Mission

Mission

Advancing Economic Development and National Security through Entrepreneurship.

Advancing Economic Development and National Security through Entrepreneurship.

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Grand Founders is a New York–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 92-3725118) advancing economic development and strengthening national resilience through responsible entrepreneurship.

Grand Founders is a New York–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 92-3725118) advancing economic development and strengthening national resilience through responsible entrepreneurship.

We believe resilient economies are built by responsible businesses that create jobs, develop critical technologies, strengthen industries, and reduce strategic dependencies. By supporting founders with proven traction, we help build enduring companies that contribute to long-term prosperity and resilience.

We believe resilient economies are built by responsible businesses that create jobs, develop critical technologies, strengthen industries, and reduce strategic dependencies. By supporting founders with proven traction, we help build enduring companies that contribute to long-term prosperity and resilience.

We prioritize initiatives that enable veterans, women, and first-generation entrepreneurs to build enduring enterprises — creating a lasting legacy of responsible leadership for future generations.

We prioritize initiatives that enable veterans, women, and first-generation entrepreneurs to build enduring enterprises — creating a lasting legacy of responsible leadership for future generations.

Emerging Entrepreneurs Support

We equip veterans, women, and first-generation entrepreneurs with mentorship, access to capital, and pathways to global markets. Our programs support founders building companies across strategically important industries, including technologies with both commercial and broader public-interest applications.

Emerging Entrepreneurs Support

We equip veterans, women, and first-generation entrepreneurs with mentorship, access to capital, and pathways to global markets. Our programs support founders building companies across strategically important industries, including technologies with both commercial and broader public-interest applications.

Impact Convenings

We convene leadership summits, investor dinners, and economic development forums that bring together founders, investors, business leaders, policymakers, philanthropists, and institutional partners to strengthen partnerships, exchange ideas, and advance long-term economic development and national resilience.

Impact Convenings

We convene leadership summits, investor dinners, and economic development forums that bring together founders, investors, business leaders, policymakers, philanthropists, and institutional partners to strengthen partnerships, exchange ideas, and advance long-term economic development and national resilience.

Humanitarian Assistance

We support communities affected by humanitarian crises by mobilizing trusted partnerships, coordinating relief efforts, and connecting resources where they are needed most. Our work includes a dedicated commitment to supporting Ukraine and its people through humanitarian initiatives that foster resilience, recovery, and long-term rebuilding.

We support communities affected by humanitarian crises by mobilizing trusted partnerships, coordinating relief efforts, and connecting resources where they are needed most. Our work includes a dedicated commitment to supporting Ukraine and its people through humanitarian initiatives that foster resilience, recovery, and long-term rebuilding.

We invest in the people who build, and the impact compounds through every company they grow, every job they create, and every community they serve.

Humanitarian Assistance

We support communities affected by humanitarian crises by mobilizing trusted partnerships, coordinating relief efforts, and connecting resources where they are needed most. Our work includes a dedicated commitment to supporting Ukraine and its people through humanitarian initiatives that foster resilience, recovery, and long-term rebuilding.

We invest in the people who build, and the impact compounds through every company they grow, every job they create, and every community they serve.

Founder’s Message

Every life is a tapestry of trials and triumphs. Mine has been no exception — shaped by hardship, yet driven by an unwavering belief that even the hardest adversity can be transformed into strength.

I have seen adversity in its hardest forms. What could have broken me instead forged resilience and purpose. That purpose is Grand Founders: a mission to restore trust, empower leadership, and build a community of responsible business leaders who believe ambition should serve humanity.

Founder’s Message

Every life is a tapestry of trials and triumphs. Mine has been no exception — shaped by hardship, yet driven by an unwavering belief that even the hardest adversity can be transformed into strength.

"We invest in responsible leadership today to secure a more stable, prosperous, and trustworthy tomorrow."



"We invest in responsible leadership today to secure a more stable, prosperous, and trustworthy tomorrow."



"We invest in responsible leadership today to secure a more stable, prosperous, and trustworthy tomorrow."



"We invest in responsible leadership today to secure a more stable, prosperous, and trustworthy tomorrow."



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Donations & Grants Notice

Grand Founders does not accept unsolicited requests for donations or grants.

Philanthropic support is initiated by Grand Founders or extended by invitation.

This policy applies solely to grants and does not restrict partnerships or collaborations.

Grand Founders | 860 Broadway, New York, NY 10003

EIN 92-3725118 | D-U-N-S # 11-928-8666

Bloomberg LEI: 2549005M4XHC6DX2BC72

© 2026 Grand Founders Foundation. All rights reserved.

Donations & Grants Notice

Grand Founders does not accept unsolicited requests for donations or grants.

Philanthropic support is initiated by Grand Founders or extended by invitation.

This policy applies solely to grants and does not restrict partnerships or collaborations.

Grand Founders | 860 Broadway, New York, NY 10003

EIN 92-3725118 | D-U-N-S # 11-928-8666

Bloomberg LEI: 2549005M4XHC6DX2BC72

© 2026 Grand Founders Foundation. All rights reserved.

Donations & Grants Notice

Grand Founders does not accept unsolicited requests for donations or grants.

Philanthropic support is initiated by Grand Founders or extended by invitation.

This policy applies solely to grants and does not restrict partnerships or collaborations.

Grand Founders | 860 Broadway, New York, NY 10003

EIN 92-3725118 | D-U-N-S # 11-928-8666

Bloomberg LEI: 2549005M4XHC6DX2BC72

© 2026 Grand Founders Foundation. All rights reserved.