Turn CIF challenge moments into a year-round innovation ecosystem.
Catalytic Academy routes founders, applicants, challenge alumni, mentors, investors, funders, donors, and partners to the right next action across CIF’s unmet health needs verticals.
What do you want to do next?
Action-based interface, not another static website.
Update My Company
Submit milestones, new decks, funding status, and support needs.
FounderAlumniFind Resources
Get routed by vertical, stage, role, and need.
Children'sWomen’sBook Office Hours
Connect with mentors, CIF team members, or subject-matter experts.
CalendlyRequest Mentor Support
Ask for help with regulatory, reimbursement, pitch, capital, or commercialization.
Mentor MatchRegister for a Briefing
Join vertical webinars, investor briefings, and donor impact sessions.
LumaRequest Investor / Funder Connection
Submit a request for CIF-reviewed warm introductions.
Human ApprovedFollow a Vertical
Choose Children’s Health, Women’s Health, Rare Diseases, Aging, Brain & Mental Health, or Health Access.
Segmented UpdatesExplore Impact & Giving
View approved impact briefs and request a giving or DAF conversation.
Donor PathwayVertical rollout
Active now
Children’s Health and Women’s Health have challenge history, portfolio proof, impact briefs, and donor/funder relevance.
Coming next
Repeat the same Academy template across Brain & Mental Health, Rare Diseases, Aging, and Health Access.
Brain & Mental HealthRare DiseasesAgingHealth AccessFrom public storytelling to real ecosystem action.
This map shows how the CIF website, Academy Hub, Airtable, Google Drive, and AI assistant layer work together without overbuilding custom technology.
1. CIF Website
- Public front door
- Vertical initiative pages
- Portfolio proof
- Impact reports
- Donate / apply / partner CTAs
2. Academy Hub
- Role-based interface
- Founder and alumni support
- Mentor and investor pathways
- Donor impact pathway
- Action-based dashboard
3. Airtable OS
- Contacts
- Companies
- Programs / challenges
- Resources
- Follow-up tasks
4. Drive Library
- Impact briefs
- Founder resources
- Mentor guides
- Investor/funder briefs
- Approved AI source docs
5. AI Assistant
- Summaries
- Resource recommendations
- Mentor match suggestions
- Donor brief drafts
- Humans decide
Operating principle
Children’s Health Academy Hub
Supporting pediatric innovation beyond the pitch competition through resources, follow-up, mentorship, investor/funder connections, and donor impact visibility.
children’s health / rare disease portfolio companies
active portfolio companies across CIF
modeled annual potential lives impacted
modeled annual potential lives saved
Hub actions
Each tile can become a form, resource view, or Airtable-connected workflow.
Submit Company Update
Milestones, deck updates, funding status, clinical progress, or support needs.
Request Pediatric Mentor
Ask for support in pediatric devices, rare disease, diagnostics, regulatory, or commercialization.
Investor / Funder Briefing
Register interest in approved pediatric innovation briefings.
View Impact Brief
Donor-safe, approved impact framing and portfolio concentration.
Resource Library
Pediatric innovation, rare disease, neonatal care, diagnostics, and access resources.
Book Office Hours
Founder support sessions connected to Calendly.
Women’s Health Academy Hub
Advancing women’s, maternal, and women-led innovation with founder support, donor/funder visibility, vertical resources, and post-prize continuity.
women’s health portfolio companies
maternal health / overlap companies
women-led active portfolio
modeled annual potential lives impacted
Hub actions
Submit Company Update
Share milestones, deck updates, funding status, or support needs.
Maternal Health Resources
Resources across maternal survival, postpartum recovery, mental health, diagnostics, and access.
Request Mentor Support
Pitch, regulatory, reimbursement, commercialization, or investor-readiness help.
Investor / Funder Briefing
Register interest in women’s health and maternal health briefings.
View Impact Brief
Donor-safe impact framing around women’s health and women-led innovation.
Book Office Hours
Founder support sessions connected to Calendly.
Airtable Ecosystem OS
This is the operating layer behind the Academy: contacts, companies, programs, resources, donors, funders, impact points, and follow-up actions.
Follow-up dashboard
| Priority | Who / What | Next action | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | Children’s Health finalist alumni | Invite to pediatric investor briefing | CIF Team |
| High | Women’s Health donor prospect | Send approved maternal health impact brief | Krista |
| Medium | Mentor network | Collect expertise and availability | Program Lead |
| Medium | Applicant resource library | Tag resources by vertical and stage | Intern Team |
AI assist queue
Drafts waiting for human review
8 application summaries
4 company profile drafts
3 donor brief drafts
6 suggested resource matches
Core Airtable tables
Contacts
People, roles, vertical interests, segments, last touch.
Companies
Stage, vertical, program status, deck links, support needs.
Resources
Drive links, audience, vertical, stage, public/private.
Impact Points
Approved metrics, source links, public-use guardrails.
Impact pathways, not a heavy donor dashboard.
The MVP gives supporters approved impact visibility and clear next steps without exposing private donor, applicant, or investment records.
Follow Children’s Health
Receive pediatric innovation updates, impact briefings, and donor-safe portfolio highlights.
Impact PathwayFollow Women’s Health
Receive updates on women’s, maternal, and women-led innovation.
Impact PathwayRequest Giving / DAF Conversation
Start a conversation about supporting a vertical, prize, program, or portfolio impact pathway.
Human Follow-upApproved donor-facing content
Children’s Health Impact Brief
Frames pediatric innovation as a structural funding gap across diagnosis, access, product design, rare disease, and capital allocation.
Women’s / Maternal Health Impact Brief
Frames women’s health as a structural health gap across diagnosis, access, research, product design, and capital allocation.
Action
This action would connect to Airtable, Google Drive, Mailchimp, Luma, Calendly, or Gmail depending on the workflow.