The Side Door
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Put your belief
to work.

Your gift funds the leading indicators of lasting change — hope, self-efficacy, and identity transformation — inside facilities most programs never reach.

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Why give

Belief is where transformation begins.

The story our data tells isn't about temporary motivation. It's about restoring belief in the possibility of change — across every facility, state, and cohort we reach. When you give, you fund a model proven to move people from stagnation to hope.

Both private gifts and foundation grants power this work. Every contribution helps us reach the next facility, the next cohort, the next person ready to step through the side door.

Two participants celebrate together during a Side Door event Every gift fuels a future
Ways to give

Choose how you move this forward.

One-time gift

Fuel the next workshop.

A single gift helps underwrite curriculum, facilitation, and the community sports events that spark connection inside the walls.

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Monthly giving

Sustain the movement.

Recurring support lets us plan ahead, expand to new states, and build the alumni and mentorship network that extends support into reentry.

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Sponsor a facility

Open a new door.

Underwrite a full program cycle at a facility — and bring identity-first transformation to a community that has never had access to it.

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Foundations & grant partners

A model built for measurable, scalable impact.

The Side Door pairs an emotionally resonant mission with the rigor grant partners need: a clear theory of change, pre/post measurement, and outcomes that hold across custody levels, states, and genders.

  • Defined theory of change rooted in desistance research
  • Randomized post-program survey analysis & reporting
  • Structurally replicable across facilities and states
  • Board of corrections, reentry, and leadership experts

Or reach us directly at 213·500·9095.