Fund a consultant. Fund better policy.

Policy works best when the people closest to the issue help shape it. Too often, that perspective enters the room after the key decisions are already made — leading to well-intentioned investment that misses the mark.

LELI changes the design table. We prepare people with lived experience to consult as professionals — fluent in the structures, funding streams, governance, and policy calendars of the bodies they advise — so their expertise arrives as findings a department can act on, timed to the decisions being made.

When living expertise helps design the policy, the policy works better. The dollars do more. The systems do better.

Your gift goes directly to consultant compensation, preparation, and the wraparound support — transportation, technology, scheduling — that makes participation possible for people currently navigating homelessness.

LELI operates under the charitable umbrella of Realize Impact — a registered 501(c)(3) that makes your gift fully tax-deductible.

LELI is fiscally sponsored by Realize Impact, a 501(c)(3) public charity specializing in fiscal sponsorship of mission-driven projects. Realize Impact provides the charitable umbrella, financial oversight, grants administration, and compliance infrastructure that lets LELI focus entirely on consultants and the communities they serve.

Fiscal sponsorship means your gift is made to Realize Impact on behalf of LELI. It is fully tax-deductible, subject to all 501(c)(3) rules, and directed entirely to LELI's programming — consultant compensation, preparation and curriculum delivery, and the wraparound support that makes participation possible.

All donations, whether made online, by check, or by wire transfer, are processed through Realize Impact. When you give, please notify us through our contact form so we can ensure your gift is properly allocated.

LELI is a project of Realize Impact, a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN available upon request). All donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. No goods or services were provided in exchange for your contribution.