A Bold New Era of Non-Profit Innovation

Ready to turn your vision into impact?

Whether you're launching a mission-driven venture, community project, or social enterprise, it all starts with one idea. We help you build it—smarter, faster, and with purpose.

Our Flagship Programs

Powerful programs designed to create long-term social and economic change in underserved communities.

1. NICU Relief Fund: Financial Assistance for Families with Babies in Intensive Care

Hospital bills, missed work, hotel stays—having a newborn in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) can break a family financially. Our NICU Relief Fund provides direct financial support to families navigating the stress of premature or critical births.
We cover emergency costs, transportation, food, and housing—so parents can focus on healing, not debt.

2. Elevate: Financial, Entrepreneurial & Sexual/Mental health Literacy for Underserved Youth

Real empowerment is multi-dimensional. Elevate is our flagship youth program designed to equip historically marginalized and at-risk youth with the tools they need to thrive—financially, emotionally, intellectually, and socially.

We combine financial literacy, entrepreneurship coaching, sexual health education, and mental health development in one unified curriculum, designed to build resilience, confidence, and long-term opportunity.

Our Mental Health Philosophy: Rooted in human flourishing, Not Religious Prescription.

We believe mental health begins with being valued—and learning to value oneself in community. Our approach rejects dogmatic or punitive frameworks that have often failed underserved communities.

Theological or rigid moral prescriptions, while important to some, are not the foundation of empowerment here. Instead, we offer something deeper:

  1. Metacognition and Self-Mastery: Youth are introduced to critical thinking, philosophical reasoning, and identity-building practices.

  2. Trauma-Informed Methodologies: We provide modern mental health tools rooted in emotional regulation, mindfulness, and healing justice.

  3. Community Validation: Dialogue, not dogma. Belonging, not blame. We build spaces where reflection replaces repression.

Mental health is taught as a skillset—something to train, understand, and live by. We encourage youth to think deeply, reflect honestly, and act with integrity as they move through life.

What Elevate Teaches:

  • How to manage money, build credit, and avoid predatory systems

  • How to launch a business or side hustle rooted in purpose

  • How to understand sexual health with clarity and respect

  • How to navigate emotions, develop mental strength, and build character

  • How to think critically about values, choices, and personal ethics

This isn’t a class. It’s a launchpad into adulthood—with real tools, real talks, and real growth.

3. Secure Start: Workforce Training & Guaranteed Job Placement

Access without a pathway is just a promise. Secure Start is our job-readiness and placement initiative designed to connect underserved individuals to high-paying, high-impact careers in emerging industries—tech, trades, climate, media, and more.
Through hands-on training, soft skill development, and guaranteed job placement, we’re building generational wealth, one hire at a time.

4. Living Legacy: A Newsletter for hope

Where strategy meets spirit. Where movement meets meaning.

Living Legacy isn’t just a nonprofit update—it’s a living archive of our fight for a better future. Each issue blends powerful personal stories with reflections on philosophy, health, financial empowerment, and civic imagination. We feature real voices from our communities, deep dives into the systems we're changing, and meditations on what it means to live a life of purpose in a world built to distract us.

Whether it’s a NICU mom who got the help she needed, a young person launching their first hustle, or an essay on circadian rhythms and the sacred, Living Legacy is where impact breathes and hope writes back.

This is your dispatch from the frontlines of change.

Our Long-Term Vision

We're not just another nonprofit. We're building a national platform for economic empowerment, community ownership, and generational wealth.

Over the next decade, our long-term goals include:

  • A national accelerator for mission-driven entrepreneurs of color

  • Community-owned credit unions and nonprofit business incubators

  • Debt forgiveness initiatives tied to financial coaching and workforce placement

  • A scalable model for civic engagement, asset ownership, and policy influence

We're here to change the structure—so the system works for all of us.

Our Team

Carlos Rodriguez, President of the Raziel Foundation and Founder of Raziel HQ, wearing a navy suit and glasses.

Carlos Rodriguez

President & Founder
Carlos is a visionary organizer, strategist, and storyteller. He founded The Raziel Foundation to create infrastructure for civic power, economic mobility, and cultural self-determination. As President, Carlos shapes the Foundation’s strategic vision—bridging grassroots urgency with high-level execution. His leadership is defined by clarity, resolve, and a deep commitment to those who’ve been told to wait their turn. He doesn’t wait. He builds.

Tre Walker, Editor-in-Chief at the Raziel Foundation, wearing a dark blazer and turquoise shirt.

Tre Walker

Editor-in-Chief
Tre curates the voice and narrative of The Raziel Foundation. As Editor-in-Chief, he oversees all written content, media messaging, and editorial direction. With a sharp eye for language and a strong pulse on culture, Tre ensures that every newsletter, campaign, and publication reflects the mission and soul of the Foundation. He brings clarity to chaos—and power to the pen.