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One Session. Two Lives Transformed.

Coaching Leaders. Funding Futures for Children & Women.

We connect emerging leaders with experienced executive coaches. The coaching is donated. In return, the person coached gives directly to a nonprofit partner they choose — and we never touch the money.

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How the money moves

The coaching is donated. The donation goes straight to a partner.

Two gifts, in one direction, with nothing in the middle.

  1. Step 1 An executive coach donates their time
  2. Step 2 An emerging leader receives the coaching
  3. Step 3 A nonprofit partner receives the donation directly
GrowForward never touches the money. 100% of your donation goes directly to the partner you choose. GrowForward never receives, holds, or processes these funds.

What we stand on

Four pillars

Each of these describes something the organization actually does, not something it aspires to.

Intellectual Philanthropy

Executives donate expertise, not money.

Transformative Growth

A structured engagement, not a single conversation.

Proven Methodology

Every coach is trained in Dr. Martin Seldman's framework.

Radical Transparency

Every figure is visible to the people it concerns.

Read what each pillar means in practice

Where the donations go

Three nonprofit partners

You choose one. You give to them directly, on their own site.

  • Oakland Promise

    Region:United States Focus:Children's education

    Works with children in Oakland from birth through college, so that every child graduates with the means and the confidence to complete a degree.

    Give Directly to Oakland Promise

    Opens oaklandpromise.org in a new tab. You give on their site, not ours.

  • Light of Life Trust

    Region:India Focus:Children's education and women's empowerment

    Reaches children and young women in rural Maharashtra with education, vocational training, and the support needed to stay in school.

    Give Directly to Light of Life Trust

    Opens lightoflifetrust.org in a new tab. You give on their site, not ours.

  • Victoria Heartstrong

    Region:Philippines Focus:Women's empowerment

    Supports women in the Philippines through livelihood training, counselling, and community programs built around what they say they need.

    Give Directly to Victoria Heartstrong

    Opens victoriaheartstrong.org in a new tab. You give on their site, not ours.

Two different kinds of giving

Which one you are looking at, always

These are never mixed, and never described together in a single sentence. Here is each one on its own.

Donations to partners

From coaching recipients

  • Goes 100% to the partner you choose
  • GrowForward never receives, holds, or processes it
  • No payment system of ours is involved at any point

100% of your donation goes directly to the partner you choose. GrowForward never receives, holds, or processes these funds.

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The Operations Fund

From Founding Donors

  • Funds admin, legal, and technology
  • Received by GrowForward
  • Never mixed with partner donations

Founding Donors cover what it costs to run GrowForward — the software, the legal work, the administration — so that the coaching stays free and the partner donations stay whole.

Contribute

One Session. Two Lives Transformed.

One executive gives an hour. One emerging leader grows. One child or one woman is funded by a gift that never passed through us.

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