Americans All Pilot Program Highlights
Who we are: A 36-year-old nonprofit membership organization managed by a for-profit benefit corporation. We are pre-revenue.
Program status: We are a virtual organization that is ready to start a pilot project for one year in three geographic areas: Howard County, MD, and later in either Montgomery County, MD, or the District of Columbia.
What we provide: Americans All is a community outreach and empowerment program. Our multipurpose storytelling tool helps leaders, at all levels, improve the mental, social, and economic health of their constituents. Students, adults, schools, and nonprofits participate for free.
Issues we address: In today’s highly polarized and uncertain economy,
● Community members, including high school students, want to find discounts when they
shop and increase their sense of belonging with their peers,
● Businesses and professional service providers need increased traffic and affordable
and effective ways to get it,
● Schools need an ongoing annual stream of unrestricted revenue that can be obtained
with as little staff time as possible, and
● Mental health professionals can use our program to help students develop a sense of
well-being and belonging. When one belongs, one feels emotionally connected and
welcomed.
Membership: Students maintain a free subscription to our Social Legacy Network until their class graduates. Community members are free for one year. Schools and nonprofits receive a free lifetime membership. Businesses and professional service providers pay a membership fee to join.
Revenue distribution: Participating schools receive 87 percent of member subscription fees (after their trial period is completed) and 77 percent of business membership fees as unrestricted funds. If a school is not registered for the program, funds are donated to the school’s district.
Storytelling tool for members: Stories can be about individuals, groups, or issues/topics, up to 2,000 words of text (1,000 can be password protected), augmented with images, logos, hyperlinks, photographs, and audio-video media and published in multiple languages. A shorter version can also be created. Schools and nonprofits can also create stories.
Businesses: They can create a landing page(s)—in multiple languages--to offer discounts on goods and services to our members, and publish a story on themselves to better connect with their communities. They can also host stories created by our members on their landing page(s) to provide greater exposure to build or expand an affinity club.
Program history: Completed nine pilot programs and sold supplemental social studies materials to more than 2,000 schools and libraries nationwide.
Click here to view our Program Overview and support letters from Howard County Offices.