Founders Table

A network for youth-led nonprofits

Every youth-led nonprofit deserves a seat at the table.

Founders Table connects student-run nonprofits with the partners, volunteers, and resources they need. We match organizations by what they need and what they can offer, so every introduction leads somewhere.

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Founders Table logo: eight people seated around a globe
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Our mission

Student founders shouldn't have to build alone.

Thousands of students run nonprofits that tutor kids, fight disease, and support displaced families. Most of them face the same problems separately: finding partners, funding, volunteers, and mentors, with no existing network to lean on.

Founders Table brings those organizations together. We learn what each one needs and what it can give, then connect it with the organizations and people who fit. The toolkit, the introductions, and the community are free.

We started this as students running our own organizations. Everything here is built for the realities of leading a nonprofit between classes: limited time, a small budget, and a network you're still building.

How it works

Matching based on needs and offers, not only cause area.

  1. STEP 1

    Tell us where you are

    Share what your organization is looking for right now (funding, volunteers, distribution, technical help) and the skills or reach you can offer a partner.

  2. STEP 2

    We find the fit

    Our AI-assisted matching compares needs and offers across the network, and our team reviews every suggested match before it goes out.

  3. STEP 3

    Meet and build

    We introduce you to the organization or person on the other side, so you can start a collaboration, share volunteers, or run a project together.

Free founder toolkitGrant application and fundraising email templates to save your team hours.
Volunteer and leader matchingIndividual members get matched to organizations looking for volunteers or new chapter leaders.
Pitch meetingsRegular sessions where founders present their work to the whole network and find collaborators.

About the founders

Three founders, one table.

We each run our own organizations, and we built Founders Table to give other student founders the network we wished we'd had.

Aadhya Mamillapalli

Aadhya Mamillapalli

Co-Founder
  • CEO & Founder, PinkAware: an international youth-led breast cancer awareness nonprofit.
  • Co-Founder, PlateX: a platelet donor network that alerts donors when and where they're needed most, helping hospitals get ahead of shortages.
  • Speech & Debate Captain at Archbishop Mitty High School.
  • Harvard Ventures Tech Summer Program, 2025.
Contact: aadhya.mamillapalli@gmail.com
Kai Hsu

Kai Hsu

Co-Founder
  • President & Founder, hui (huicommunity.org): a website that brings every event and club in a school into one place.
  • Youngest Speech & Debate Captain at Punahou School: ranked 51st in the nation, building the Policy Debate team, and started the "Explorations" course.
  • International DFC Corporation Intern, 2026.
  • Harvard Ventures Tech Summer Program, 2026.
Contact: kaiahsu@gmail.com
Tiam Zabeti

Tiam Zabeti

Co-Founder
  • Co-Founder, VenTech: a smart HVAC vent system that balances airflow room by room.
  • Ohio Chapter Leader, Together Sports: a global nonprofit running free youth sports clinics, with chapters from New York to Tokyo. Varsity tennis, 1st doubles.
  • FTC Robotics #6133, The NUTS!: business team for a program ranked #37 all-time worldwide and #1 in Ohio.
  • Debate Team President and Model UN committee Head Chair at Walnut Hills High School.
  • Harvard Ventures Tech Summer Program, 2026.
Contact: zabetitiam@gmail.com

Join the table

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For organizations

Run a youth-led nonprofit?

Join the network to get matched with partners and access the free toolkit. We'll ask for:

  • Your name, email, and phone number
  • Your organization's name and where it's based
  • One or two sentences on what you do
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For individuals

Want to get involved?

No nonprofit of your own yet? Join as a member and we'll connect you with organizations looking for volunteers, chapter leaders, and collaborators in the areas you care about.

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Questions? Reach the team at founders.table.official@gmail.com