The Human Potential
Research & Access Fund
Advancing Research. Expanding Access. Unlocking Human Potential.
Everyone deserves the opportunity to develop the mental skills that help them learn, compete, recover, and move forward in life.
The Fund would support independent research, education, and access to mental performance training, with particular attention to individuals and communities facing financial barriers — bringing together researchers, educators, community organizations and philanthropic supporters around one question:
How can accessible mental performance training help people better prepare for the demands of everyday life?
Two connected goals.
Advance the evidence
Support rigorous, independent evaluation of brief, digital mental performance training, which could include RAZE™, the Fund’s proposed technology partner.
Expand opportunity
Help individuals and organizations that meet WRF’s eligibility criteria access training and educational resources they otherwise could not afford.
Proposed technology partner. RAZE™ is a Mental Performance Training Platform™ developed by Human Performance Design Solutions and powered by its Neuro-Recalibration Technology, NRT™. Through short, guided sessions, users train toward five states. The Fund would support investigation of these training approaches without presuming their effectiveness or guaranteeing outcomes.
Financial circumstances should not determine who has the opportunity to build mental performance skills.
Access and evidence should grow together. People deserve accessible resources, and communities deserve clear information about what those resources can — and cannot — deliver.
Built for those facing barriers.
These are examples only. World Research Foundation alone would set eligibility, select recipients and decide what support, if any, each receives — based on demonstrated need, readiness to serve participants, and alignment with the Fund’s charitable purpose.
The examples are not exhaustive and are not commitments. They do not entitle any person, group or organization to funding, products, services or access from WRF, RAZE™ or any technology partner.
- 01Young people in underserved communities
- 02Students and student-athletes with limited resources
- 03Community nonprofits and youth development programs
- 04Veterans, first responders, and their families
- 05Educators, caregivers, and others navigating demanding responsibilities
Where contributions could go.
Possible uses, each decided case by case by World Research Foundation.
Sponsored training access
Time-limited access to mental performance training platforms selected by WRF — which could include RAZE™ — through schools, nonprofits and community programs WRF approves.
Independent research grants
Support for qualified investigators studying mental performance training, usability, participation and outcomes.
Community implementation
Participant orientation, facilitator education, accessibility support and delivery resources.
Public education
Accessible materials on mental performance training, responsible use, findings and the limits of current evidence.
Program evaluation
Assessment of participation, experience, costs and outcomes to guide future funding decisions.
Whether, how, and for whom it may be useful.
Proposals would identify methods, comparison groups where feasible, and outcomes before data collection. Human-participant studies would undergo applicable ethics review and informed consent. Findings would be reported transparently — including inconclusive results, limitations, and results that do not demonstrate a benefit.
WRF holds the funds and the decisions.
- World Research Foundation would retain control over charitable funds, recipient selection and grant decisions.
- RAZE™ and Human Performance Design Solutions, LLC are a proposed technology and implementation partner. Any payment to them would be made only under a separate written agreement approved by WRF, only for licenses or services actually delivered to an approved charitable program, and only after documented review of costs, charitable benefit and conflicts of interest.
- The Fund would not be limited to any single platform or vendor. Any purchase from a technology partner would be at fair market value, approved by independent WRF directors, and publicly disclosed.
- Any contribution by a technology partner to the Fund would be voluntary, made on its own written terms, and acknowledged as sponsorship.
- Donations would support approved charitable activities — not ownership in RAZE or any other company, or any investment return.
- Research partners would retain independence in design, analysis and reporting, with funding relationships and commercial interests disclosed.
Voluntary, consented, protected.
- Participation would be voluntary, with clear explanations of program activities and any research involvement.
- Consent, data access, retention and privacy requirements would be set before enrollment.
- Youth programs would include age-appropriate safeguards and parent or guardian permission where required.
- Fund-supported access would not be presented as medical treatment, mental health care, or a substitute for professional services.
A commitment to human potential.
Help expand access. Help strengthen the evidence. Help more people discover what they can become.
Contributions could help:
- Open access for a participant facing financial barriers
- Equip a community organization to deliver an approved program
- Support an independently evaluated pilot
- Fund research that strengthens public understanding
- Make educational resources available to more communities
Support the Human Potential Fund
Individuals, foundations, businesses, researchers and community partners are invited to give.
Give another amount with PayPalGiving more than $1,000? Email sross@wrf.org for wire or mailing instructions.
World Research Foundation receives every gift and retains full control and discretion over its use. Gifts are not earmarked for, or directed to, any company, and do not purchase ownership in any company or provide an investment return.
No binding commitments. This page describes the Fund’s purpose and intended approach. It is not a contract or an offer, and it creates no obligation for World Research Foundation, RAZE™ or Human Performance Design Solutions, LLC to provide funding, products, services or access to any person, group or organization. No person or group acquires any right or entitlement from it. Any commitment would exist only in a separate written agreement signed by the parties.
Giving & accountability. Donations are accepted through World Research Foundation’s designated channels. Gift acknowledgments, donation instructions and any statements concerning tax deductibility would be issued or approved by the Foundation. The Fund would publish periodic updates on funds received and spent, programs supported, people served and research progress. Participant stories would be shared only with appropriate permission.
The Human Potential Research & Access Fund is a charitable fund of World Research Foundation. RAZE™, Mental Performance Training Platform™ and NRT™ are trademarks of Human Performance Design Solutions, LLC, the Fund’s proposed technology partner.