Mission delivery
Course materials, participant packets, feedback, and structured reentry planning.
Six months to turn readiness into delivery
The Growth Compass Bridge Fund
Release is one day. Reentry is every pressure that follows.
A person can come home with hope, referrals, and a plan, then face more decisions, pressure, conflict, and responsibility than the plan prepared them to carry. Help Growth Compass build readiness before release and reinforce it after the gate opens.
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Florida registeredFDACS CH83902
Defined bridge budget$46,850 operating plan
Full-cycle missionBefore, during, and after release
Turn concern into capacity
Help fund the bridge.
Your contribution helps put preparation, participant contact, facility access, and post-release reinforcement in motion now.
The need is current.This fund is designed to activate six months of mission delivery, not an undefined future project.
Public campaign goal
$50,000
Built around a defined $46,850 six-month bridge budget, plus processing costs, reporting, and a modest operating cushion.
What your support activates now
Turn a working model into repeatable delivery.
The public goal covers the $46,850 bridge budget plus processing costs, donor reporting, and a small operating cushion.
Participant access
Tablet correspondence and continued educational contact before release.
Facility travel
Travel connected to course delivery, parole readiness, and partner follow-up.
Continuity
Post-release reinforcement, navigation, and support as real-world pressure arrives.
Youth prevention
Purpose-centered cognitive and emotional skill-building for young people.
Operating credibility
Accounting, compliance, insurance, secure records, and donor reporting.
Not an abstract idea
Existing pathways are ready for greater reach.
- A deployment-ready seven-course, 70-session CIP correspondence system designed for statewide Securus Connect tablet delivery.
- Correctional, post-release employment-readiness, and youth prevention pathways already connected to active community partners.
- An online course, reentry community, and coaching model designed to reinforce support after release.
- A defined six-month budget, signed governance policies, Florida registration, and commitment to donor reporting.
Questions before giving
Clear answers matter.
Growth Compass is committed to direct language about its current status, how funds will be used, and what donors should expect.
What does my contribution support?
Contributions support the Bridge Fund purpose described on this page, including mission delivery, participant access, facility travel, post-release continuity, youth prevention and intervention work, compliance, accounting, insurance, secure records, and donor reporting.
Are contributions federally tax-deductible?
IRS 501(c)(3) recognition is pending. Contributions are not guaranteed federally tax-deductible unless and until IRS recognition applies. Donors should consult their own tax adviser regarding their circumstances.
How will I know my contribution was received?
After a completed contribution, Stripe displays confirmation and sends payment confirmation to the email used at checkout. Growth Compass can use that same email for contributor support and acknowledgment.
Can an organization or funding partner support the work?
Yes. Businesses, foundations, churches, civic groups, institutions, and individual supporters can begin a contribution, sponsorship, or funding-partnership conversation through the Partners and Funders page.
Will donors receive campaign updates?
The campaign plan includes weekly updates while the Bridge Fund is active and a report after the campaign closes, followed by bridge-period reporting tied to mission delivery.
The next return home will not wait
Help turn release from a moment of hope into a pathway toward stability.
Current organizational status: Growth Compass Reentry Initiative, Inc. is a Florida not-for-profit corporation registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to solicit contributions, Registration Number CH83902. IRS 501(c)(3) recognition is pending; contributions are not guaranteed federally tax-deductible unless and until IRS recognition applies.
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