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A gift. A useful skill. A partnership.
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Support the groundwork that gives community projects a strong beginning.
Share your skills
Bring your experience, creativity, and care to meaningful work.
Build a partnership
Work together with communities towards lasting solutions.
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A shared commitment
Contribute with care. Respect community priorities. Build trust.
Tell us where you would like to begin.
Bring what you do best. Build something useful together.
Different skills. Shared purpose. Stronger communities.
Ways we can explore working together.
Community knowledge
Local insight and lived experience guide better solutions.
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Technical skills
Design, building trades, planning, and other practical expertise.
Where we begin
Listen
Understand your goals and how you work.
Explore where our strengths align.
Agree on a practical next step
Start small and build from there.
Resources
Materials, funding, tools or in-kind support to move ideas forward.
Connections
Introductions to partners, networks, and opportunities for collaboration.
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This isn’t about charity. It’s about co-creation.
Your gift helps build real systems together
You’re not giving to an idea.
You’re giving to the solutions that will end the problems we face and make that idea a reality.
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Begin with respect. Build for generations.
Stronger communities start with listening, local leadership and long-term commitment.
Respect sovereignty
Honor local decision-making and cultural priorities.
Local priorities lead.
We begin by listening to the people and institutions each community chooses.
Follow local direction
Support community-led plans and partnerships
Define responsibilities
Be clear about roles, expectations, and next steps.
Planning
What we bring to the conversation
Help turn community priorities into practical plans.
Connections
Introduce relevant partners, resources. and opportunities.
Practical expertise
Share real-world experience in land, water, food, shelter, and health
For the generations who follow.
Stronger today. Brighter tomorrow.
Learn with purpose. Put knowledge to work.
Practical skills. Shared learning. Stronger communities.
The learning we want to support
Community-led practice
Learning grounded in local knowledge and real needs.
Useful skills
Practical skills for stronger homes, healthier communities, and resilient systems.
Shared learning
Opportunities to exchange knowledge across communities and disciplines.
Future opportunities
Express interest in future opportunities. Dates, eligibility, and any funding will be published when confirmed.
Help make practical learning possible
Your support helps create more opportunities for hands-on learning in more communities.
Bring your capabilities to work that matters.
We partner with suppliers and professionals who share our values to help communities move from ideas to action.
Current opportunities
Scope
What the work includes.
Deadlines
Key dates and timelines.
Introduce your capabilities
Requirements
Key qualifications and materials.
Submission
How to submit your proposal.
Help a community take its next step.
Your support helps communities access knowledge, people ,and resources to get from idea to action.
Community planning
Support local knowledge, practical expertise, and shared decision-making.
Project preparation
Help communities prepare ideas, build partnerships, and get ready for implementation.
Preparing for pilots
Support early steps that turn plans into real-world learning and progress.
A clear giving route
The SOIL Institute is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund.
Questions & Answers about supporting SOIL below.
Clear expectations support good work.
Help the work move forward
Trust grows through clear information.
We share information about our purpose, stage of work, and how support is used to move communities forward.
What we aim to make clear
Purpose
Why the work matters.
Stage of work
Where we are in the process.
Fiscal sponsorship
The SOIL Institute is a fiscally sponsored project of the Social Good Fund.
Reports and documents
Questions are welcome
We welcome your questions about our work and how support is used.
Use of support
How support contributes.
What we need next.
Connect your resources with a confirmed project need.
Land & Space
Land, sites or access to support projects.
Practical expertise
Technical, operational or sector-specific support.
Equipment
Tools, materials or equipment in kind.
Project support
Organizations, networks and introductions.
The SOIL will publish opportunities when needs are confirmed.
Clear information builds shared progress.
A useful conversation can be a beginning.
We welcome your questions, ideas, and collaboration. Let’s find the best way to work together.
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma
What would you like to discuss?
Your knowledge, care, and ideas have a place here.
FAQs
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Yes. The Soil Institute: is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a federal tax exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. You will receive a tax-receipt through Every.org
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Most nonprofits are built to last forever. We’re not.
The Soil Institute is a time-bound movement with a bold 5-Year Mission to launch 10 global initiatives that solve critical human needs — from food and water to shelter and healing — and then close our doors once they’re thriving. Your donation doesn’t just support a cause — it helps finish one. -
You can give, partner, or spread the word.
Your support helps plant long-term solutions that outlast the nonprofit itself. Donors are part of a rare legacy: systems that will live on, even when we don’t. The window to be part of this movement is small — but the impact will be generational. -
Every dollar directly supports the design, launch, and growth of regenerative community initiatives from clean water access and locally grown food to sustainable housing and mental health support. We invest in building solutions that don’t require us to stay just to start.
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Because real solutions shouldn’t last forever — they should work.
Our 5-Year Mission exists to launch 5 global initiatives that solve core human needs and become self-sustaining. We believe nonprofits should have an endgame — not just an existence. -
Our work lives on — just without us.
The initiatives we plant will be led by our foundation, local communities and partners trained through our programs. Our job is to build what’s needed, transfer ownership, and get out of the way.In 5 years, The Soil Institute will close.
But our roots will grow into something new.
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Yes! In fact, recurring donors are the heartbeat of our work.
A consistent monthly gift helps us plan ahead, scale globally, and keep our administrative costs low — ensuring more of your donation goes directly to the communities we serve. -
Transparency is central to everything we do.
We provide regular updates, open reporting, and publish impact reports so you can see what your support is building — system by system, city by city. -
Yes — we welcome major donors and strategic partners.
If you or your organization would like to fully fund a water system, shelter hub, or other core initiative, reach out to us directly. We offer naming rights, branded impact reports, and exclusive legacy storytelling. -
While our 501(c)(3) status is currently pending, The Soil Institute operates with full transparency, legal compliance, and nonprofit integrity.
In the meantime, we are fiscally sponsored by a registered 501(c)(3) organization, which allows all donations to remain tax-deductible and fully accountable.
Should our own application be delayed or denied, we will continue operations through our fiscal sponsor and all donors will be notified immediately of any changes.
We’re committed to building trust, clarity, and impact from day one.