Grow Spirit · the tail
History, with its sleeves rolled up.
Grow Spirit is the sustaining network around Flying Over Time: the people and institutions that fund, host, teach, mentor, employ, preserve, introduce, transport, equip, amplify, and volunteer.
More than a donation page
Support becomes useful when it is connected to a defined need and a responsible owner.
The campaign uses a blended funding and participation model. Corporate sponsorship can support events, media, equipment, student access, and employee engagement. Grants can support education, workforce, preservation, digitization, access, evaluation, and capacity. Individual gifts can strengthen unrestricted operations, Collection preservation, scholarships, and local activations. In-kind support can reduce real costs for venues, travel, lodging, printing, equipment, software, expertise, transportation, and media.
Every contribution should have documented intent, value, restrictions, deliverables, recognition, reporting, and renewal or closeout.
Ways to take part
Find the role that fits what you can contribute.
Donate
Support shared capacity, Collection preservation, student access, scholarships, equipment, media, or a defined city and program need.
Volunteer
Take a bounded role in events, research, administration, media, outreach, Collection work, education, or follow-up—with onboarding and supervision.
Mentor or teach
Help participants understand a career, practice a skill, complete a project, pursue a credential, or navigate a next step.
Sponsor
Underwrite the campaign, an activation, a cohort, equipment, digitization, travel, evaluation, content, or employee engagement.
Partner or host
Museums, airports, schools, cities, companies, community groups, and aviation institutions can host, teach, convene, refer, and co-promote.
Employ or commission
Define work samples, site visits, projects, internships, interviews, contracts, or entry points grounded in real demand.
Contribute in kind
Offer venue, lodging, transportation, equipment, printing, AV, storage, professional services, advertising, hospitality, or other documented support.
Shop mission-aligned products
Books, prints, exhibition products, and historically grounded merchandise are being reorganized around rights, margin, fulfillment, and mission value.
Support interest
What can you help make possible?
Choose Support and share the capacity, relationship, resource, expertise, funding, or opportunity you would like to contribute.