Maverick
Program partner.
Empower HerPartners
60-second pitch
In 12 weeks they build bookkeeping and accounting skills, learn to serve clients, write a business or employment plan, and practice in real settings. Partners fund the mission—they do not buy training. We invite accounting firms, vehicles, mentors, technology, new work clothing from retailers, thrift vouchers, and unrestricted support.
Empower Her is a Foundation program. It is not a single company’s product. Several independent organizations stand with Rhonda’s Stop Bullying Foundation for Girls. No partner owns the cohort, sells the training, or buys a member a seat. There is no tuition.
Program partner.
Program partner.
Program partner. Holds TaxSlayer ProWeb and Desktop licenses that Empower Her trainees and members are allowed to use during training and after, under the firm’s rules—not IRS VITA software.
Program partner.
Program partner.
Program partner. Holds TaxSlayer ProWeb and Desktop licenses that trainees and members are allowed to use, and contributes program fleet access, QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise licensing, and BainconIT subscriptions during training and after—one contribution among many, not ownership of the Foundation.
The Foundation remains independent. Partners do not imply that any one firm is the program, or that members must become that firm’s clients.
The Foundation also seeks CPA and accounting firms for assistance and consultation—not a product sale.
Advise the Foundation as an organization: books, controls, grant reporting, nonprofit accounting questions, board-ready numbers, and the long runway after the first cohort. You help Rhonda’s Stop Bullying Foundation stay clean, fundable, and durable.
Consult with participants as they build skill and a client list: review sample files, sit in on persona conversations, answer “what would a firm actually do,” and remain available after graduation. You are a professional neighbor, not a vendor selling them a course.
Firms interested in this role: write info@rhondasstopbullying.org with the subject line Accounting firm partner.
The better gift is new work clothes in her size: a blazer, blouse, trousers or a dress, shoes she can walk in. Major retailers can do that with gift cards, store credit, a set “interview kit,” or a private shopping hour. Thrift vouchers (Goodwill, Salvation Army, consignment) are welcome too. A bag of leftover clothes is last resort.
Department, big-box, and workwear stores: gift cards or vouchers for new interview and Persona Day outfits; optional associate-hosted shopping; no cash back. We do not require designer labels. We do want clothes that look new on a video call and in a client meeting.
Goodwill, Salvation Army, consignment, Dress for Success–style closets: numbered vouchers for clothing and shoes. Fit and cleanliness are the bar.
We screen who receives a card or voucher (trainees and members who need work clothes). We log card numbers and dates. We do not warehouse a closet unless a partner wants a clothing drive. Cash designated “clothing allowance” is accepted if a store will not print credit.
Retail and store managers: write info@rhondasstopbullying.org with subject Clothing partner. Say new merchandise vs. thrift, locations, dollar amount per member, and how many women you can cover per season.
Dealerships, fleets, and individual owners may title a safe vehicle to the Foundation, or give computers, desks, chairs, and office equipment for members’ home offices. Details, IRS vehicle-gift rules, and what we will not accept: Give vehicles and home-office equipment.
Consultation for the Foundation’s books and future, and consultation for members as they learn and after they graduate. Assistance—not a training product. Independent of any single listed partner.
Vehicle donation from a business or an individual. Named partnership when appropriate. See the Give page.
Instructors, software, curriculum, certification support.
Site visits, mentors, mock meetings, networking, employee engagement.
Gifts and grants to the Foundation. You fund the work; you do not purchase training or buy a named person a slot. There is no tuition. Impact reporting respects privacy.
Preferred: major retailers giving new work clothes via gift card, store credit, or a shopping hour. Also: Goodwill and career-closet vouchers. Fit for the meeting—not a luxury wardrobe. Cash clothing allowances welcome.
Software, BainconIT subscriptions, cybersecurity, and licenses that last through training and after.
Mentor a cohort, host a workshop, or speak for equitable access to VITA and workforce pathways.