Blue Collar Labs

Donate

Fund a pillar.
Fund the trades.

We're seeking catalytic grants of $50k–$300k to scale our newly-approved 501(c)(3) — serving 10 million underserved workers. Every dollar is tracked against measurable outcomes: tools deployed, tradespeople certified, shops hardened.

SROI

$1 donated → $80–$160 in tradesperson value

Tools save hours. Training wins jobs. Audits stop losses. Measured in aggregate across our three-year target: 2,500 tool users, 5,000 certified tradespeople, 250 hardened shops.

Funding tiers

Where the money goes

Pilot

$50k

Allocation: Ops

Funds operations, compliance, and early staff for one quarter. Gets the nonprofit out of the founder's pocket and onto firm ground.

Build

$75k

Allocation: BUILD

Engineering + deployment of the Truck Inventory and AI Estimator tools to the first 50 pilot contractors.

Teach

$100k

Allocation: TEACH

Instructional design, workshop production, and free-tier subsidy for the AI-Ready Tradesman certificate.

Defend

$75k

Allocation: DEFEND

Audit tooling, certs, and free-tier subsidy for shops that can't afford a proper security review.

Ways to give

Grants, gifts, and partnerships

Grants
Foundations and corporate funders — we maintain a rolling pipeline (OpenAI People-First AI, IBM Impact, Google.org, NSF SBIR).
Individual gifts
One-time or recurring. Fully tax-deductible — 501(c)(3) determination approved April 2026.
Partnerships
Supplier co-funding, CSR programs, trade-association sponsorships.