Become
We are an innovative movement building organization that facilitates authentic community leadership Become was officially incorporated in January of 2013.
Invest in what's already working.
BECOME, it funds people.
✅ Trained evaluators
✅ Community psychologists
✅ Researchers
✅ Activists
We work with partners directly and indirectly; to go INTO neighborhoods → walk beside them → and build systems communities own permanently. 🧡💛🤍
Invest in communities today → https://hubs.li/Q04pQ4XR0
07/11/2026
Most programs build dependency. We build the opposite. 💛
Self-evaluating — communities measuring their own outcomes.
Self-sustaining — systems that run without outside funding.
Self-led — leadership that comes from within.
That's what your $100 funds. Not a program that ends when the grant does. Infrastructure that communities own — permanently.
Are you in? → https://www.weallbecome.org/ 🔗
TODAY WE NEED YOU.
📌 We’re looking for our first 100 people to give $100💸 to kick this campaign off right!
⚡️ 100 for 100. We want you part of this campaign.
Click 👉 the 🔗 link above and donate today! 🙏🏽
06/21/2026
To the fathers and father figures who show up: we see you. 🤎
We honor the dads, granddads, uncles, big cousins, coaches, mentors, and chosen father figures as the men who pour into their families and communities with love, presence, and patience.
Fatherhood is community work. Every time a father shows up - at the dinner table, on the sideline, in the hard conversations and the quiet ordinary moments - he's helping shape a thriving community. That kind of presence is how neighborhoods grow into their fullest potential.
We honor the fathers raising the next generation, the ones healing what was handed to them, and the ones rewriting what showing up can look like.
To every father and father figure in our BECOME community: thank you for the love you give and the futures you're building.
Happy Father's Day. 🤎
04/03/2026
On March 21st in Chicago, we gathered to celebrate the power of community-led evaluation through BECOME’s Community Evaluation Innovation Lab (CEIL). Together, we honored the growth of our evaluators, recognized our Founding Cohort for two years of dedicated learning, and uplifted the role of culturally responsive evaluation in advancing community transformation.
This celebration was more than a milestone—it was a reminder of what’s possible when lived experience and community wisdom lead the way.
If you’re inspired by this approach, we’d love to connect. Partner with BECOME to co-create evaluation strategies that center lived experience and drive action in your community.
What recent milestones or moments of growth are you or your team celebrating right now? Share with us below—we’d love to uplift your wins. ✨
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