Pledged Impact
Our Pledged Impact.
The inaugural 90-fellow cohort's pledged commitments across every sector we support for FY2026/2027, presented as projected bands, with method and sources shown openly.
These are the pledged commitments of Benirai's inaugural Community Impact Fellowship: 90 fellows deploying up to $40.5 million of program capital over five years across food security, housing, water, education, workforce, health, and community stewardship. Every figure below is a projection presented as a projection. Our first annual Impact Report will publish delivered results against these projections.
FY2026/2027 Cohort Projections
Three-Tier Impact Dashboard
Numbers below are pledged commitments of the inaugural 90-fellow cohort, at planning-year point of departure. Conservative, Central, and Optimistic bands reflect published cost-per-outcome evidence. Central figures are the most prominent; Conservative and Optimistic are shown for full transparency.
Projected for FY2026/2027
6,750
Enablers Engaged
Institutions, partners, and grassroots leaders equipped by fellows to extend service delivery.
Method and sourcesProjected for FY2026/2027
313,443
End-users Reached
People who directly touch a fellow-funded service in FY2026/2027.
Method and sourcesProjected for FY2026/2027 (food security only)
36.1M
Meals Provided
Food-security cause area only. Counted separately from End-users Reached to avoid double-counting.
Method and sourcesProjected for FY2026/2027
31,344
People Impacted
Higher-confidence subset of End-users Reached whose outcomes are measurable, attributable, and durable. Not additive to End-users Reached.
Method and sourcesProjected for FY2026/2027
90 direct + 180 partner
Organizations Strengthened
90 fellow-led organizations directly funded, plus partner organizations meaningfully capacitated.
Method and sourcesProjected for FY2026/2027
180
Programs Launched or Scaled
Programs a fellow initiates or materially expands in FY2026/2027.
Method and sourcesProjections, not measured results. Bands, not point estimates. See the full methodology
Cause-Area Breakdown
How the Cohort Is Allocated
FY2026/2027 projected outcomes at three confidence bands, across 12 cause areas. Fellow counts are planning assumptions; actual allocation depends on the applicant pool.
| Cause area | Fellows | Conservative | Central | Optimistic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food security and hunger | 12 | 30.0M meals | 36.1M meals | 44.8M meals |
| Housing and homelessness | 9 | 111 households/yr | 225 households/yr | 265 households/yr |
| Clean water and WASH | 6 | 25,000 people | 37,500 people | 300,000 people |
| Education and scholarships | 14 | 8,750 students | 17,500 students | 70,000 students |
| Youth development | 8 | 800 youth/yr | 930 youth/yr | 1,111 youth/yr |
| Workforce and employment | 8 | 70 participants | 100 participants | 166 participants |
| Health and primary care | 7 | 8,424 encounters | 8,424 encounters | 8,424 encounters |
| Mental health and crisis | 5 | 13,297 crisis contacts | 15,243 crisis contacts | 15,822 crisis contacts |
| Disaster relief and emergency | 4 | 1,000 families | 8,000 families | 50,000 families |
| Faith-based community programs | 9 | 787 church-sites/yr | 1,500 church-sites/yr | 6,880 church-sites/yr |
| Family services and human services | 5 | 500 households/yr | 833 households/yr | 2,500 households/yr |
| Environment and climate | 3 | 150 projects/land units | 300 projects/land units | 750 projects/land units |
Bands reflect a Conservative, Central, and Optimistic range across published cost-per-outcome evidence. Cost-per-outcome multipliers are drawn from Feeding America, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Water.org, charity: water, Boys and Girls Clubs, Year Up, HRSA, SAMHSA, the American Red Cross, MDRC, The Nature Conservancy, and a peer-reviewed study of the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition program. Full citations on our Methodology page.
Long-Term Horizon
Five-Year and Full-Implementation Ceiling
5-Year Cohort Projection (FY2026/2027 to FY2030/2031)
End-users Reached
Meals Provided
Fellow-founded organizations still operating at year 10
~62 of 90
Applying the Echoing Green benchmark
Fellows still in mission-aligned work at year 10
~72 of 90
Applying the Echoing Green mission-retention benchmark
Full-Implementation Capital Ceiling
Up to $1.8B
If every fellow activates the bond-offering pathway authorized under program rules, the cohort's deployable capital ceiling reaches up to $1.8 billion.
This ceiling is a structural maximum. Actual deployment depends on fellow-by-fellow suitability, market conditions, and program-committee approval.
5-year committed program capital: up to $40.5M across 90 fellows.
Durability Outlook
10-Year Durability Outlook
~62 of 90
Organizations still operating at year 10
Applying the Echoing Green benchmark for fellow-founded organizations.
~72 of 90
Fellows still in mission-aligned work at year 10
Applying the Echoing Green mission-retention benchmark.
Benchmarks: Echoing Green 2026 Social Impact Talent Report.
We publish projections because donors and partners deserve to know what we are pledging. We publish confidence bands because a single number is rarely honest. We publish our sources because credibility is not a claim: it is a discipline. The BBB Wise Giving Alliance Standards 14 and 15 require that charitable communications be accurate, truthful, and not misleading. We hold ourselves to that standard, and we hold our fellows to it too.