This year, 2026, the Executives Institute is being built as a permanent public resource, a national archive of timeless business books, proven entrepreneurial principles and the collective insight of experienced business leaders across America.
Your contribution helps ensure this work continues long after today’s trends have moved on.
Every lesson, every study group, every insight contributed by experienced leaders in business, is made available free of charge because we believe practical business education should remain accessible to anyone who believes in American exceptionalism and is willing to chase the American Dream.
As a federally recognized 501(c)(3), the Institute is sustained entirely through voluntary contributions from individuals and organizations who believe this mission matters. Your support helps preserve today’s hard-earned business wisdom for tomorrow’s business leaders.
Invest in America’s builders; the risk-takers, innovators and job creators —for this generation and the next.
Every Dollar Has a Job:
25¢ → Growth and Expansion
- Expand America’s Business Library
- Collect and Record Business Insights
- Support 10k Leaders Study Groups Nationwide
- Collaborate with Entrepreneurial Programs and Resources
25¢ → The Executives Institute Endowment
- Helping hardworking people keep moving forward
- Identifying real obstacles and helping determined business leaders move past them
50¢ → Total Operational Expenses, including Administration
Every contribution, whether $25 or $10,000, advances the same mission. No contribution purchases additional access. Nothing inside the Institute is hidden behind a premium level. Support exists for one reason: To keep it that way.
While business trends come and go, the fundamentals of leadership, strategy, discipline, and execution remain remarkably consistent across generations. The Institute is being built as a living body of business wisdom —a place where proven principles are studied, applied, and passed forward. This work does not belong to one person or one generation. It belongs to the broader community of leaders who believe business knowledge should be preserved, refined, and shared.
Financial supporters help ensure the Institute continues to grow —expanding the body of Business Rules, supporting study groups, developing new leaders, and making this knowledge accessible to those willing to study it seriously. Support is not simply a donation. It is a commitment to the long-term preservation of practical business wisdom. Those who support the Institute help ensure that future generations of business leaders inherit more than trends —they inherit the principles that actually work.
Founding Supporters; believe in the mission.
$25 to $1,000
Founding Stewards; help build the institution.
$10,000
The Founding Creed
We believe strong businesses are built on timeless fundamentals.
We believe those fundamentals are discovered through study, practiced with discipline, strengthened through contribution, and preserved for future generations.
And we believe every entrepreneur has both the opportunity to learn from those who came before and the responsibility to leave something of value for those who come next.
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2026 Founding Stewards
Kurt & Elle McSparron, Founders, Grindstone Ventures, LLC — Signal Mountain, TN
2026 Founding Supporters
Jon McTaggart, Managing Partner and Board Chair, Rabbit River Labs, LLC — Fargo, ND
Jennifer Benson, Executive Director, Center of the American Experiment ND — Fargo, ND
Thank you for investing in America’s builders; the risk-takers, innovators, and job creators, strengthening our communities and moving our great nation forward —for this generation and the next. — The Executives Institute
