Founding partnership
Build what can hold the whole.
Help establish an institution that connects health, learning, work, technology, capital, community, and global exchange—without pretending those forces belong in separate rooms.
Why this moment matters
Shape the institution, not just a single program.
Founding partners help IHA build the connective tissue that single-issue funding often leaves behind: leadership, research, technology, governance, and the capacity to help useful models travel.
This is an invitation to define a real body of work together. It is not a promise of scale, recognition, or outcomes before the evidence exists.
A case to evaluate
Serious partnership deserves serious questions.
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 either party announces anything
Make the commitment clear enough to measure.
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Purpose and scope
Document what the partnership funds, the period it covers, and which decisions remain with IHA.
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Terms and recognition
Agree on restrictions, recognition, conflicts, and exit conditions before either party makes public claims.
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Evidence and reporting
Set a realistic cadence that separates completed work, outputs, learning, and future targets.
Illustrative starting points
Six ways into the founding work.
Partnerships can support an institute, a demonstration program, research, or shared infrastructure. Amounts below are starting points; purpose and terms are defined in conversation.
Lead founding role
Founding Visionary Partner
$250,000+
Named founding role; standing invitation to council-level dialogue; recognition across the institution’s founding.
Founding Institutional Partner
$100,000
Lead support for the Health Advancement Institute or research agenda; prominent founding recognition.
Founding Health Partner
$50,000
Anchor support for the first demonstration program; founding recognition in health materials.
Founding Pillar Partner
$25,000
Support for a chosen advancement pillar; founding recognition.
Founding Champion
$10,000
Founding-circle recognition and briefings.
Founding Supporter
$5,000
Founding-circle recognition.
The Institute for Human Advancement Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 41-5182519. Named and multi-year opportunities require documented terms. Online contributions are temporarily paused while IHA reconciles its New York Charities Bureau public registration record; this page is available for institutional due-diligence conversations, not payment submission.
The next step is a working conversation