Stand with IFI. Change starts with people like you.
There is more than one way to create impact. Bring your time, skills, resources, voice, network, or ideas to this growing movement for community opportunity.
Four ways to create impact.
Choose the path that fits your time, skills, and passion for community opportunity.
Volunteer
Share your time, experience, creativity, or professional skills with programs in Minnesota or remote initiatives.
Become an Ambassador
Help connect communities with IFI programs, identify local needs, build partnerships, share stories, and represent IFI with integrity.
Give
Help fuel media hubs, education access, youth development, workforce pathways, and community partnerships.
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Collaborate as a school, university, business, nonprofit, government agency, faith based organization, creator, or sponsor.
Partner With IFI
Build a bridge between people and opportunity.
IFI Ambassadors are community leaders, educators, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, schools, universities, youth leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, businesses, faith based organizations, and volunteers who help expand opportunity in their communities.
Ambassador responsibilities
- Connect communities with IFI programs and resources.
- Identify local needs and opportunities.
- Build partnerships with schools, nonprofits, businesses, and community organizations.
- Promote IFI initiatives and events.
- Share stories of community impact.
- Represent IFI professionally and ethically.
How to apply
- 1Complete the ambassador application with your details and interests.
- 2Share why you want to join and how you will help your community.
- 3The IFI team reviews applications and reaches out about next steps.
Share your time and skills.
Whether you can mentor a young person, produce media content, organize an event, or lend professional expertise, there is a place for you on the IFI team.
Areas where you can help
IFI welcomes people who can support education, media, technology, youth development, sports, events, communications, administration, fundraising, research, translation, and partnerships, subject to current needs.
Community events and advocacy.
Sharing knowledge, elevating community voices, and supporting actions that expand equality, learning, dignity, and opportunity.
Upcoming Events
New events and community opportunities will be posted here. Check back soon for updates on IFI programs, gatherings, and ways to participate.
Archived example: Youth Entrepreneurship Conference 2024, pending IFI confirmation for display.
How advocacy works at IFI
Advocacy at IFI means amplifying the voices of the communities served, not speaking for them. Community members are supported to share their stories, connect with decision makers, and advocate for policies and practices that expand access to education, workforce opportunity, and economic mobility.
- Elevating community voices through media and storytelling
- Connecting local needs with partners and resources
- Supporting youth leadership and civic engagement
Stay connected to the work.
Receive occasional updates about IFI programs, community stories, events, opportunities, and ways to help.
Ready to make a difference?
Your support, whether time, talent, or resources, helps strengthen communities across Minnesota, The Gambia, and beyond.