The 5-Year Mission
A bold pledge to end what must end.
A bold pledge to end what must end
The Soil Institute was founded with one belief: that if we act with intention, we can solve the world’s most pressing human needs — and then step aside.
That’s why we’ve launched five flagship initiatives over five years to tackle the core necessities of life:
Food
Water
Shelter
Healing
The Fifth Element™
Each initiative is designed to become self-sustaining — led by communities, supported by partners, and replicated globally.
We’re not here to run forever. We’re here to build systems that don’t need us to keep working.
And once the work is done, we will close our doors.
Because real change isn’t a business model — it’s a mission with an end date.
Why We’re Closing in 5 Years
Too many ideas are built to survive instead of solve.
We’re different.
Every system we create is designed to outgrow us — to be operated, led, and sustained by the people it serves.
By Year 5, our goal is to have all five initiatives fully launched, monitored, and thriving independently.
This isn’t about walking away.
It’s about building something so strong, it doesn’t need us anymore.
Join the Global Pledge
We’re inviting ALL to make history with us.
This is your chance to pledge support, co-lead impact, and ensure your community becomes part of a global movement that ends cycles — not just studies them.
Whether you’re offering partnership, funding, space, students, or strategy — we welcome you.
If you believe in real solutions with real timelines, take the pledge.
“If something in you knows the world can’t stay the way it is — this pledge is for you. Not just to witness change, but to be the reason it happens. The future is asking for your hands, your voice, your light. Say yes — and let this be the generation that ends what should have never begun.”
— The Soil Institute
Join the 5-Year Mission Pledge
Join the 5-Year Mission Pledge
We're calling on cities, governments, tribes, faith institutions, universities, nonprofits, businesses, schools, coalitions, individual changemakers and Nations to pledge with us — not to manage problems, but to end them.
Together, we’ll solve humanity’s most critical needs in 5 years — and then close our doors so these systems can live on without us.
Fill out this short form and a team member will follow up with next steps.