Become a Difference-Making Company
Sponsor refugee-led programs creating peace, economic opportunity, and food security across Africa.
Your partnership helps rebuild lives, strengthen communities, and equip local leaders to create lasting change. It also gives your company meaningful impact stories, measurable outcomes, and reporting you can proudly share with employees, customers, and stakeholders.
Let’s Make THE Difference connects purpose-driven companies with refugee-led programs already changing lives across eleven countries.
Nashville-Based 501(c)(3)
Headquartered in Tennessee
EIN 84-1728140
Registered charitable organization
Verified by Candid
Silver Transparency Seal 2026
75–90¢ of Every Dollar
Reaches programs and communities
Why Partner
Why Companies Partner With LMTD
Many organizations ask companies to support a mission. LMTD invites companies to become Difference Makers. When your company sponsors a program, your dollars reach refugee leaders building businesses, teaching entrepreneurship, reducing violence, strengthening communities, and creating opportunities that continue long after the donation is made. The money funds the work itself, tied to specific programs you can name.
Outcomes You Can Measure
Every sponsorship ties to results you can point to:
- An estimated 60% drop in violence across two refugee settlements.
- A refugee-owned bakery producing up to 12,000 loaves of bread a month while creating jobs and improving food security.
- Leadership and entrepreneurship programs growing across eleven countries.
Transparency You Can Trust
Every sponsorship is tied to specific programs, specific leaders, and specific outcomes. Your team receives the numbers, stories, photos, and reporting needed to demonstrate meaningful impact.
A Partnership Your Employees Can Rally Behind
Today’s employees want to work for companies that stand for something meaningful. Sponsorship creates opportunities for your team to engage directly with the work, hear from leaders on the ground, and see the impact they’re helping create.
Brand-Safe, Human-Centered Impact
Our work focuses on economic empowerment, peacebuilding, entrepreneurship, education, and community-led development. Programs are locally led, apolitical, and designed to strengthen communities from within.
Help Rebuild What Matters
In early 2026, the refugee-owned Knead to Feed Bakery in Kenya was severely damaged by flooding.
Before the storm, the bakery received funding for an upgrade to enable the production of 12,000 loaves of bread per month. It provided employment opportunities for up to 12 refugees, and improved food security throughout the settlement.
Today, Difference Makers around the world are helping to rebuild. We’re using some existing equipment and seeking help for production supplies.
For companies looking to create visible, measurable impact, this is a rare opportunity to help restore a program that communities already depend on. Your sponsorship can help put people back to work, restore food production, and strengthen the future of an entire community.
What Sponsorship Looks Like
What your company receives
- Meaningful brand alignment.
- Employee engagement opportunities.
- Impact reporting.
- Recognition across LMTD channels and events.
- Real stories and measurable outcomes you can share internally and externally.
What the programs receive
- Consistent, predictable funding.
- Resources to expand their impact.
- Support for refugee-led leadership.
- Long-term sustainability instead of short-term relief.
The result is a partnership where everyone can see their Difference being made.
Meet The Leaders Behind The Work
The programs you support are led by refugee and grassroots leaders who live inside the communities they serve.
Godfrey Sangu
Helped develop and lead the Peace & Conflict Resolution Program that is creating measurable reductions in violence across refugee communities.
Roda Amin
Uses media and storytelling to amplify the voices and leadership of women across Africa.
Moses Bahati
Supports grant writing, communications, leadership development, and peacebuilding initiatives throughout the region.
When you sponsor LMTD, you’re investing in leaders, not just programs.
Leader headshots to be added once provided by LMTD.
Sponsorship Tiers
$2,500 / year
$5,000 / year
$10,000 / year
$25,000 / year
Find the Tier that Fits
Whichever tier you choose, your company gets visibility, a real role in the work, and reporting your board can trust. Each step up deepens the partnership.
| Benefit | Seed$2,500 / yr | Root$5,000 / yr | Branch$10,000 / yr | Harvest$25,000 / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | ||||
| Logo on sponsors page | Standard | Larger | Featured* | Premium* |
| Logo at LMTD events | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Social features per year | 2 | 2 | 4* | 6* |
| Mention in annual report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Named recognition at LMTD events | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Engagement | ||||
| Virtual employee engagement session with field team | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Named cohort sponsorship | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Co-branded impact story | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Named program-area sponsorship | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Africa site-visit invitation | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Reporting | ||||
| Quarterly impact update | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Annual partnership report | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Leadership recognition | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Exclusivity | ||||
| Category exclusivity | – | – | Optional | Included |
* Featured, Premium, and the Branch and Harvest social counts (4 and 6) are proposed values pending Wendy’s confirmation. They are not on the current tier cards.
Custom Partnerships
Beyond annual sponsorships, LMTD partners with organizations on program underwriting, multi-year initiatives, cause-marketing campaigns, employee giving programs, matching gift programs, event sponsorships, and in-kind support. Whether you’re looking to sponsor a bakery, support peacebuilding, or create a campaign that connects your products to a meaningful cause, we’ll help design a partnership that aligns with your mission.
Become a Founding Corporate Partner
The first companies to partner with LMTD will hold a position no future sponsor can claim. Founding Partner status includes early visibility, enhanced recognition, influence in shaping the sponsorship program, and the opportunity to be known as one of the first organizations to support refugee-led development through LMTD.
Reporting You Can Bring To Your Board
- Program metrics and outcomes
- Photos from the field
- Stories from program participants
- Named leaders and project updates
- Financial accountability reports
- Annual partnership reports
This is reporting built to prove impact, clear enough to share with leadership, employees, customers, and stakeholders.
Is Your Company A Fit?
We’re looking for companies that genuinely care about creating meaningful impact. The strongest partnerships come from organizations that value:
Leadership development
Community empowerment
Entrepreneurship
Peacebuilding
Women’s leadership
Human dignity
If your company wants to do more than write a check, we’d love to talk.
Questions sponsors ask
Is our sponsorship tax-deductible?
LMTD is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 84-1728140). Sponsorship payments may qualify as a charitable contribution or a business marketing expense, depending on the benefits received and applicable tax regulations. We provide all necessary documentation for your records. Consult your tax advisor.
How often will we get impact reporting?
The cadence scales with your tier: quarterly impact features at Root and above, and an annual partnership report at Harvest. Every report ties to the specific program you back.
Can two companies in the same industry both sponsor?
At higher tiers, category exclusivity is available: LMTD agrees not to take a competing brand’s sponsorship for the same program for the term.
Are multi-year commitments welcome?
Yes. Multi-year partnerships are welcome and preferred at the upper tiers. Let’s talk through what works for your planning cycle.
How is our money used?
Thanks to low overhead, founder investment, and a volunteer-led structure, 75–90% of donor dollars currently goes directly to programs in the field. The remaining 10–25% supports essential operations that make the work possible, including compliance, technology, communications, and fundraising. Our long-term goal is for corporate sponsors and operational partners to cover administrative costs, allowing 100% of public donations to fund impact in the communities we serve.
Start The Conversation
We’re excited to discuss a partnership. Reach out and we’ll be in touch within one business day.
“Thank you for considering a partnership with LMTD. This work is deeply personal to us, and every sponsor becomes part of something much bigger than a transaction. Whether you choose to stand with us at the organizational level or invest in a specific program, your support helps change real lives in real communities. I would truly love the chance to discuss ways we can increase your visibility and elevate your reputation as a socially responsible organization.”
Together, Let's Amplify Your Impact
People notice when a company stands for something real. Customers remember it. Employees feel it.
By partnering with LMTD, your organization can go beyond messaging and create tangible, measurable impact, helping refugee leaders build stronger futures for themselves, their families, and their communities.