A 501c(3) built for the work most nonprofits don’t show up for.
Rekonect is a New Jersey nonprofit. We exist for one reason: to give grassroots fundraising the institutional backing it has always deserved and almost never had.
We are not a consultancy. We are not a foundation. We are not a fundraising platform skimming a percentage and calling it innovation. We are an actual 501c(3) that hosts charitable programs — Community Support Funds and Social Impact Campaigns — and stewards them with real fiduciary responsibility.
Over 85 programs sponsored. Over $1,228,000 raised. Zero nonprofits founded by the people doing the actual work. That’s the point.
Why we exist
Most people who want to organize charitable giving don’t want to become lawyers. They don’t want to incorporate, file 1023s, draft bylaws, hold board minutes, or wait eighteen months for IRS recognition before they can help a neighbor pay for chemo.
The professional charitable sector has been weirdly comfortable with this barrier. We’re not. We built Rekonect to remove it.
What we do
We host charitable programs under our nonprofit umbrella. When you run a program through Rekonect, your donors give to a real 501c(3), get a real tax receipt, and trust that the money is in the hands of an actual institution.
How we work with BrightLeaf Giving
Rekonect partners with BrightLeaf Giving for the operational layer — the donation platform, the donor records, the program accounts, the disbursement rails, the reporting. BrightLeaf charges 4.5% of incoming transactions (plus standard third-party processing fees) to operate this infrastructure on Rekonect’s behalf.
Authority over the funds stays with Rekonect at all times. BrightLeaf executes; Rekonect decides.
Who Rekonect is for
People organizing real giving
Friends, neighbors, families, teachers, tenants, block captains, cousins running point on a memorial. The people who already know what’s needed and just need somewhere legitimate for the money to live.
Communities responding to real needs
Mutual aid networks, religious communities, classrooms, neighborhoods, defense funds, scholarship efforts. Purpose-driven, not founder-driven. Built around what’s happening on the ground.
Stewardship is the work, not the brand
Programs are hosted, not owned. Funds are administered, not controlled by donors or organizers. Decisions are guided by stated purpose, not by who shouts loudest. Oversight continues for as long as the program is active.
That’s not a tagline. That’s a duty, and the only reason donor trust gets earned in the first place.
Read where we stand.
Our mission is short. Our manifesto is sharper.