Boost

What Boost does

BOOST by HINGE, Inc. is a United States–based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization (Tax ID #93-3669193) that provides direct financial grants to early childhood educators experiencing financial crisis. The organization targets preschool and early-childhood teachers who face hardship such as housing instability, medical and dental emergencies, and other unexpected expenses that threaten their ability to remain in the profession. Grants are distributed through a nomination-and-application process in which teachers are typically nominated by their program directors or regional directors before applying for assistance, with an average grant of approximately $1,500 and cumulative support exceeding $425,000 to 275+ teachers across 27 US states.

The organization's core offering is the BOOST Financial Assistance Program — a service rather than a technology product. The operational backbone is a Squarespace-hosted website (boostbyhinge.org) that supports application intake, donor solicitation, success-story publication, and a monthly "First Friday Newsletter" for stakeholder engagement. There is no proprietary software, no mobile application, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities; the underlying "technology" referenced is essentially a grant-management workflow rather than a buildable product platform. A downloadable 2025 Impact Report and a Stevie Silver Award support transparency and brand credibility.

Revenue mechanics are those of a donor-funded nonprofit. BOOST does not sell products or services; it raises funds from individual donors and corporate partners, including through a structured BOOST It Forward Fund and a Corporate Partnerships program, and redeploys those donations as grants. The organization operates with a lean team led by Executive Director Kate Hubschman and is governed as an independent public charity with no parent company or subsidiaries identified.

Name

Boost

Legal name

BOOST by HINGE, Inc.

Website

https://boostbyhinge.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BOOST by HINGE is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides direct financial grants — averaging about $1,500 — to early childhood educators facing crises such as housing instability, medical emergencies, and unexpected expenses, serving 275+ teachers across 27 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Education Grant Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Early childhood education grants
• Teacher financial assistance
• Nonprofit grant program
• Preschool teacher support
• Educator crisis funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BOOST by HINGE is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit that provides direct monetary grants to early childhood educators facing financial crises such as housing instability, medical emergencies, dental work, and other unexpected expenses. The organization distributes an average of approximately $1,500 per grant, funded by donations from individuals and corporate partners, and processes applications through nominations by program directors or regional directors.

Product overview

BOOST by HINGE is a non-profit organization that operates as a single unified program providing financial grants and support services to early childhood educators in times of financial crisis. The organization offers grant assistance to help teachers with housing instability, medical expenses, and emergency financial needs. Services include an application process for aid, free resources, success stories, and FAQs. The core offering is direct financial support, not a technology product or platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BOOST Financial Assistance Program

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DonorsChoose: DonorsChoose is a crowdfunding platform that channels donor funding directly to public school teachers for classroom needs. It overlaps with BOOST in routing individual donor dollars to teacher-facing financial support, though it focuses on classroom materials rather than personal crisis relief.
• National Head Start Association: NHSA is a membership organization supporting Head Start early childhood programs and the educators who staff them. It serves the same low-compensated early childhood workforce that BOOST directly supports through crisis grants.
• Child Care Aware of America: Child Care Aware of America is a national nonprofit supporting the early childhood education workforce through resources, training, and advocacy. It addresses similar economic and professional challenges facing preschool educators that BOOST targets.
• Fund for Teachers: Fund for Teachers provides grants directly to PreK-12 educators for professional development and personal growth. It shares the model of direct-to-teacher grantmaking and serves an overlapping beneficiary population with BOOST.
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Foundation: AFT and its affiliated foundations provide member benefits including financial assistance and disaster relief to educators. It overlaps with BOOST in providing crisis financial support to teachers facing hardship.
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC): NAEYC is the leading professional association for early childhood educators in the U.S., serving the same beneficiary population as BOOST and providing member support, advocacy, and professional development that addresses the financial vulnerability of preschool teachers.

Emerging players

• AdoptAClassroom.org: AdoptAClassroom.org channels donor funding directly to teachers to support classroom and student needs. It shares BOOST's model of routing individual donors to teacher-facing financial support, with a classroom-level rather than personal-crisis focus.

Broad incumbents

• ECMC Foundation: ECMC Foundation funds programs that improve educational outcomes, with significant focus on teachers and the education workforce. It addresses similar workforce-related challenges in education that BOOST targets at the individual crisis level.
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a major national philanthropy with significant grantmaking in early childhood education and family economic security. It operates in the same thematic space as BOOST but at a vastly larger scale and with broader programmatic focus.
• T. Rowe Price Foundation: The T. Rowe Price Foundation makes significant grants in education and youth development, including early childhood. It is a comparable institutional education grantmaker operating at substantially greater scale than BOOST.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/boostbyhinge
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/boostbyhinge

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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