Big Heart Before Big Budget
Built with no government funding.
Flights, books, giveaways—all heart-driven.
Watch our programs across Detroit, New Jersey, and beyond. Every video shows what's possible when support comes first—no gatekeeping, no proving need, just presence.
Every program you see here was funded through:
✓ Individual donations
✓ Personal sacrifice
✓ Community partnerships
✓ Faith and commitment
Zero government grants. All heart.
Kindness Is Cool T-Shirts & Buttons
Wearable reminders that spread encouragement wherever they go. Watch how these simple tools inspire confidence, joy, and connection—no gatekeeping, just kindness.
▶ Watch Kindness Is Cool in ActionKindness in Schools – Classroom Tours
Bringing hope, confidence, and emotional safety directly into schools across Detroit and New Jersey. Students don't have to explain their pain to experience support—they just show up and are seen.
▶ Kindness in the Schools – Detroit Jersey REELSEL Coloring Activities & Assemblies
Students explore feelings, confidence, and kindness through creative expression. Not trauma-extraction SEL—recognition-based learning where kids feel safe to engage at their own pace.
▶ SEL Coloring Activities & Assemblies REEL RECAPStudents Received Kindness Shoes
Brand-new shoes for students—no application, no income verification, no proving need. Confidence starts from the ground up. Kindness is carried with every step.
▶ Watch Kindness Shoes in ActionEmerging Voices Leadership Initiative
Creating platforms where young people, women, and men discover their voice, build leadership, and stand in their purpose—without having to prove they're "broken enough" to deserve support.
Programs Include:
- Be A Preacher Movement – Youth leadership & public speaking platform (Detroit & New Jersey)
- Women's Pink Night – Annual celebration honoring women overcoming health and life challenges
- Identity Journals – Guided reflection tools for men, women, boys, and girls
"You are seen, you are valued, and you are needed."
This initiative reaches into the places where people feel invisible and creates space
for healing, honor, and hope.
Kindness Scholarship Support
Sponsoring 8 students through our Kindness Scholarship Fund—no gatekeeping, no income verification required. With matched community funding, we doubled our impact, helping students with school needs, books, and emotional development resources.
▶ Watch Kindness Scholarship SupportKindness Blankets for Seniors
Bringing warmth and compassion to seniors—no proving they're "needy enough." Comfort, dignity, and emotional support to elders in our community. Recognition before disclosure.
▶ Watch Kindness Blankets in ActionWe Know Nothing About Marriage
8-session Community Healing Nights from Detroit to New Jersey. Safe space for couples, singles, and families to be honest about what they don't know about marriage—and to heal together. No shame. No gatekeeping. Just presence.
▶ Watch Marriage Healing Nights REELEmpowering the Blended Family
Safe spaces for blended families to navigate grief, transition, and healing. Families don't have to prove they're "broken enough" to get support—they just show up. Building bridges instead of walls, protecting children, honoring parents, restoring hope.
▶ Watch Empowering the Blended Family4 FREE Public Domain Systems
Built for Today's Communities
We exist to build people. Against all advice, we did not wait until someone died to release these frameworks. These four public domain systems are FREE because the community and the world need today's language now—no paywalls, no gatekeeping.
The Valued Volunteer
The Genuine Interest Framework
Presence without pressure in volunteer development. Removes anxiety by restoring presence as the contribution. Used in schools, churches, nonprofits, and community organizations to build sustainable volunteer cultures.
Keeping Leadership Alive
Training Over Titles
Church and nonprofit leadership development framework focused on sustainable systems rather than personality-driven models. For churches, ministries, and nonprofits building leadership capacity that outlasts individual leaders.
Christ in the Community
Presence That Produces Fruit
Faith-based community engagement framework for churches and nonprofits seeking to serve with dignity and lasting impact. For faith communities building presence-based ministry that transforms neighborhoods and restores relationships.
I SAW HER - ABIGAIL
Recognition, Presence, and Beauty That Preserves Futures
Foundational framework for women's leadership built on recognition before disclosure. Creates environments where women are seen, valued, and empowered without requiring them to perform their pain. For organizations supporting women leaders, corporate women's networks, church women's ministry, and community programs.
Released into the public domain — free to use, share, teach, and adapt.
No paywalls. No gatekeeping. Knowledge should be accessible to everyone.
This Is What's Possible
When you have a big heart before a big budget. When you refuse to wait for grants. When you build systems where support comes first—no gatekeeping, no proving need, just presence.
Your support scales this model. Flights to reach more communities. Books for more families. Giveaways for more youth. Infrastructure for more organizations.
Nonprofit Transparency: Builders of People Initiative is committed to financial transparency and accountability. View our complete profile, financial documents, and IRS Form 990 on Candid.