CHRISTOPHER WICK FOUNDATION

Paying Forward The Gift of Education & Mentorship

The Christopher Wick Foundation is a non-profit that provides scholarships, mentorship and graduation planning to college students.

About Christopher Wick

"Education is the breath of transformation..."

"...When people know better, they do better."

"When people do better, the world does better. When you know what to do, how to do it, and why you do it, you have the ability to effect change."

-- Page 78, Chapter 'Education Never Stops Giving' in the "Legacy" book by Christopher Wick

Christopher is a heart-centered entrepreneur with a talent for numbers.

As an entrepreneur who won over 14 awards and helped over 400 companies by the age of 30, Christopher has built, bought, and sold various companies relating to marketing, e-commerce, real estate, retail, and investing. Wick’s businesses have been featured by Huffington Post, ABC, NBC, and Wall Street Select.

Currently, Christopher is Chairman of Say Yes! Enterprises, LLC, a Texas-based investment management company that acquires, builds and sells companies.

Christopher has a tremendous passion for helping people thrive in their companies to grow their profits thereby growing their teams, families and impacting their communities.

Christopher was recognized as a five-time #1 International Best-Seller, for the books:

-How to Use Social Media to Grow Your Business and Make More Money

-Better Business, Better Life, Better World: The Movement and

-Legacy.

In his spare time, Christopher loves traveling, volunteering, and giving back.

If you’re looking for an investment, growth partner, or exit plan, visit www.SayYesEnterprises.com

What The Christopher Wick Foundation Does

The Christopher Wick Foundation is a non-profit that provides scholarships, mentorship and graduation planning to college students.

Scholarships

Over 56% of college students say they can no longer afford their tuition. Source.

Mentorship

Only 25% of college graduates reported having a mentor who encouraged them to achieve their goals. Source.

Graduation

Only 33.3% of students attending public colleges and universities graduate. Source.

Paying It Forward... Forever

The Christopher Wick Foundation was inspired by all of the teachers, mentors, family and friends that supported Christopher's journey along the way. From random acts of kindness to scholarships, Wick wanted to pay homage to all of those that contributed to his journey. It's rare we get to see what happens after our random acts of kindness, no matter how big or small, and the foundation is a perpetual instrument of the impact that teachers, mentors, family and friends had on his life.

The Global Impact We Create

A few examples of the global impact we create when we work together...

The Movement Book

62 extraordinary entrepreneurs and social leaders from around the world answer this one critical question:

‘What would be the best advice you’d give to your grandchildren to help them build a Better Business, a Better Life and a Better World?’ Between them the authors have advised governments, mentored startups to Fortune 500 companies, won awards and acclaim, written 42 other books and been featured by Forbes Inc, The New York Times, CNN and the BBC. Available on Amazon.

The Legacy Book

In 2015, a group of well-respected business leaders got together in Geneva. People like Sir Richard Branson, Paul Polman and Bill Gates.

They laid out a plan for business to save our world.

This plan became the Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs) or the Global Goals.

This brilliantly conceived and crafted book shows how 52 'ordinary' people are adopting, embracing and applying the goals and directly changing our world. Available on Amazon.

The Foundation

After creating over 83,000+ global impacts with his marketing agency in 7 years, Wick sold his agency to focus on his next chapter as a professional investor and business mentor. Now, as Chairman of Say Yes! Enterprises, a Texas-based investment management company Wick focuses on acquiring, building and selling companies. As a result of selling his marketing agency, Wick created the Christopher Wick Endowed Fund with the University of Houston and the Christopher Wick Foundation in 2021.

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Supporting the Christopher Wick

Endowed Fund

The Christopher Wick Foundation supports and funds the Christopher Wick Endowed Fund at the University of Houston, supporting the students at the Wolff Center of Entrepreneurship within the Bauer College of Business.

How The Christopher Wick Endowed Fund Works

Funded by the Christopher Wick Foundation, the Christopher Wick Endowed Fund perpetually selects students facing financial hardship, grants an annual scholarship to this student along with the invitation of mentorship.

Designation

In 2021, the Christopher Wick Endowed Fund was created to support the Wolff Center of Entrepreneurship at the University of Houston where Wick graduated college. The students in this program who are experiencing financial hardship are eligible to be selected to receive scholarships from the Endowed Fund.

Mentorship

Students are selected through applications and financial need. Unlike most scholarships, the Endowed Fund is not based on merit or grades, as Wick believes it's difficult to focus on maintaining a 4.0 GPA when a students struggling to make ends meet. Thus, the Endowed Fund focuses on character and financial need.

Graduation

The Endowed Fund will continue to provide scholarships in perpetuity as the scholarships given annually are created through the annual interest of the Endowed Fund. As the Wick Foundation contributes more towards the fund, the larger the interest will grow, thereby creating larger scholarships.

Your Donation Will Have A Recurring Lifetime Effect

Since the Endowed Fund will operate in perpetuity, your donation will increase the size of the principal, which impacts the annual interest that creates the scholarships. Unlike operational scholarships, your donation will impact the students this year and the students years from now.