Golden Sunbeam Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) charity organization in the US serving families in the US and West Africa. 90% of your donation goes directly toward the initiatives you choose to support.
Our Vision
Our vision is to see vulnerable families—both in Africa and the United States—rise above hardship and thrive, regardless of their socio-economic status.
Our Mission
Serve families—empowering them to become lasting self-reliant.
We are dedicated to building structures of support and delivering heart-centered care that connect individuals, families, and communities to the resources and tools needed for self-reliance. Our mission is to empower individuals and families to build and pass on a legacy of stability, dignity, and hope for generations to come.
We strive to transform hope into action—easing suffering, uplifting lives, and empowering local solutions that create lasting, self-sustaining progress.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY WITH YOUR DONATION
Your tax-deductible donation to Golden Sunbeam Foundation:
Lift burdens,
Gives hope,
Supports a family today,
Gives help,
Shares hope,
Empowers a family in need.
Explore our campaigns, funding areas, and the stories of families we have had the privilege to support.
EDUCATION
Donations to this campaign provides tuition scholarships for needy students, so they can have transformative education as well. These scholarships encourage social responsibility among private schools, allowing them to bear the burden of helping those around them more effectively. Learning and educational materials are also purchased with these funds, to support classroom teaching with hands-on projects and lesson demonstrations rather than lectures.
So many people find creative ways to use their talents and the limited resources around them to solve real problems. This campaign focuses on providing gap funding to scale local solutions and expand their impact. Your contribution helps bridge the gap between need and opportunity, transforming these community-driven ideas into sustainable solutions that foster self-reliance and lasting change.
Simple daily problems can quickly spin out of control when disaster strikes. The most vulnerable—such as the elderly, individuals with disabilities, or children with medical needs—are often the hardest hit. A power outage can shut down life-saving equipment for someone receiving homecare. Donations assist low income and vulnerable individuals and families receiving care through homecare agencies with emergency kits stocked with food, water, and other emergency supplies.
Supporting compassionate and professional care for the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and those recovering at home—promoting dignity, independence, and quality of life.
Respite Care Support
Providing temporary relief for families through short-term, high-quality care services that strengthen families and help them get back on their feet. By bridging moments of crisis or transition, this program helps families regain balance and move toward long-term self-reliance.
Humanitarian and Community Outreach
Advancing local and global humanitarian projects that alleviate suffering, respond to emergencies, and foster self-reliance through community-driven initiatives.
Education and Scholarships
Investing in youth development through scholarships, skills training, and STEM education programs that prepare the next generation for leadership and innovation.
Sustainability and Self-Reliance Projects
Funding sustainable development efforts—including clean energy, green agriculture, and circular economy solutions—to empower communities toward long-term self-sufficiency.
Akos's Story
Community Impact
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DONORS
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VOLUNTEERS
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FAMILIES ASSISTED
CONTACT
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Our Approach
Over the past few decades, projects in Africa come and go. Good people see a need and want to help. But the way that help is given can make the difference between a strong resilient community, able to provide for themselves in the future, and a community still dependent on charity projects.
At Golden Sunbeam Foundation, we believe that the most meaningful change happens from the ground up. That is why we focus our support on families who are already taking steps toward self-reliance. These are people who are working hard to improve their lives, often with very little, and just need a helping hand to go further. By investing in their efforts, we are not just offering aid — we're fueling hope, dignity, and lasting transformation. It's the difference between giving a gift and planting a seed that grows.
"RISE"
In many communities — whether in West Africa or even here in the U.S. — there can be a natural resistance to change, especially when it feels imposed from the outside. At Golden Sunbeam Foundation, we believe in helping individuals and communities RISE(Resilience Inspired by Self-Empowerment) — not through handouts, but by supporting those already taking initiative. Whether in West Africa or the U.S., R.I.S.E. represents our shared belief that resilience is most powerful when it's rooted in self-empowerment. That's why we focus on supporting individuals who are already working to create change in their own lives. By walking alongside them and investing in their efforts, your donations help restore self-worth, dignity, and confidence. Together, we empower people to build up their communities using solutions that are grounded in their own experiences, cultures, and strengths.
Self-reliance is a pre-requisite to building resilient communities. To build resilient communities in West Africa, the Golden Sunbeam Foundation has three focus areas:
1. Education: Funds received from donors goes to support training programs and schools through merit-based academic scholarships for students pursuing academic programs focused on becoming self-reliant.
2. Self-Reliance: Donations here support individuals and communities in the development of existing indigenous technologies solving problems in agriculture, energy, waste management and IT solutions.
3. Preparedness: Donations in this category support families affected by disasters by providing essential resources, homecare support for seniors through care agencies, and relief items. These contributions help ensure that vulnerable individuals—especially the elderly, children, and those with medical needs—receive the care and stability they need during times of crisis.
Through these focus areas your donations help build resilient communities, empowered to retain ownership and maintenance of their own solutions who have the resources to lift their children out of poverty through education while providing them the basic necessities of life such as health, food, water, and shelter.
We are committed to partnering with organizations across West Africa and U.S. to empower the "cheetah generation," a rising wave of young, driven changemakers.
We are committed to strengthening partnership with like-minded U.S.-based charities to better understand local needs in West Africa & the U.S.
We invite you to join us in creating lasting change—helping thousands of families take meaningful steps toward fulfilling their purpose. Together, we can uplift lives and build a future rooted in hope, dignity, and opportunity.
Thank You,
Golden Sunbeam Foundation
Main Address
2990 West Jonquil Drive,
Taylorsville UT, 84129
Tel. 208.497.8611,
Venmo: "https://account.venmo.com/u/GoldenSunbeamFoundation"
Your Contribution
We welcome your energy, time, talent(s), and resources to help us bring about lasting and sustained improvements in the lives of people. In fact, there are opportunities to serve all around us within our communities and around the world. There are children to be fed, sick to receive treatment, homeless to shelter, orphans to adopt, the destitute to relieve from suffering, wars to stop, thirsts to quench, illiteracy to eradicate, disasters to overcome and many more. Where ever you look, you will find opportunities to lift and strengthen people. Around the world, meaningful progress is being made to relieve human suffering—thanks to the generosity and compassion of people like you. While this change is inspiring, it remains delicate and needs continued, steady support and thoughtful care to truly take root and grow.
Through the Golden Sunbeam Foundation, you have the opportunity to support a cause devoted to creating lasting, meaningful change in the lives of families.
How You Can Help
To support us, the Golden Sunbeam Foundation offers two options for volunteers to join the foundation as follows:
1.General Donors/Volunteers - These are donors who provide generous one time donations of time, money or in-kind support towards the Foundation's focus areas in Education, Self-Reliance and Preparedness.
2.Associate Donors/Volunteers - These are volunteers whose cash donations exceed $1000 every year. For convenience these donors make automatic payments to the Foundation and receive yearly updates on the work of the foundation. Associate donors include institutions and individuals who are committed to the Foundation's focus areas and they help design fund raising activities beneficial to the giver and receiver.
General Information
Every summer, we organize trips to Ghana West Africa where volunteers participate in several project activities. These activities pertains to our main focus areas which are:
1. Education: Funds received from all donors goes to support training programs and schools through merit-based academic scholarships for students pursuing academic programs focused on becoming self-reliant.
2. Self-Reliance: Donations here support families in the development of existing indigenous technologies in growth areas such as agriculture, energy, waste management and IT solutions.
3. Preparedness: Donations in this category support families affected by disasters by providing essential resources, homecare support for seniors, and relief items. These contributions help ensure that vulnerable individuals—especially the elderly, children, and those with medical needs—receive the care and stability they need during times of crisis.
Please note that volunteers are responsible for arranging and covering the cost of their international travel. Upon arrival in Ghana, you will be warmly hosted by participating local families, offering an authentic and enriching cultural experience.
Contact us at info@goldensunbeamfoundation.org, if you are interested in volunteering.
The Impact
A community is only as strong as its most vulnerable members.
Your contribution—no matter the amount—helps empower grassroots organizations and families to overcome barriers to self-reliance, reduce forced migration, and build thriving communities from the ground up.
