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Thank You, Purpose Council!

Your support is making a higher quality education possible for thousands of children.

60,000

STUDENTS IMPACTED

Estimated impact over the course of 20 years

30

TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOOLS

Builds completed, in progress or upcoming across Ghana, Guatemala and Laos between 2016 and 2019

Purpose Council Impact


Purpose Council Current Members

Pat Flynn
Lewis Howes
Maximillian Jabs
Nono Konopka
Matt Long
Robin Long
Lynn Petrella
Joel Sykes
Timothy Sykes
Joseph Walker

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Global Impact


There is power in the collective. PoP’s Purpose Council enables us to continue to expand impact, build sustainability and consistently innovate over our next 10 years of growth.

Purpose Council: Changing 20,000 lives in 2020.

Who Is Purpose Council?

Purpose Council members provide PoP with a sustainable expansion model that begins with marketing, leads to growth, supports innovation, and increases impact. 

Whether their skills lie in effective digital marketing, social media, media bookings, design, storytelling, blog content, or influencing their networks: we need their thought-partnership to leverage PoP’s global awareness. Through lending their marketing expertise, they help us grow so we can continue to innovate and expand our collective impact. Our Purpose Council’s expertise and thought-partnership will increase visibility about our audacious years ahead, so that we can achieve these goals together.

Purpose Council members are PoP’s greatest ambassadors – and our collective work isn’t finished until we can ensure programs are available in 100% of PoP communities.

Thought Capital & Consulting


  • Purpose Council contributes their expertise to PoP’s current work to help set the vision for our future growth and sustainability
  • They provide guidance and recommendations for how we expand our global movement 
  • They help maximize PoP’s digital marketing, social media, and external affairs initiatives through identifying gaps and providing feedback 

PoP needs Purpose Council’s expertise to grow. Their entrepreneurial experience has proven that effective marketing the pathway to expanding impact. Their influential voice has proven that you have the power to increase awareness of our mission.

Growth – Innovation – Impact

Network and Engage


  • Members join an introductory meeting or call with the PoP team to share their specific area of expertise and greatest interests
  • As you know, PoP is full of cutting-edge entrepreneurs, thought-leaders, and change-makers: Purpose Council grants its members access to sharing ideas with the best and brightest
  • Members make best efforts to attend one or both Purpose Council networking dinners so they can network with leaders in the field

Spread the Word


  • Be an ambassador for PoP’s work around the world and continue to reshape and innovate what it means to be a philanthropist 
  • Members have the ability to share their Purpose Council membership experience and commitment with others to encourage involvement. The best way to grow our community and impact is through referrals

One of the most significant things a member can do as a Purpose Council Member, is share PoP’s mission with your friends, family, colleagues, and greater networks. When members engage new individuals, they help move the needle in providing global access to quality education.

Collective Impact


  • Members make a donation to PoP to reach a minimum annual commitment of $25,000 and help us provide quality education to more kids around the world 
  • As a council, we collectively provide enough funding for 3 schools per year 
  • As a council, we collectively provide enough funding for program sustainability for all PC schools
  • As a council, we collectively elevate PoP’s Brand Awareness and Digital Marketing

We want members to see their impact. We dedicate this page to our Purpose Council members so they can see their collective impact both financially and intellectually. As part of the collective impact, members will be invited to one Impact Trip per year to see the results of their collective efforts.


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Thank you, Purpose Council 


 

 

 

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