders shape institutions. Supporters maintain them. This is the founding window — and it does not come twice.”
Founding partners are not buying a logo on a flyer. They are helping to establish a durable institution in community health, with their names on its founding.
WHAT PARTNERS CAN EVALUATE
A founding decision should withstand due diligence.
These are reasons to begin a conversation—not guarantees of funding, scale, recognition, or outcomes.
A clear, credible frame
Structured on the proven model of the institutions that have shaped public life — translated into community, faith, and practical execution.
Clinical leadership
The Health Advancement Institute is founded with respected physician leadership — the single strongest signal of seriousness to health funders.
A real first program
A concrete first demonstration program gives partners something to fund, measure, and point to.
A collaborative posture
IHA strengthens rather than competes with trusted faith-based health models — lowering risk and widening the coalition.
A research engine
A genuine research agenda turns programs into evidence — exactly what foundations fund.
Before a commitment
Define the purpose, authority, and reporting before the announcement.
Terms and recognition
Agree on restrictions, recognition, conflicts, and exit conditions before either party makes public claims.
Evidence and reporting
Set a realistic reporting cadence that separates completed work, outputs, learning, and future targets.
FOUNDING PARTNERSHIP LEVELS
Six ways to join the founding.
Amounts are illustrative starting points; partnerships can be structured around specific institutes, the first program, the research agenda, or named opportunities.
Founding Circle
Founding Visionary Partner
Named founding role; standing invitation to council-level dialogue; recognition across the institution’s founding.
$250,000+
Founding Institutional Partner
Lead support for the Health Advancement Institute or research agenda; prominent founding recognition.
$100,000
Founding Health Partner
Anchor support for the first demonstration program; founding recognition in health materials.
$50,000
Founding Pillar Partner
Support for a chosen advancement pillar; founding recognition.
$25,000
Founding Champion
Founding-circle recognition and briefings.
$10,000
Founding Supporter
Founding-circle recognition.
$5,000
The Institute for Human Advancement is a 501(c)(3); contributions are intended to be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Named and multi-year founding opportunities can be tailored in conversation.
A FIELD WE KNOW
IHA brings operating experience across community programs, education, workforce, technology, and international collaboration. A founding partnership should begin with a defined purpose, a realistic work plan, and an agreed reporting cadence. We will not promise scale before the evidence exists; we will show partners what was completed, what was learned, and what comes next.
When an institution is being founded to advance health and human flourishing in the communities that have too often been left behind, do you want to be remembered as one of the people who helped build it?
The next step is a conversation.
Lorenzo Daughtry-Chambers, Founder · info@humanadvancementinstitute.org