The sponsor will fully fund the HSe4Metrics platform
However, securing a sponsor may require the expertise of a professional presentation team—such as lobbyists and a specialized law firm.
Currently, presentation teams are being asked to work pro bono. If none are able, a temporary fundraising campaign may be launched to cover the cost.
NO FUNDRAISING IS BEING PLANNED.
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However, securing such a sponsor may require a temporary $5 fundraising campaign to hire a professional presentation team.
For example, if a presentation team is unable to work pro bono and submits a proposal with a $700,000 fee, HSe4Metrics could launch a temporary fundraising campaign with that target. With nationwide awareness and strong media engagement, reaching the goal would be fully within reach—even if many of the contributions were as modest as $5.
Once a presentation team has completed its job and a sponsor is secured, the temporary campaign would end.
Tens of millions of dollars in annual operational costs—and potentially billions in cloud and infrastructure costs, depending on the scale of K–12 and parent engagement—would be covered by the sponsor.
The sponsor can be a government agency.
A federal agency’s sponsorship decision. On one hand, investing in innovation always carries risk. One side of the decision involves the tangible cost of sponsorship. As with any new initiative, the HSe4Metrics platform offers no guarantee that gains in hard-number K–12 performance metrics—even if unprecedented in the history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—will be sufficiently profound to reverse decades of egregious results.
On the other hand, those gains could spark a sweeping transformation in K–12 student performance—potentially driving GDP growth that far exceeds the platform’s operational and cloud computing costs.
Yet, it is precisely in the face of such uncertainty that federal agencies are often called upon to act—when the potential upside justifies calculated risk.
The sponsor can be a publicly traded corporation.
A corporation’s sponsorship decision may come down to a cost–benefit analysis.
In evaluating whether to sponsor the HSe4Metrics innovation platform, potential sponsors will consider several key factors: the cost of sponsorship, the platform’s K–12 mission, its contribution to the public good, the corporation’s responsibility to its shareholders, and the potential benefits the sponsorship may offer those shareholders.
Tax Status. The conversion of HSe4Metrics into a 501(c)(3) private foundation—currently being handled pro bono by one of the nation’s top 100 law firms—has not yet been finalized. While this designation may be irrelevant to a government sponsor, it could serve as a motivating factor for a corporate sponsor.
Proprietary protections for the sponsor.
To maximize the likelihood of investment success for a sponsoring federal agency or corporation, HSe4Metrics maintains a strict nondisclosure policy covering the platform’s innovations, including its design and operation. In this context, protecting the sponsor also serves to safeguard the interests of the nation and its K–12 students.
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