Atlanta · 501(c)(3) · since 2020

We started by feeding seniors who couldn't leave the house. We never stopped.

Bynefit hands out groceries, sponsors kids at Christmas, and throws the neighborhood festival — and gets the pantries, schools, and churches doing this work the technology they could never afford on their own.

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EIN 85-3107828 · every gift is tax-deductible

A child holding a gift at a Bynefit community festival
Atlanta, and growing
475K+
families reached
350+
organizations helped
475K+
families reached
936K+
volunteer hours
$550K+
in help delivered

A 501(c)(3) public charity. We started as Bright1's Path in 2020, right here in Atlanta — and we've never taken a grant to get here.

What we actually do

Half of it, you can see. The other half is what makes the first half possible.

On the ground · since 2020

The part you can see

Groceries for a senior who can't get to the store. Gifts under the tree at Christmas. A festival that closes the street for an afternoon. This is where we started, and we're not going anywhere.

  • Food, meals, and senior outreach
  • Christmas on Us and holiday gift drives
  • School partnerships and sponsorships
  • Community festivals and county food delivery
Newer · and it's why we can do more

The part behind it

The pantry down the street runs on three volunteers and a spreadsheet from 2014. We give them the software, the laptops, and someone to set it all up — at a price a small nonprofit can actually say yes to.

  • The Bynli platform, at a fraction of retail
  • Donor-funded laptops and setups when money's tight
  • Donor portals, intake, dispatch, livestream and sound
  • IT, data, and someone to call when it breaks
Five years, mostly in Atlanta

This is the work.

We started in 2020 feeding seniors through the pandemic. Since then it's been Christmas mornings, school drives, festivals — and 475,000 people who got something they needed.

A girl smiling with her gift at a community festival
Community festivals

The faces we do all of it for.

A boy in a Christmas sweater with gifts
Christmas on Us
A volunteer handing out gifts at a school
School partnerships
A child reaching for a wrapped gift
Gift drives
Families gathering at a community festival
The whole block shows up
Food & meal programsChristmas on UsCommunity festivals School partnershipsSenior outreachHoliday gift drivesCounty food delivery
What the tech actually changed

When the software works, the mission gets bigger.

A church
4×
more people watching the service

We built out the cameras, sound, and livestream. Four times as many people now catch it from home.

A meal program
1,200+
meals moved every week

A custom intake and dispatch system runs the whole county-contract route now — no more clipboards.

A school network
200+
laptops in kids' hands

A refurbished-device pipeline, set up and delivered with local schools. Homework stopped happening on phones.

The numbers, and they're real

Five years adds up.

Everything since we started in 2020. The directory below isn't a screenshot — it's live, the same one people use to find help right now.

350+
organizations helped
$550K+
in help delivered
936K+
volunteer hours given
475K+
families reached
Live
Food & meals
Find it on Bynli →
Live
Shelter & housing
Find it on Bynli →
Live
Health & clinics
Find it on Bynli →
Live
Jobs & training
Find it on Bynli →
Take it, it's yours

The whole directory is free for anyone to build on.

Public API. No key, no cost, no catch. If it helps you connect people to help, use it.

See the API →
How the tech part works

Priced so nobody has to choose between software and a meal.

A pantry director shouldn't be up at midnight fighting a database. Here's how we get real tools into their hands — some of it discounted, some of it free, none of it at the mission's expense.

Most pay a little

A price a nonprofit can say yes to

A church, a food bank, a school pays a fraction of what this software costs anyone else. Enough that it's truly theirs — little enough that it never competes with the work.

Some pay nothing

When even that's too much, you cover it

Sometimes a discount still isn't doable. That's when donations step in and pay for it outright — the refurbished laptops, the sound system, the whole setup.

We earn our own keep too

The model doesn't lean on donations alone

Through Bynefit Studios we take on production and design work for paying clients, then pour the profit back in. Your gift goes further because of it.

Your money, in plain terms

Here's exactly what a gift buys.

No overhead games, no vague "impact." Real things, for real people, this month.

$250
A refurbished laptop — wiped, set up, and handed to a kid who's been doing homework on a phone.
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$1,500
The camera and sound so a small church can finally livestream to the folks who can't make it in.
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$5,000
The whole tech setup for one organization: the software, the devices, the training. Done, and supported after.
Give this →
Any
Toward whatever's most urgent this week. Honestly, the most useful thing you can give us.
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What we're building next

One place to find help — whatever kind you need.

Right now, finding a meal, a bed, a clinic, or a job means knowing which of a hundred doors to knock on. Gateway puts them all behind one. We're raising $1M to build it.

Campaign goal
$1M
Where we are
Just
starting
Looking for our founding fundersOpen for conversations

Food & basic needs

Pantries, meals, emergency food — mapped and searchable.

$25K funds a quarter

Shelter & housing

Emergency beds, rental help, a path to something stable.

$25K funds a quarter

Health & mental health

Clinics, counseling, the care people put off.

$25K funds a quarter

Jobs & training

Work, placement, and the skills to keep it.

$25K funds a quarter
Let's talk about Gateway → Join the waitlist →
Who's behind this

You should know who's accountable.

Racean Ford, Founder and Executive Director of Bynefit
Founder & Executive Director
Racean Ford

Started Bright1's Path in 2020 to feed seniors during COVID. Now runs Bynefit — 350+ organizations, and counting.

Our board

In formation

We're building our board right now — people from tech, philanthropy, and community work who'll keep us honest. Want in, or know someone who'd be great? Tell us →

The paperwork, out in the open

990 & report →
Organization
Bynefit Inc.
Status
501(c)(3)
EIN
85-3107828
Founded
Atlanta · 2020
Was
Bright1's Path
Tax-deductible
Yes, fully

People have trusted us with real work

Government
County food-delivery contracts

We've run the meal logistics for county programs, on contract.

Production
Zeus Network · Marvin Sapp · William Murphy · Sen. Ossoff

Paid work through Bynefit Studios — the revenue helps fund the nonprofit side.

Foundations
Still looking for our first

We've done all this without a single grant. Imagine what happens when one shows up.

Ways to give

The steadiest thing you can do is give a little, every month.

Monthly gifts are what let us make promises — to keep a family's lights on, to tell an org yes before the grant comes through. Cancel whenever you want.

"I started this to feed seniors during COVID. What I kept seeing was good people doing hard work, drowning in tech they couldn't afford. Bynefit is how we fix that — together." — Racean Ford, Founder
$10
/ month
Groceries for a neighbor who's short this week.
Most chosen
$25
/ month
Helps carry a kid and their family through the year.
$50
/ month
A refurbished laptop, in a kid's hands.
Other
once or monthly
Whatever feels right. It all reaches a person.
Donate securely →

Handled securely through PayPal on Bynli · Tax-deductible, EIN 85-3107828.

Give from your DAF

Recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund — Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard, whoever holds it.

How to →

Give stock

Donate appreciated shares, skip the capital gains, and deduct the full value.

Transfer info →

Double it at work

Loads of employers match gifts — some triple them. We'll help you check.

Check your match →

Give laptops or gear

Working laptops, tablets, and AV gear become tools for families and orgs. Receipt included.

Drop it off →

Give your time

Developers, IT folks, AV techs, data people, and event hands — we can use you.

Pitch in →

Leave a legacy

Bequests and planned gifts. We'll walk you and your family through it.

Ask us →
For foundations & major donors

We've proven it works. Help us do it for the rest of Atlanta — then past it.

350+ organizations and 475,000+ families, all on contract revenue and everyday gifts. A foundation partner is what turns "a lot, locally" into "everywhere."

Ask for the deck → Set up a call →

What we'll send over

  • A straight case for what we do and why it works
  • Our Form 990 and a plain financial summary
  • The Gateway budget and campaign deck
  • Named partner stories (under NDA where needed)
  • Time with Racean, directly

Year six starts now

Chip in. Watch what a small nonprofit can do.

Your gift feeds a family, sponsors a kid, and puts working technology in the hands of the people closest to those who need help. No overhead games. No shareholders. Just the work.

Donate → Foundations, start here → Volunteer →