Everyone else waits for the fire. We're building the nation's first foundation devoted to connection as prevention, meeting people where they are, before things fall apart.
The Stay in Touch Foundation strengthens communities through real human connection. We create the in-person moments, and the support around them, that keep people from ever reaching the edge.
Concerts, workshops, and songwriting programs that blend art, music, and education, and bring people together face to face.
Our core workWe support Call the Moms and Dads, a free line for people who just need to talk, before things get to be too much.
Launching late 2026A growing endowment to catch neighbors through hardship, an emergency they can't cover, even keeping a pet healthy.
In developmentOur events aren't just concerts and workshops. They're places to belong, built with real understanding of what it means to feel on the outside. We meet people where they are, with creativity, conversation, and community.
We're building toward a community endowment fund designed to help neighbors through the moments that isolate them most, an unexpected emergency, a hard season, even keeping a beloved pet healthy when the vet bill comes and there's nowhere else to turn.
This is what it looks like to get to the root before it becomes a crisis. And it's just beginning, which means there's a ground floor to build on.
Born in Columbia, South Carolina. Powered by the University of South Carolina's Capstone Program. Growing nationally. This is the ground floor of a new way to care for communities.