Trail Builders is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We believe practical skill comes from building, not watching. Your gift is tax-deductible.

On Friday, September 25, your support puts 50 people into Build the Trail, a free 48-hour applied AI hackathon. Participants arrive with ideas drawn from problems they see in their own communities. Some have years of coding experience. Others are using AI tools for the first time. Both belong here.

Over the weekend, they work in teams with mentor support to turn ideas into working prototypes. By Sunday they leave with something they built themselves, tested against an actual problem, and ready to show.

Most hackathons end at demo day. Build the Trail continues. Every participant is invited into our ongoing mentorship and workforce track for further guidance, skill-building, and support to keep their work moving forward. Selected projects also receive additional resources to advance toward deployment.

Your gift covers the weekend intensive, mentor support, technical tools, and the continued path afterward.

Thank you for helping builders move from idea to working solution.

Build the Trail: Fund One Builder's Journey. Transform an Entire Community.