The Pay It Forward Initiative
Quantifiable DEI for all companies
Join us in our goal:
To initiate and advance
for-profit board careers for 75,000 women by 2025
Calling all CEOs, Board Directors, and Decision Makers:
Take
The 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.
Become a Pay It Forward Partner and directly support at least three board careers. Be part of the change.
Why now?
Diversity leads to untapped wealth creation and innovation, and thanks to increased public scrutiny and recent moves by NASDAQ, the SEC, Goldman Sachs and the state of California, it is quickly becoming a national requirement.
Don't get left behind!
Why become a Pay It Forward Partner:
- Directly enable and support for-profit board careers for women.
- Diversify boards and executive teams.
- Invest in women executives.
- Recruit executives from a diverse, underrepresented talent pool.
Make even greater impact with Greater Impact Partnerships
Available for:
- Innovation labs, Accelerators & Funds
- B2B & Professional Services Firms
- NGO's, Communities & Government Agencies & Associations
... who feel passionately about diversity and inclusion. Together we will drive systemic change by diversifying board rooms and cap tables of private companies.
MAKE A QUANTIFIABLE IMPACT ON DIVERSITY
Become a Pay It Forward Partner
How it works:
- Create and list AT LEAST ONE board-related opportunity in The Fourth Floor board seat exchange (our platform):
- Board Observer
- Advisory Board
- Director
- Nominate AT LEAST TWO women executives for membership in The Fourth Floor.
- Membership is a powerful professional development investment in your executive women.
- Nominees are able to initiate and/or advance for-profit board careers, invest, network and access a wealth of resources, support, and programming.
- Demonstrate commitment to DE&I and ESG at the board and executive level by earning and publicly posting the Pay It Forward Partner verified seal. Be included in select PR campaigns and featured on The Fourth Floor website and social platforms.
- SAVE MONEY on recruitment costs by being able to post unlimited open executive positions to The Fourth Floor job board, a win win!
Investment: 2 Memberships @ $960.00 = $1,920
Earn Your Seal
Become a VERIFIED Pay It Forward Partner!
GREATER IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS
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:
- Become a Pay It Forward Partner.
- 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.
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:
- Become a Pay It Forward Partner. Tiered sponsorship packages available.
- Nominate client companies for Pay It Forward Partnership.
Includes:
- A special Greater Impact Partner Seal.
- Mentions in select PR campaigns, press and media features.
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.
We are proud to feature verified partners who have pledged:
Hope you'll join us in moving the needle for women!
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