The Founding 50
Every movement has founding leaders.
The Founding 50 Leadership Society recognizes the first fifty individuals, families, businesses, and organizations willing to step forward and invest in the Day One Foundation at the beginning.
Their leadership helps build the research, education, partnerships, and infrastructure necessary to advance psychological readiness across public safety.
Their names will always be part of the Day One story.
FOUNDERS REGISTRY
FOUNDING NAMESAKE
$1,000,000+
Naming rights to the Foundation's flagship national program — delivered to first responders nationwide — along with transformational leadership across every area of our work.
PILLARS PARTNER
$500,000 - $999,999
A cornerstone investment that anchors the Foundation's national expansion and earns permanent recognition as a founding pillar of the Day One movement.
LEGACY PARTNER
$100,000 - $499,999
Transformational leadership to help establish the Foundation's long-term national impact.
VISIONARY PARTNERS
$50,000 - $99,999
Accelerating research, education, and implementation across public safety.
CHAMPION
$25,000 - $49,999
Expanding partnerships and bringing psychological readiness to more departments and academies.
BUILDER
$10,000 - $24,999
Helping create the educational resources and infrastructure that support future generations of first responders.
ADVOCATE
$1,000 - $9,999
Helping fund education, resources, and outreach that reach first responders where they serve.
SUPPORTER
$1 - $999
Every gift matters — helping build momentum for psychological readiness from Day One.
BE ONE OF THE 50
Complete the information below and our team will follow up with additional details and next steps for becoming a Founding 50 member.
Years from now, when psychological readiness is recognized as a national standard throughout public safety, the names of the Founding 50 will be remembered as the leaders who believed first.