Pay it Forward $25 Donations

BBOP Center: An Invitation to Shape Tomorrow

Pay It Forward. Transform Forever.

Your donation to the BBOP Center represents far more than financial support it embodies a timeless principle that has built communities, lifted civilizations, and created prosperity across generations: the power of paying it forward.

When you contribute to the BBOP Center, you become part of a profound legacy. You are not merely funding a business development organization; you are igniting a chain reaction of possibility that radiates outward from a single entrepreneur to their family, their community, their city, and, to the broader fabric of our society.

The Ripple Effect of Your Donation

Every entrepreneur carries within them not just a business idea, but the seeds of transformation. What they often lack is not talent or determination, it is access. Access to capital, knowledge, networks, and spaces where their potential  recognized and nurtured.

Your contribution changes that equation.

When you invest in the BBOP Center, you set in motion a cascade of impact that extends far beyond the individual:

→ At the Individual Level: You fund the educator that teaches a single mother how to transform her side hustle into sustainable income that supports her children's education and creates stability for her household.

→ Within the Community: Home grown entrepreneur who can now hire and contribute to the revitalization of community. Economic vitality takes root where need is greatest.

→ Across Cities: As businesses thrive, they contribute to the tax base, revitalize commercial districts, and attract additional investment to historically underserved neighborhoods in the Inland Empire and beyond.

→ Throughout the State: Successful entrepreneurs become employers, innovators, and civic leaders who shape policy, inspire legislation, and demonstrate what's possible when opportunity meets preparation.

What Your Generosity Makes Possible

Each contribution level represents a specific threshold of transformation:

$25 – The Foundation
Provides resources for a founder to access workshops that introduce fundamental business principles. This is where dreams first encounter structure, where possibility meets practical guidance.

$100 – Building Blocks
Supports comprehensive program materials for our Build curriculum, equipping early-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, templates, and frameworks they need to move from concept to reality.

$250 – Growth Catalyst
Helps fund program materials for the Grow curriculum, enabling established entrepreneurs to scale sustainably, refine their operations, and expand their market reach.

$1,000 – Personal Transformation
Provides access to one-on-one coaching, specialized education, and personalized guidance that addresses the unique challenges each entrepreneur faces, turning obstacles into opportunities.

$5,000 – Professional Excellence
Supports legal, financial, and business consulting services that help scaling ventures navigate complexity with confidence, ensuring entrepreneur build on a solid foundation that can sustain long-term growth.

$10,000 – Complete Cohort Impact
Helps fully fund an entire Build, Grow, or Scale cohort, providing 15-20 entrepreneurs with all materials, resources, and support they need to succeed, multiplying your impact exponentially.

The Reality We're Addressing

We have helped over 5,000 individuals move toward economic self-sufficiency and supported more than 200 entrepreneurs in building sustainable businesses. These are not just numbers. They are families with greater financial security, neighborhoods with renewed vitality, and communities with expanding opportunity.

Yet the need far exceeds our current capacity.

Often aspiring entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities face compounding barriers: limited access to traditional lending, gaps in business education, networks that do not naturally include them, and systems not historically designed with their success in mind.

Your donation directly dismantles these barriers. It funds scholarships for workshops, subsidizes critical consulting services, maintains our facilities, and ensures we can say "yes" when an entrepreneur needs help but lacks the resources to access it.

Why This Matters to You

Paying it forward is not just philanthropy. Pay it Forward enlightened forward-thinking ideal.

When you create economic opportunities for others, you contribute to a stronger, more resilient society that benefits everyone. You help build communities where innovation flourishes, where talent finds expression, and where the next generation inherits a more equitable economy.

Your legacy becomes woven into every success story: the consulting firm that grew from a home office to a team of fifteen. The restaurant became a neighborhood gathering place. The tech startup founded by a first-generation college graduate goes on the mentor others.

This is investment in economic opportunity. The recognition that talent is universal, but opportunity is not. When you level that playing field, everyone rises.

An Invitation

The future is not something we inherit. It is something we create, together, through choices we make today.

Will you choose to be the person who opened a door that has been unavailable to date? Who believed in potential others overlooked? Who understood that your abundance could become another's opportunity, which in turn becomes community transformation?

Will you pay it forward today?

Your donation to the BBOP Center does not just support entrepreneurs. It reshapes what is possible for families, communities, and the economy we will hand to the next generation.

Will you pay it forward?

The BBOP Center is a program of the Time for Change Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.