Safe Places Come First
Because children cannot thrive where they do not feel safe.
The Next GEN Foundation brings communities together to create safe, trusted environments where children can rest, play, and begin to heal—especially in places where homes, schools, and neighborhoods fall short.
WHY WE EXIST
Children don’t open up to programs. They open up where they feel safe.
Across many communities, children are growing up without consistent places where they feel protected, seen, and supported. Homes can be unstable.
Schools are overwhelmed. Churches and community organizations care deeply — but often work in isolation. The result isn’t a lack of compassion. It’s a lack of connection.
The Next GEN Foundation exists to help communities come together around one simple belief:
When children feel safe, they begin to thrive.
We focus on creating environments — both physical and relational — where kids can relax, trust, and be themselves. From these spaces, something powerful happens: children start talking, confidence grows, and healthy relationships form.
This work doesn’t start with funding. It starts with unity. When individuals, families, churches, businesses, and community leaders align around children, momentum follows.
Larger institutions pay attention. Long-term solutions become possible. We’re not here to replace existing efforts. We’re here to connect them.
Because the future of a community isn’t built by one organization —
it’s built when people choose to stand together for the next generation.
This is how communities invest in tomorrow’s leaders — by showing up today.
Where experience meets purpose
SENIOR ADVISORY CIRCLE
Wisdom. Experience. Commitment to the next generation.
The Senior Advisory Circle is made up of respected community members who believe in the importance of standing together for children.
These individuals offer guidance, encouragement, and relational support to The Next GEN Foundation’s mission. Many also help with outreach efforts and small-donation initiatives — reminding us that meaningful change doesn’t require large gifts, only willing hearts.
Adults Have Boundaries. Children Have Barriers.
Churches have boundaries—and those boundaries exist for good reasons.
They protect doctrine, tradition, accountability, and identity.
Most adults understand why boundaries exist between denominations.
They are chosen thoughtfully, navigated intentionally, and held with conviction.
But children experience something very different.
Children do not choose boundaries.
They inherit barriers.
A child living in an unsafe home cannot simply step across the barrier.
A child struggling in school cannot opt out of instability.
A child surrounded by fear, neglect, or chaos does not get to choose which door is open to them.
When adults choose boundaries, they do so with understanding and agency.
When children face barriers, they do so without choice and without voice.
In many ways, children experience the same separation adults feel—but without the ability to explain it, defend it, or escape it.
Adults can say:
• “This is not our tradition.”
• “That is outside our doctrine.”
• “We don’t cross that line.”
Children cannot.
They simply live on the other side of whatever barrier exists—whether that barrier is family instability, school failure, neighborhood danger, or the absence of safe space.
Advisory Circle Members
Safety Builds Trust
WHY SAFETY MATTERS
By uniting trusted community leaders, businesses, and everyday citizens, we create environments where children feel protected, seen, and valued.
Safety comes first. Trust follows. Transformation begins.
Before Solutions
THE REALITY
Many children live in environments where home, school, and community do not feel safe. Programs, counseling, and support services struggle to work when safety is missing.
Before solutions can succeed, safe spaces must come first.
SAFETY IN ACTION
THE NEXT GEN APPROACH
The Next GEN Foundation brings community leaders together to create safe, trusted environments where children can simply be kids — free from fear, pressure, or expectation.
Our Approach
One Dollar. One Voice. Real Impact.
A $1 contribution isn’t about money. It’s about community participation.
When individuals step in—even at the smallest level—it signals unity. That unity helps attract larger support from businesses, institutions, and government partners.
One voice becomes many. Many voices create change.
Children who do not feel safe at home
Children who feel unseen at school
Children traditional programs don’t reach
Children who lack trusted environments
YOUR ROLE MATTERS
Who We Serve
We create safe places first—because without safety, nothing else works.
IMPACT NUMBERS
Every number tells a story of children reached, communities strengthened, and hope multiplied.
$1565
RAISED
5+
VOLUNTEERS
8+
communities
THE FIRST STEP
HOW IT BEGINS
This work does not begin with fundraising. It begins with conversation, alignment, and trust.
When communities demonstrate ownership, institutions gain the confidence to invest without carrying the burden alone.
JOIN THE MOVEMENT
Safe Places Don’t Happen by Accident.
They happen when communities decide to show up.
To ensure donor confidence and transparency, contributions are securely handled through a trusted third-party platform.
How We Work
Guided by Relationships and Unity
We focus on trust, collaboration, and long-term impact for children. Our approach centers on relationships, shared conversations, and unity across communities.
Relationships before requests
Conversations before commitments
Unity across sectors
Children at the center
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TESTIMONIALS
Our Contribution Can Help Achieve A Solution
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