What FOB Is Building
A dual-population model serving transitioning veterans and at-risk youth ages 15–18 through mentorship, apprenticeship, and early crisis intervention.
FOB is seeking the right nonprofit fiscal sponsor to support a structured veteran mentorship, youth resilience, and SMB apprenticeship initiative without misrepresenting the program's current for-profit status.
A dual-population model serving transitioning veterans and at-risk youth ages 15–18 through mentorship, apprenticeship, and early crisis intervention.
FOB needs compliant grant and donation intake, restricted fund management, and nonprofit oversight while the pilot track record is built.
Veterans who serve as mentors give youth the single most powerful protective factor against suicide: a caring adult outside the family who believes in them. FOB pairs that evidence-based relationship with local SMB apprenticeship and follow-on support.
FOB is looking first for a nonprofit partner in Colorado or California that understands youth development, veteran service, workforce pathways, or crisis-adjacent programming.
The due-diligence materials already exist: program guide, mentor agreement, parental consent form, SMB partner agreement, fiscal sponsorship draft language, and the four-pillar module map.
The CDC's 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey identifies the most powerful protective factor against youth suicide as: "a trusted adult outside the family who the youth believes cares about them." That is the mentor relationship. That is FOB's core model. This program is not aspirational — it is evidence-aligned.
CDC YRBS 2023 · CDC MMWR Suppl. Oct 2024 (Verlenden et al.) · CDC Health Disparities in Suicide · VA Office of Mental Health 2023 · CDC NCHS
Four phases. Two populations. Veterans train as mentors first, then youth join. The final two weeks shift to real-world apprenticeship at local SMB partners. Graduation is a public event.
AI job matching, SkillBridge portal, employment stabilization. Serves veterans and youth through the SMB apprenticeship pipeline.
Automated proposal writing, tax compliance, micro-grant marketplace. Supports veteran-owned businesses and SMB partners.
Buddy Backup Command (deployed), community peer support platform, by-name list outreach. Two tracks: veteran and youth.
Grant management, data governance, volunteer scheduler, financial dashboard, legal-aid document vault. The administrative backbone behind FOB delivery.
Buddy Backup is deployed. The veteran track is live on Railway with AES-256-GCM encryption, 34 Row-Level Security policies, and all three consent flows tested and passing (revoke fires in 625ms vs. 5-second requirement). The youth track requires attorney compliance review before deployment — that review is budgeted and planned for Phase 2.
FOB has the program design, partner-facing presentations, module map, and live donation path already in motion. The missing piece is the right nonprofit relationship to receive charitable funds and carry compliant oversight while the pilot proves itself.
| Program Design | 45-day cohort model with veterans, youth, SMB apprenticeship, and alumni follow-on already mapped |
| Partner Materials | SMB presentation, nonprofit presentation, pillar deck, and operating documents are ready for review |
| Technology | Buddy Backup veteran track is deployed; youth-side release remains gated behind legal review |
| SMB Offer | Participating SMBs receive the proposal and contract-generation workflow during active partnership, with retainer support for updates |
| Grant Budget Logic | FOB grant budgets can support Program Director salary and provide a 5% to 12% administrative fee to the nonprofit sponsor where the grant permits admin cost recovery |
| Nonprofit Need | A sponsor in Colorado or California that can steward charitable funds and help carry compliant growth |
The relationship is intended to be structured with clear notice provisions, annual review, and enough separation to protect both the sponsor and the FOB program while results are being proven.
Establish a structure that can receive grants and donations for FOB once a fiscal sponsorship agreement is fully executed.
Define oversight, notice periods, compliance responsibilities, communications boundaries, and the exact scope of the relationship in writing.
Help ensure the program's charitable fundraising, reporting, and public positioning stay compliant with the sponsor's standards and capacity.
Confirm that grant budgets may include Program Director salary and a 5% to 12% administrative fee for the nonprofit sponsor when those grants allow admin recovery.
The website version is for partnership outreach and diligence, not for a same-day board vote.
| Operating Entity Today | True North Data Strategies LLC — FOB is still operating as a for-profit project until a sponsorship agreement is signed |
| Sponsorship Goal | Nonprofit fiscal sponsor in Colorado or California aligned with youth development, veteran support, workforce, or crisis-adjacent work |
| Program Scope | Dual-population: transitioning veterans + at-risk youth ages 15–18. Mentorship, apprenticeship, resilience, and community connection. |
| Fund Structure | Restricted FOB fund administered by the sponsor only after execution of the fiscal sponsorship agreement |
| Program Director Salary | Grant budgets may include Program Director salary as a direct program cost where the funding source permits it |
| Nonprofit Admin Fee | FOB anticipates a 5% to 12% administrative fee for the nonprofit sponsor from grants received where the grant allows administrative cost recovery |
| IP Ownership | All FOB intellectual property (Buddy Backup, Pipeline Punks brand, program documentation) remains with Jacob Johnston / True North Data Strategies LLC unless separately assigned |
| Donation Status Now | GiveSendGo remains live, but contributions are not tax-deductible until the nonprofit structure is formally in place |
| Review Period | Annual review, clear written notice terms, and flexibility to revisit the relationship as operational proof develops |
This website-facing version is built for exploratory partner outreach, not internal board procedure.
Veterans leading youth. Community building purpose. A program addressing two urgent suicide-risk populations through one locally rooted initiative. The model is designed. The documents are ready. FOB now needs the right nonprofit fiscal sponsor to help carry the next stage responsibly.