Conscious Capital
Hollistic believes in the conscious investing of capital in people, ideas, and projects that can create a positive and meaningful impact on society. Our methods include rewarding exceptional humanitarian work, offering scholarships to support academic and "at risk" work in humanitarian fields, providing alternate humanitarian-associated means of settling debts, facilitating sponsorships towards co-developed programs with select non-profit organizations and research-based institutions, and mobilizing private investments in social and environmental capital projects, each of which is further described below. Contributions towards any of our capital programs are set at a minimum of $500, or its equivalent in another currency. Smaller, general contributions towards our humanitarian efforts are also welcome, and may be made directly via the shopping cart page.
Hollistic Extraordinary Person Award (HEPA):
HEPA is our annual award for exceptional and distinguished work completed in any humanitarian project by an individual or their organization, including through the overcoming of significant challenges of any form of injustice or oppression. Nominations are accepted through March and April of each year, and are made from any person in an academic- or policy-related position globally, as well as from our internal board, on behalf of another individual or organization. Each nomination requires a detailed assessment of the reasoning for the nomination. The award includes a monetary sum to be used towards the acceleration of the award winner's humanitarian project efforts within one year of receiving the award. For further details, contributions, and applications to the HEPA program, you may reach us through the respective form at the bottom of this page.
Hollistic Scholarship Program (H-Scholar):
H-Scholar is our annual scholarship program that awards a monetary scholarship contributed by our donors to be used towards funding the selected recipient’s academic degree program (Master’s level or higher) and/or teaching, research, or policy work at any well-acclaimed university in the world in a field related to humanitarian work. The scholarship program accepts applications through March and April of each year (urgent applications, providing a reason for such urgency, are considered at other times as well). Applicants "at risk" due to any form of injustice or oppression may include the relevant details in their application statement, which will be given due consideration. Scholarship recipients are required to demonstrate professional work towards the improvement of the plight of an underprivileged segment of society and must also serve in the role of an independent contractor for our organization or any of our selected partners within one year of receiving the scholarship. Additionally, each H-Scholar is assigned a mentor who will work with them in a coaching capacity during the first year of their academic program. In exceptional cases, the scholarship may be extended to alternate, private, or professional forms of humanitarian-related training or activities outside of a traditional academic setting. For further details, contributions, and applications to the H-Scholar program, you may reach us through the respective form at the bottom of this page.
Hollistic Debt-to-Fellow Program (H-Fellow):
H-Fellow is our fellowship program for loan repayment. In this program, any individual (or in certain cases, organizations) with debt accrued for any reasonable and verifiable purpose and a demonstrated inability to repay their debt, may apply for our debt repayment program, which is covered by one or more of our donors. Accepted applicants must commit to providing independent contract humanitarian work for our organization or any of our selected partners for a period of time determined to be commensurate with the debt. Participants can potentially graduate the program debt-free and with the title of "H-Fellow," representing our sign of respect for these newfound alchemists of society. For further details, contributions, and applications to the H-Fellow program, you may reach us through the respective form at the bottom of this page.
Hollistic Debt-to-Philanthropist Program (H-Philo):
H-Philo is our philanthropy program, enabling the settlement of one's debt to another individual or organization by earmarking a mutually agreed upon percentage of the debt towards humanitarian work. In this program, any individual or organization that owes a monetary amount to another individual or organization for any reasonable and verifiable purpose may apply for a percentage of their debt to be used towards humanitarian work by our organization or any of our selected partners. Both participating parties will receive the title of “H-Philo” as recognition of their status in the program and as a sign of respect for these newfound caregivers of society. This arrangement incentivizes philanthropic work and can also help to facilitate a quicker and more positive debt repayment experience. For further details and applications to the H-Philo program, you may reach us through the respective form at the bottom of this page.
Hollistic Structured Sponsorships:
Hollistic facilitates financial support through sponsorships to select non-profit organizations and research institutions working towards societal improvement. Non-profit support is primarily focused on the developing regions of the world in the areas of housing, healthcare, and education. Research support includes institutions located globally, in sectors and projects demonstrating potential for significant impact. Our approach involves organizing funds and related resources from our donors in a structured and transparent manner towards grant programs that we co-develop with them. Further, our grant facilitating process includes frequent monitoring, tracking, proof of use, and detailed reporting. In exchange for this support, our sponsored non-profit organizations offer a variety of promotion-related activities and mentions in relevant publications or communications. For further details, donations, sponsorship applications, and research grant applications, you may reach us through the respective form at the bottom of this page.
Hollistic Social and Environmental Capital Projects:
Hollistic is focused on raising capital towards socially and environmentally conscious projects, including hybrid projects, in the Educational and Humanitarian Development space. Our criteria for investment include:
| Project | Socially-conscious ideas with globally scalable business models and the potential to create positive and meaningful impact on society, while providing a significant return on invested capital |
| Team | Strong, passionate, and driven execution team |
| Regions | US, Singapore, and India, but also open to other select locations |
| Sectors | Technology, Finance, Healthcare, Education, Environment, Consumer Retail, and patentable inventions in other industries |
| Company Type | Corporations or Private Limited Companies with 2 or more owners/partners only |
| Investment Size | Early-stage Angel/Pre-seed/Seed startup capital, including in new business units and spin-offs of larger entities, in exchange for equity in the company |
| Investment Horizon | 3 years+ |
We welcome inquiries and applications regarding social, environmental, and hybrid capital projects through the respective form at the bottom of this page.
Capital Partnerships: Hollistic partners with individuals and organizations to evaluate capital investment opportunities and help bring impactful ideas to market. Our capital partnership model consists of equity, capital share, awards, scholarships, fellowships, and other philanthropic and sponsorship options.
Impact entrepreneurs, non-profits, scholarship applicants, fellowship applicants, philanthropy applicants, award nominators, and connectors, wishing to apply for or utilize capital or connect us with others may reach us through our Application Form.
Investors and donors interested in exploring investment and contribution opportunities in our capital projects may reach us by filling out our Investor Form.