Grow Something Bold.
We provide mentorship, operational guidance, and strategic planning to grassroots leaders and early-stage nonprofit founders. Activities include hosting peer support networks, developing shared resource platforms, launching direct service pilot programs (such as The Community Collaborative), and preparing incubated initiatives to transition into independent nonprofit organizations.
Our work centers around leadership development, community collaboration, and increasing access to sustainable infrastructure for small, locally led efforts.
The Community Collaborative
A Pilot Program
The Community Collaborative is more than a network—it’s a shared space where nonprofit leaders, grassroots organizers, and changemakers come together to learn, build, and grow. From real-time collaboration to trusted peer support, The Bower helps you move from ideas to action—with community at your side every step of the way.
Collaboration
Join live strategy sessions, resource shares, and co-creation spaces where ideas flow, feedback is instant, and progress moves faster, together.
Peer Support
Connect with fellow founders and grassroots leaders who get it. Share wins, ask questions, and walk the road of impact side by side.
Shared Resources
Access our growing library of templates, guides, contacts, and referral systems so you can focus on what matters: making change, not chasing tools.
The First Community Collective Meeting is AT CAPACITY
We have had such a beautiful outpouring of support for the Community Collaborative pilot meeting and have 40 changemakers who have RSVPed to come!
Meet Leah
Leah is a rural Stark County-based systems thinker, grassroots strategist, and lived experience advocate specializing in the intersection of community care and public policy. She brings over a decade of personal and professional experience navigating multi-system involvement—as a caregiver, service user, and program developer. Her work centers on dismantling systemic barriers through trauma-informed program design, survivor-engaged initiatives, and peer-led solutions.
Currently, Leah serves on multiple state-level advisory councils, contributes to curriculum development, and presents nationally on topics such as youth engagement, social determinants of health, and trauma-responsive systems.
Leah believes meaningful change is co-created, and her work reflects a deep commitment to listening first, building from the ground up, and holding space for complexity. Whether working with government agencies, nonprofits, or emerging leaders, she brings curiosity, compassion, and a bold sense of possibility.
