Dec 27, 2021
Caroline Boudreaux
This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Caroline Boudreaux. The two talk about The Miracle Foundation’s vision to put themselves out of business by ending the need for orphanages by 2040 and the journey that brought 156 nonprofits to partner in this mission.
Caroline Boudreaux is the founder of The Miracle Foundation, a top-rated nonprofit empowering orphans and vulnerable children to reach their full potential. She is also a leader in the movement to reunite children with their families, a revolution that is growing worldwide.
Her latest initiative, Foster Share, is a phone and desktop app that prevents foster children from bouncing from home to home, decreases the drop-out rate of foster parents, and brings greater stability to the foster care ecosystem.
As an authority in the social entrepreneurship field, Caroline has received a variety of awards including: The Hope Award, The Impact Award, and the United Nations Humanitarian Award. She has spoken for the World Economic Forum, Women’s Leadership Forum, Young Presidents Organization, UBS Philanthropy Day, and TedX to name just a few.
Caroline is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum and has completed executive programs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Yale’s Jackson Institute for Diplomacy, India School of Business, and Oxford.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How a Mother’s Day call became the catalyst for Caroline’s mission
- The “never quit” commitment that has changed the lives of so many children
- How a franchise methodology began The Miracle Foundation’s growth
- The many pivots and “aha moments” along the way
- Why the “education tour” is the path to finding global solutions
- The four things that have made this a successful mission
- The obstacles and complications of the nonprofit world, and how The Miracle Foundation makes it work
- Why the corporate world needs a powerful purpose, and how this organization is aligning with caring partners to bring meaning to businesses and employees that moves and inspires
- The vision for the future that will bring every child into a loving family, and The Miracle Foundation’s goal to put themselves out of business
- How 156 nonprofit organizations have partnered with each other to end the institutionalization of children by 2040
- Caroline’s invitation to philanthropy as a healthful practice
Website: https://www.miraclefoundation.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/miraclefoundation/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themiraclefoundation/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMiracleFoundation.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMiracleFound