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GIVE TO FEMIX

Fund access. Preserve ownership. Multiply what founders build.

Your gift helps immigrant founders prepare for U.S. markets, customers and capital without giving up equity to enter the room.

Immigrant women listening during a Femigrants founder working session

*1. FemiX is a program of Femigrants Foundation. Donations are processed through the Foundation’s secure giving account.

Why philanthropy

The founders who need access most should not have to surrender ownership to receive it.

Traditional accelerators may fund operations through equity, fees or investment returns. FemiX is designed to preserve founder ownership. Philanthropic support pays for readiness, expertise and credible access so participation does not depend on a founder’s existing network or ability to pay.

Philanthropy funds the infrastructure around the founder—not a promise of investment.

What a gift makes possible

Your contribution moves a company through specific readiness milestones.

Positioning

Clarify the problem, market, wedge and U.S. value proposition.

Customer learning

Test assumptions and strengthen go-to-market decisions.

Investor preparation

Improve pitch, financial narrative, use of funds and diligence readiness.

Expert guidance

Match founders with relevant operators, investors and subject-matter experts.

Trusted introductions

Create responsible, relevant relationships with consent and context.

Pitch Day access

Prepare founders to communicate clearly to investors and ecosystem leaders.

Choose your impact

Choose the level of access you want to help create.

$500

Expert guidance

Helps provide targeted coaching, mentorship or specialist support.

$1,500

Founder participation

Helps sponsor one founder’s participation in an extended learning, mentorship or leadership-development experience.

$2,500

Decision-maker gathering

Helps convene founders with investors, business leaders and fund decision-makers.

$5,000+

Ecosystem forum

Helps bring immigrant founders into major forums with executives, investors and C-suite leaders.

Major gift

Founding Cohort

Underwrites a meaningful part of the equity-free accelerator and its long-term infrastructure.

Gift descriptions communicate intended impact and may be applied where program needs are greatest unless a written restriction is accepted.

Major gifts and foundations

Build an equity-free model that can serve founders year after year.

Major gifts, family foundations, donor-advised funds and philanthropic institutions can support the Founding Cohort, a program track, founder access, evaluation, or long-term program infrastructure.

Founders and a partner in a quiet conversation at a Femigrants convening
  • Founding Cohort underwriting
  • Market-readiness or capital-readiness track support
  • Founder sponsorship pool
  • Global Pitch Day and investor engagement
  • Measurement, research and annual reporting
  • Multi-year program capacity

Major gifts and foundations

Start the conversation.

Which areas of FemiX would you be most interested in funding? required

Select all that apply.

What outcomes or impact priorities matter most to you? required

Select all that apply.

Impact reporting

Donors should know what their support funded and what changed.

FemiX will distinguish cash from in-kind support, publish the framework used to measure progress and report verified results on a defined schedule.

  • Cash and in-kind support reported separately
  • Definitions and response rates shown with results
  • Founder-reported outcomes labeled clearly
  1. 01At completion
  2. 02Six months
  3. 03Twelve months