Students need purpose, belonging, creativity, and emotional well-being, yet many families feel traditional schools have become increasingly standardized, test-driven, and disconnected from the individual needs of children.

At the same time, educators across the country are burning out inside systems that leave little room for autonomy, innovation, or meaningful human connection. In conversations with educators nationwide, we consistently hear the same frustrations: children are disengaged, meaningful creativity is difficult to sustain, and conformity is rewarded more than curiosity.

Many experienced educators and school leaders who have spent years trying to improve traditional systems from within have reached the same painful realization: the learning environments they believe students need most are often the hardest to create inside large institutional models.

As demand for alternatives grows, microschools have emerged as one of the fastest-growing movements in education: small, personalized learning communities centered around relationships, flexibility, and real-world learning.

But launching a sustainable microschool is far harder than most people realize.

Why Changemaker Exists

The Missing Infrastructure Behind the Microschool Movement

After decades spent launching schools, scaling educational organizations, and building multi-site learning programs globally, we recognized a critical gap in the rapidly growing microschool movement:

Many founders have the passion and vision to create extraordinary learning environments, but lack the operational systems, enrollment support, business infrastructure, and mentorship needed to launch sustainably and succeed long term.

Changemaker Education is building the founder success infrastructure required to help microschools scale with greater consistency, quality, and long-term sustainability.

Rather than operating schools directly, we scale through founder-led microschools by creating a model with strong long-term operating leverage.

We believe microschools will become one of the defining growth categories in education over the next decade.

Why This Team is Uniquely Positioned to Build This

Changemaker Education combines deep expertise in educational innovation, founder development, enrollment strategy, and large-scale operational growth.

Together, we bring decades of experience launching schools, scaling multi-site educational organizations globally, and building systems that support sustainable growth at scale.

We believe the future of education will not be built through massive centralized systems, but through empowered local founders supported by scalable infrastructure.

Early Momentum & Year Zero Traction

Changemaker Education is still in the early stages of growth, but we are already seeing strong momentum from educators and communities seeking alternatives to traditional education.

Our pilot-year programs helped validate both the demand for microschools and the importance of strong founder support systems, enrollment infrastructure, and operational guidance.

Today, the Changemaker network includes founders launching microschools across more than 20 U.S. cities, with additional growth planned over the next 18 months.

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Through our early cohorts, we identified founder selection, enrollment capability, and operational execution as the primary drivers of microschool success. These insights are now shaping the systems and infrastructure we are building across the Changemaker network.

Strategic Partnerships & Infrastructure Support

1. National Microschooling Center
2. Accreditation Partners
3. LMS & Curriculum Providers
4. Facility & Insurance Partners
5. Fractional C-Suite & Operational Advisors
6. Public & Charter Districts
7. Education Innovation Think Tanks

Why We’re Raising Capital Now

Changemaker Education was intentionally designed as an asset-light, scalable model for the rapidly growing microschool movement.

Rather than operating schools directly, we scale through founder-led microschools supported by centralized systems, enrollment infrastructure, operational guidance, and founder support.

Through our pilot-year programs, we validated strong demand from both educators and families while identifying the primary drivers of founder success: enrollment capability, operational execution, and sustained founder support.

After recently completing the financial audit required to expand our public fundraising capacity, we are now positioned to accelerate growth at a much larger scale through Wefunder.

This capital will allow us to strengthen the flywheel that drives sustainable network growth

Because our model is intentionally lean, capital can be deployed efficiently toward systems, infrastructure, and growth rather than facilities or large centralized staffing overhead as follows:

1. Recruit and support 25 high-quality microschools over the next 18 months
2. Build scalable enrollment and marketing systems that improve founder success
3. Expand founder recruitment nationwide in cities with favorable ESA funding
4. Increase fractional operational support for compliance, licensing, and launch execution
5. Refine, optimize, and standardize our Sales, Operational, and Financial Systems

We believe we are at the beginning of a generational shift toward smaller, more personalized, human-centered learning environments, and that Changemaker is positioned to help build the infrastructure behind that movement.

As more microschools launch successfully, the Changemaker network becomes stronger, more scalable, and increasingly efficient over time.

Why Microschools Are Growing So Quickly

Microschools are no longer a fringe idea. They are one of the fastest-growing movements in education as families seek smaller, more personalized, and community-centered alternatives to traditional schooling.

Rising dissatisfaction with conventional education, rapid expansion of school choice funding, and growing demand for flexible learning models are accelerating this shift nationwide.

Today:

1. 34 states offer school choice funding programs
2. Microschool enrollment continues to grow rapidly across the U.S.
3. Nearly half of American students now have access to some form of school choice funding
4. Demand for personalized education is outpacing supply in many communities

We believe Changemaker is positioned at the intersection of educational innovation, rising demand for alternative education, microschool founder-led entrepreneurship, and expanding school choice policy.

Major Investors Are Betting on Microschools

The microschool movement is attracting growing national attention and investment. Multiple venture-backed education companies have raised significant capital to support alternative learning models and founder-led schools.

This growing investment validates both the scale of the opportunity and the increasing demand for personalized education models outside traditional systems.

Changemaker is approaching this market differently:

1. founder-first rather than franchise-first
2. asset-light rather than facility-heavy
3. community-centered rather than standardized
4. operationally disciplined rather than growth-at-all-costs

While others have pursued large venture rounds early, Changemaker is intentionally focused on sustainable growth, founder success, and scalable infrastructure.

Changemaker Education is entering this emerging market with a differentiated founder-first approach: innovative, one-of-a-kind community-serving microschools, active mentorship, and our Mind-Body-Soul (MBS) framework for whole-child development.

We’re competing in one of the fastest-growing conversations in education, and our early momentum is building quickly.

In just 18 months, Changemaker Education has grown to more than 4,500 LinkedIn followers and currently shows one of the strongest follower growth rates among emerging microschool networks, despite operating with significantly less capital than many venture-backed competitors.

We believe this reflects growing grassroots demand for founder-led, human-centered microschools and increasing interest in Changemaker’s differentiated approach.

Scalable, Asset-Light, Recurring Revenue Model

Because Changemaker scales through founder-led microschools rather than directly operating campuses, the model remains intentionally lean, scalable, and operationally efficient.

Multi-year founder agreements, beginning with a minimum three-year term, create recurring revenue while strengthening long-term network growth and operational leverage over time.

Why Educators Choose Changemaker

Changemaker Education was intentionally designed to provide the infrastructure, hands-on support, and founder freedom that most microschool networks lack.

We believe sustainable microschools require more than curriculum or branding alone. They require operational systems, enrollment support, mentorship, community, and the personal growth necessary to lead a thriving school long term.

1. Founder Freedom + Shared Infrastructure

Unlike rigid franchise models, Changemaker founders maintain the flexibility to build uniquely personalized, community-centered microschools while benefiting from shared systems, mentorship, and operational support.

2. Human Development as Competitive Advantage

Our Mind Body Soul (MBS) framework strengthens the mindset, resilience, communication, and leadership capacity required for founders to successfully launch and sustain microschools over time.

3. Solving the Hardest Problem: Enrollment

We are building scalable enrollment and marketing systems that help microschool founders attract families, grow sustainably, and strengthen long-term school viability.

This includes:

1. lead generation
2. marketing systems
3. enrollment strategy
4. sales training
5. local outreach support

Changemaker Microschool Founder Testimonials

Christina Pipkin, FAYE Learning Center

“David and Joy helped turn a long-time dream into a real, achievable path.”

Dr. Nick Pocius, North Star Academy Microschool

"Changemaker helped me move from reacting to problems to thinking strategically about sustainability, enrollment, and long-term impact.”

Dr. Yvonne Rooks, It Takes a Village Microschool

“What matters most is knowing I’m not doing this alone.”

Jessica Steele, The Resonance Lab

“Changemaker helped me build a financially sustainable school designed around each student’s unique strengths.”

Our Solution for the Future of Education -- Personalized Microschools.

All Changemaker microschools are anchored by our Mind Body Soul (MBS) whole-person development curriculum, the unifying framework that brings coherence, well-being, nervous system regulation, and emotional intelligence across our entire network of microschools.

For Families:

1. Personalized and relationship-centered learning
2. Relevant Real-world and self-directed education
3. Stronger family alignment, communication, and co-creation opportunities
4. Human-centered learning environments

For Students:

1. Joyful and engaging learning experiences
2. Creativity, confidence, and purpose
3. Emotional well-being and self development
4. Flexible learning built around individual strengths

Changemaker Education Financial Model

Changemaker Education was intentionally designed as a recurring revenue business model capable of scaling through founder-led microschools rather than directly operating campuses.

As more microschools launch successfully, recurring revenue compounds across the network while centralized operational systems create increasing margin efficiency over time.

Our current focus is not maximizing short-term growth at all costs, but validating the operational systems, enrollment infrastructure, and founder support mechanisms required for long-term sustainable scale.

All projections are forward looking and not guaranteed

The projections below represent a long-term view of how the Changemaker model could scale over time under conservative operating assumptions.

Key assumptions include:

1. 50% of microschools launching within 16 months
2. 30% annual founder attrition after initial agreements expire
3. Revenue growth driven primarily by recurring microschool revenue share
4. Margin expansion through centralized operational leverage and scalable systems

By 2032, projections estimate:

1. $7.7M annual revenue
2. $5.3M annual EBITDA
3. Approximately $12.7M cumulative surplus

Importantly, these projections reflect only recurring microschool network revenue and DO NOT include additional revenue from the initial $5,000 licensing fee, supplemental programs, partnerships, or future product expansion.

All projections are forward looking and not guaranteed

These projections are intended to illustrate the long-term potential operating leverage of a successful founder-led microschool network model.

Changemaker is currently raising through a SAFE with a 20% discount, allowing early investors to participate before larger-scale expansion.

All projections are forward looking and not guaranteed

All projections are forward looking and not guaranteed

Investor Q&A

1. How is 2026 progressing and what do you mean by growing demand?

The $5,000 revenue shown in our 2025 financials reflects a pilot period when we were focused on validating the model rather than charging upfront fees for participation.

In FY 2025-2026, we've already generated more than $90,000 in founder fees during the current fiscal year by charging Founders an upfront $5,000 fee through affordable payment plans.

More importantly, 10% revenue sharing has not yet begun. We expect 7 Changemaker microschools to launch programs this fall and the revenue engine to start. We have also signed 15 prospective founders toward our goal of recruiting 40 founders for Fall 2027 launches.

When we talk about demand, we're referring to what we're seeing firsthand: growing interest from educators seeking alternatives to traditional systems, expanding school choice programs, increasing microschool awareness, and a steadily growing founder pipeline across multiple states.

We remain early and are careful not to overstate our progress. Our focus is on helping current founders launch successful schools while building a repeatable system that can scale responsibly over time.

2. How do you find your Microschool Founders?

We recruit Microschool Founders through targeted outreach, founder referrals, community partnerships, digital marketing, and educator networks nationwide.

Our founders come from backgrounds including education, homeschooling, coaching, entrepreneurship, and leadership development. We look for mission-aligned individuals with strong community connection, entrepreneurial drive, and the capacity to build sustainable learning environments.

Our founder pipeline continues to expand as demand for microschools and alternative education models accelerates nationwide.

3. What determines whether a Microschool Founder succeeds?

We are continuously refining our founder selection and support systems to improve launch quality and long-term sustainability.

Based on our early operating experience, founder success correlates strongly with:

1. Entrepreneurial commitment and execution ability
2. Strong alignment with our values and educational philosophy
3. Willingness to learn enrollment, marketing, and sales systems
4. Deep connection to local community
5. Effective use of operational systems and support resources

One of our core insights is that success depends as much on mindset, resilience, and operational execution as educational vision itself.

4. How do you make money?

Changemaker Education generates revenue through multiple recurring and founder-support revenue streams:

1. $5,000 founder licensing fee prior to microschool launch
2. Ongoing 10% recurring revenue share from microschools under multi-year agreements
3. Founder Pipeline Programs designed to cultivate future microschool leaders
4. Additional coaching, workshops, and educational support programs

Our model is intentionally designed to create recurring network revenue as more microschools successfully launch and mature over time.

5. What does scaling look like?

Changemaker scales through founder-led microschools rather than directly operating campuses, allowing the company to remain lean and operationally efficient.

As additional founders launch microschools, recurring revenue expands while centralized systems, operational infrastructure, enrollment support, and founder resources create increasing leverage across the network.

We are intentionally prioritizing states with strong school choice ecosystems and Education Savings Account (ESA) funding support.

6. What are your conservative assumptions?

Our financial projections are based on intentionally conservative operating assumptions, including:

1. 50% of microschools launching within approximately 12–16 months
2. 30% projected founder attrition after initial agreements expire
3. Gradual microschool enrollment growth over time
4. Continued investment into operational systems and infrastructure

Even under conservative assumptions, the model demonstrates strong recurring revenue potential and expanding margin efficiency at scale.

7. How do you ensure educational quality across your network?

Changemaker is not built around a particular political or ideological viewpoint. We support high-quality, community-centered schools that help students flourish academically, socially, emotionally, and personally. Founders have flexibility in how they design their schools, but they do not operate in isolation.

We provide training, best-practice sharing, curriculum reviews, site visits, operational guidance, and are developing certification standards designed to maintain quality across the network.

Our goal is to help founders build schools that reflect the needs of their communities while maintaining strong standards for student outcomes and educational excellence.

8. What is the investor upside?

Investors participate through a SAFE offering with a 20% discount and a $5M valuation cap.

As the network scales, investors benefit from the upside potential created by recurring revenue growth, operational leverage, and long-term enterprise value expansion.

The financial projections included in this campaign illustrate potential valuation scenarios based on successful execution of the Changemaker model over time.

9. How did you determine the company's valuation?

Our valuation is based on the size of the market opportunity, the scalability of the business model, the recurring nature of our revenue streams, and the experience of the leadership team, not solely on trailing revenue.

Changemaker was intentionally designed as an asset-light infrastructure company that scales through founder-led microschools rather than directly operating campuses. As founders launch schools, recurring revenue compounds while centralized systems create increasing operational leverage across the network.

Our leadership team has significant experience scaling educational organizations. Co-Founder Joy Meserve spent more than two decades helping scale iD Tech from a handful of campuses to a company serving hundreds of thousands of students before its $200 million acquisition.

While we are still early, we believe the valuation reflects both the scale of the opportunity and the long-term potential of the model.

10. What is your exit strategy?

We believe several long-term outcomes are possible as the microschool category continues to mature, including:

1. Acquisition by an education platform or microschool network
2. Strategic acquisition by private equity groups focused on alternative education
3. Long-term cash-flow generation through a scalable recurring revenue business model

Our focus today is building durable infrastructure, strong founder success systems, and sustainable long-term enterprise value.

11. What are the risks?

Like any early-stage company, Changemaker faces operational, market, and policy-related risks.

Key risks include:

1. Changes in school choice policy environments
2. Founder execution and microschool launch variability
3. Enrollment inconsistency across local markets
4. The emerging nature of the microschool category itself

We seek to mitigate these risks through diversified geographic growth, strong founder selection, operational systems, and ongoing refinement of our support infrastructure.