For Funders & Philanthropists
You’re not building this.
You’re scaling it.
Chin Up! You Got This!™ is a nationally proven curriculum already inside 4,000+ facilities. Your investment accelerates what’s already working — at a moment when expansion is both possible and urgent.
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Chin Up! You Got This!™
Confidence. Leadership. Lasting Transformation — for women and girls nationwide.
Confidence built from lived experience.
Founded in 2016 by Shakila Stewart, Chin Up! You Got This!™ is a national nonprofit organization.
Why Partner with Us?
The Opportunity
Most organizations at the intersection of women’s empowerment, criminal justice reform, and youth development are either early-stage ideas or single-city programs. Chin Up! You Got This!™ is neither. We are a 15-year-old organization with a nationally deployed curriculum, a founder with lived experience and published methodology, and an active expansion into schools, communities, and corporate sectors.
This is a rare moment: a proven model at the threshold of significant scale, led by a founder who has built trust in the hardest rooms in America — and ready to go further. Funders who invest now are not taking a risk on potential. They are fueling momentum that already exists.
“The most powerful thing a funder can do is find something that’s already working — and make sure it doesn’t have to slow down for lack of resources.”
What Makes This Investment Different
Founder Credibility No Grant Can Create
Shakila Stewart’s lived experience is built into the methodology. Participants trust this work in ways they don’t trust externally designed programs — and that trust is the entire engine of transformation.
Infrastructure Already Built
4,000+ facility relationships, trained facilitators, published curriculum, and a 15-year track record. Your funding doesn’t go to building systems — it goes to deploying them.
Multi-Sector Reach
One investment reaches incarcerated learners, school-age youth, community members, and corporate employees — because the confidence gap doesn’t stop at one sector’s edge.
Scalable Curriculum Model
The curriculum is designed to be replicated by trained facilitators — meaning funding multiplies through people, not just through the founder’s presence.
Priority Funding Areas
We are actively seeking philanthropic and institutional investment in the following areas:
National Curriculum Expansion
Bringing programming to new correctional systems, school districts, and community organizations that cannot self-fund implementation
Facilitator Training & Certification
Building a national network of trained facilitators who can deliver the curriculum at scale without requiring the founder’s direct presence
Participant Materials & Workbooks
Ensuring every learner has access to the written curriculum, regardless of facility or institution budget
Impact Measurement & Evaluation
Investing in rigorous data collection that demonstrates outcomes to future funders, government partners, and institutional buyers
Technology & Digital Curriculum Access
Developing digital versions of the curriculum for facilities and schools with limited in-person programming capacity
Organizational Capacity & Staffing
Supporting the team infrastructure required to sustain and manage national-scale operations
Funder Alignment Areas
Chin Up! You Got This!™ sits at the intersection of multiple high-priority funding categories. Our work is relevant to foundations and funders focused on:
Criminal justice reform & recidivism reduction
Girls’ & women’s leadership + empowerment
Social-emotional learning & trauma-informed education
Foster care youth support & aging-out transition
Workforce development & economic mobility
Equity in education — particularly for Black & Brown girls
Community health & whole-person wellness
DEI investment in corporate & workforce environments
How We Work With Funders
We welcome general operating support, project-specific grants, multi-year commitments, and corporate philanthropic partnerships. We are happy to provide detailed program budgets, outcome frameworks, and impact reporting tailored to your foundation’s requirements.
We believe the best funder relationships are built on transparency and shared vision. We will tell you exactly where your dollars go, what they produce, and what we’re learning — so your investment gets smarter over time.
Chin Up! You Got This!™ is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law. We can provide official documentation, financial statements, and a current Form 990 upon request.
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