The Immersion & iiCare Hub-and-Spoke Model: A Blueprint for Scalable, Impact-Driven Collaboration

Reimagining Impact: Why the Traditional Philanthropy Model Falls Short

For years, philanthropic efforts and social impact programs have faced a critical challenge: siloed impact and inefficiencies in execution. Whether it’s family offices struggling to scale their giving strategies, corporations navigating complex CSR goals, or celebrities and athletes looking to formalize their philanthropic efforts, there has been no clear blueprint for sustainable, collaborative, and high-impact philanthropy.

At Immersion & iiCare, we saw this gap and developed a hub-and-spoke model—an ecosystem designed to bring family offices, corporate leaders, athletes, and nonprofit organizations together in a structured, scalable way. This framework ensures that:

✅ Family offices can scale their philanthropy while maintaining governance and efficiency
✅ Athletes & celebrities maximize their platform to drive real impact in new communities
✅ Corporate partners align their giving with measurable, high-return social initiatives
✅ Underserved communities receive holistic, human-centered support—not just one-time donations

By integrating venture philanthropy, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and cross-industry partnerships, we’re proving that collaboration at scale is possible—and more effective than ever before.

The Power of the Hub-and-Spoke Model

At its core, the hub-and-spoke model is about leveraging a central infrastructure (the hub) to distribute resources, innovation, and best practices across a network of specialized programs (the spokes).

How It Works

• The Hub: Serves as the central governance body—establishing processes, governance frameworks, data tracking, and partnership structures. The hub is powered by our Innovation Consortium, which includes corporations, family offices, sports & entertainment figures, and academic partners.
• The Spokes: Each spoke represents a targeted initiative or localized program, designed to serve a specific population, industry, or challenge. Spokes are built using human-centered design principles, ensuring that each initiative is community-driven and scalable.

This model allows rapid deployment, localized adaptation, and efficient collaboration, ensuring that each initiative benefits from shared resources and a collective vision.

The Role of Family Offices in the Impact Ecosystem

Family offices hold trillions of dollars in assets globally, yet many struggle with finding the right vehicles to deploy capital efficiently while maintaining governance and impact measurement. The challenges they face include:

🔸 Lack of scalable, vetted philanthropic initiatives that align with their long-term vision
🔸 Governance and compliance concerns, especially when working with high-profile partners
🔸 Limited expertise in execution, leading to one-off donations rather than sustainable impact

By integrating family offices directly into the hub, we provide:

🔹 A structured, governance-first approach to impact investing
🔹 Opportunities to co-develop initiatives alongside corporations and celebrities
🔹 Access to a network of partners, research institutions, and execution teams

This blended model enables wealth holders to expand their philanthropic efforts without the burden of building standalone initiatives from scratch.

Human-Centered Design: The Key to Sustainable Impact

Traditional philanthropy often fails because it assumes a top-down approach—deciding what communities need without deeply integrating their lived experiences.

At iiCare, we take a human-centered design approach, which means:
✅ Co-creation with communities: We don’t impose solutions—we build them with the people we aim to serve.
✅ Iterative feedback loops: Programs are constantly tested, refined, and adapted based on real-time input from stakeholders.
✅ Scalable adaptability: Whether expanding to a new city or a new industry, our model is built to replicate what works while customizing for local nuances.

Through this approach, we’ve seen incredible results—from supporting economic mobility for underserved entrepreneurs to launching high-impact collaborations with major organizations like Google, Fandiem, and ARPA-H.

The Hub-and-Spoke Model in Action: The iiCare Alliance & Play For Purpose Campaign

iiCare Alliance: Transforming Healthcare Through Inclusive Research & Access

The iiCare Alliance is a perfect example of how our hub-and-spoke model is reshaping healthcare equity and innovation.

How It Works:

🚀 The Hub: A centralized infrastructure that coordinates clinical trials, healthcare access initiatives, and policy advocacy in partnership with philanthropic funders, universities, and corporate sponsors.

🌍 The Spokes:

• Expanding access to clinical trials for underrepresented communities.
• Providing financial assistance for patients who can’t afford necessary treatments.
• Building wraparound services such as transportation, caregiving, and nutrition support to remove barriers to care.

Impact So Far:

💡 We’ve already launched new partnerships with top-tier research institutions and tech leaders like Google and Omega Healthcare to develop AI-driven patient engagement tools, ensuring more equitable access to groundbreaking treatments.

💡 The iiCare Alliance is led by Heather Grey, our Committee Chair of Real World Data & Clinical Trials, ensuring that research and patient advocacy remain at the forefront of our strategy.

💡 We are working with sports legends like Ray Lewis and Allan Houston, whose platforms are helping to drive visibility and support for these healthcare initiatives.

Play for Purpose: The Future of Sports-Driven Philanthropy

Our Play for Purpose campaign has quickly become a cornerstone initiative within our hub-and-spoke framework.

By leveraging the massive influence of athletes and major sporting events, we are building a global model for impact that scales from city to city, season to season.

How We’re Scaling Play for Purpose Nationwide

🏆 New Orleans - Super Bowl Activation
Partnered with Ray Lewis, Leigh Steinberg, and Fandiem to support economic mobility programs, while offering a once-in-a-lifetime Super Bowl experience for donors.

🏀 San Francisco - NBA All-Star Weekend
Teamed up with Google, SF Junior Deputies, Arete Insurance, and honored NBA legends Rick Barry, teamed up with Allan Houston, Nancy Lieberman, Dale Davis, and Gary Payton to mentor students, teach AI and entrepreneurship at Google HQ, and honor sports leadership.

🌎 Expanding to Major Sporting Events Around the Globe
We’re taking this model to every major sporting event, from the NFL Draft to the Olympics, NBA Finals, Formula 1, and beyond.

Play for Purpose is led by Malar Patel at Google and Pathways Foundation, alongside Kate Vollmer, iiCare’s Director of Development, ensuring that every activation is executed with strategic impact.

By partnering with athletes, brands, and communities, we are ensuring that every major sports moment is an opportunity for impact.

Watch for iiCare at global sporting events—because we’re just getting started.

Blueprint: How to Build Your Own Hub-and-Spoke Model for Impact

At iiCare & Immersion, we’ve spent years refining our hub-and-spoke model to create scalable, high-impact solutions that drive results in healthcare, economic mobility, and education. But here’s the best part: this model isn’t exclusive to us—it’s a blueprint for anyone looking to build sustainable, community-driven initiatives.

If you’re a corporation, family office, athlete, investor, or nonprofit leader, you can use this model to scale your impact more efficiently and drive long-term change. Below is a step-by-step blueprint to help you start building your own version of this system.

📩 Want expert guidance? Fill out this blueprint with your ideas and send it to us for a consultation—we’ll help you turn it into a reality.

🔹 Step 1: Define Your Hub (The Central Engine of Your Initiative)

✅ Core Mission & Impact Goals

• What problem are you solving? (e.g., healthcare equity, education, entrepreneurship)
• Who are the key stakeholders you want to involve? (Athletes, corporations, philanthropists, government agencies)

✅ Leadership & Governance

• Who will lead this initiative? (Founder, advisory board, corporate partners)
• What governance model will keep all parties aligned? (Charter, committee structure, regular reporting)

✅ Funding & Sustainability

• Will funding come from corporate partnerships, sponsorships, philanthropy, or venture philanthropy?
• How will financial transparency and reporting be maintained?

✅ Technology & Infrastructure

• Will your initiative use AI, blockchain, or data-driven insights to enhance impact measurement?

🔹 Step 2: Build Your Spokes (Your Targeted Initiatives & Programs)

Each "spoke" is a localized or specialized initiative that brings your mission to life.

Program Design & Execution

✅ Who is the primary audience?

• Underserved youth? Entrepreneurs? Patients in need of better healthcare?

✅ What are the measurable outcomes?

• Job placements? Clinical trial enrollments? Financial literacy programs?

✅ How will the program be executed?

• Will you partner with existing organizations or build your own framework?

Types of Spokes You Can Build:

🏥 Healthcare Spoke: Collaborate with hospitals, research institutions, and biotech firms to expand clinical trials & healthcare access.
💰 Economic Mobility Spoke: Support financial literacy programs, workforce development, and entrepreneurship grants.
📚 Education & STEM Spoke: Provide access to AI, ML, and coding workshops through partners like Google & leading universities.
🏆 Athlete Philanthropy Spoke: Leverage sporting events & celebrity networks to increase visibility and fundraising for impact.

🔹 Step 3: Build Key Partnerships (Athletes, Corporate Sponsors, Philanthropic Donors, Government, Research Partners)

To successfully launch and sustain your model, you need strong partners to drive results.

Who You Should Consider Partnering With:

🤝 Athletes & Celebrities: Use their platforms to bring awareness and funding.
🏢 Corporations & Brands: Align CSR goals with sustainable impact programs.
🎓 Research Institutions & Government: Bring data-driven approaches and funding streams.
💰 Family Offices & Philanthropists: Provide flexible, long-term capital.

✅ Which organizations align with your mission? List out the potential partners.

✅ How will partnerships be structured? Sponsorships, advisory board seats, profit-sharing models?

🔹 Step 4: Create a Scalable, Repeatable Model

One-time impact isn’t enough. Your initiative needs to be replicable in new communities, markets, and industries.

How to Scale Your Hub-and-Spoke Model

📍 Regional Expansion: Identify 3-5 target cities for growth.
📊 Data & Metrics: Track ROI, impact metrics, and community engagement.
🛠 Tech-Enabled Infrastructure: Build an AI-driven feedback loop to constantly refine your programs.

✅ Where will you expand next? Identify your top three locations for scaling.

✅ How will you ensure long-term funding and sustainability?

🚀 Ready to Build Your Own Hub-and-Spoke Model?

At iiCare, we believe this model can change the way philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and economic mobility programs work.

📩 Want expert guidance? Fill out this blueprint with your ideas and send it to us for a consultation—we’ll help you refine your strategy, connect you with partners, and co-create a model that works for your mission.

Who We’re Looking for & How We Can Build Together

If you’re a corporate leader, investor, athlete, or social entrepreneur looking to build something truly transformative, we want to hear from you.

📩 Let’s build the future of impact together. Contact us to learn more.

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