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The Pay It Forward Initiative

Calling all CEOs, Board Directors, and Decision Makers!

Take this

Pay it Forward Pledge

with us on behalf of your company:

"We pledge to close the gender wealth and funding gap by diversifying boardrooms and cap tables."

Join us in our goal:

To initiate and advance 

75,000 for-profit board careers for women by end of 2025

by becoming a Pay It Forward Partner and make a QUANTIFIABLE IMPACT ON DIVERSITY

Become a partner

Earn a Seal and DE&I Credits

Pay It Forward Partners earn a verified seal and 1 credit for every board career they initiate and/or advance. Each partnership starts with a minimum of 3 credits.


To learn how it works:

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Proud Pay It Forward Partners

View all verified partners & credits

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Help us enlist partners and earn a Seal and DE&I Credits

Become a Greater Impact Partner and earn a verified seal and the equivalent credits for every Pay It Forward Partner you  signup. 


See below for details and to learn how it works:

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Proud Greater Impact Partners

BECOME A GREATER IMPACT PARTNER

Innovation Labs, Accelerators & Funds

NGOs, Communities, Government Agencies & Associations

Innovation Labs, Accelerators & Funds

RESOURCE PARTNER


Benefits:

  • Give your portfolio companies a competitive edge by enabling them to diversify their boards and executive teams, save money on recruiting costs, and retain and attract women talent.
  • Level the playing field for your women founders- provide them with the tools and resources to build out and leverage their advisory and governing boards and access additional sources of funding. 


Commitment:

  • Recommend the Pay It Forward program to portfolio companies.
  • Nominate women founders for membership in The Fourth Floor for a $1 annual membership.


Includes:

  • A special Greater Impact Partner Seal.  
  • Mentions in select PR campaigns, press and media features.

Make Greater Impact

B2B & Professional Services Firms

NGOs, Communities, Government Agencies & Associations

Innovation Labs, Accelerators & Funds

SPONSOR PARTNER


Benefits:

  • Offer Pay It Forward Partnership to client companies as a business development tool and as a powerful marketplace differentiator.
  • Make a quantifiable and highly trackable impact:  each client company nomination advances at least 3 for-profit board careers for women.


Commitment:

  • Nominate client companies for Pay It Forward Partnership OR executive women for membership.


Includes:

  • A special Greater Impact Partner Seal. 
  • Mentions in select PR campaigns, press and media features dependent on sponsorship level attained. 

Make greater impact

NGOs, Communities, Government Agencies & Associations

NGOs, Communities, Government Agencies & Associations

NGOs, Communities, Government Agencies & Associations

PATRONAGE PARTNER


Benefits:

  • Give your ecosystem companies a competitive edge by enabling them to diversify their boards and executive teams, save money on recruiting costs, and retain and attract women talent.
  • Level the playing field for women founders in your ecosystem- provide them with the tools and resources to build out and leverage their advisory and governing boards and access additional sources of funding. 


Commitment:

  • Fund a Pay It Forward scholarship program on behalf of your organization. Custom packages available.
  • Recommend Pay It Forward as a resource to companies in your ecosystem.
  • Nominate women founders for membership in The Fourth Floor for a $1 annual membership.


Includes: 

  • A special Greater Impact Partner Seal.  
  • Mentions in select PR campaigns, press and media features.

Make greater impact
The Pay It Forward Initiative

incentivizes all companies to think about boards differently by providing an easy way to bring diversity into the boardroom, empower women executives to initiate or advance for-profit board careers and save money on recruiting costs.


Hope you'll join us in moving the needle for women.

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