Stonebreaker is donor-funded from the ground up. Every man who walks through these doors in 2027 will do so because someone like you believed before the doors were built.
A sophisticated donor will do the math quickly: 144 men per year sounds like a small return on a $6M campus. That math is incomplete — because it only counts the front door.
The Foundation Weekend is the entry point into a twelve-month Brotherhood Cohort that runs continuously, simultaneously, and at increasing scale. Here is what you are actually funding.
Foundation Weekends per year. New men enter every single month. The door never closes.
Men planted per weekend. 6–10 of those continue into the full twelve-month Brotherhood Cohort.
Men in the Brotherhood community simultaneously at full capacity — multiple cohorts at different stages running at the same time.
Formation cohorts running simultaneously at different months. The program never stops to wait for new men.
Total annual program touchpoints across Foundation Weekends, monthly cohort sessions, milestone gatherings, and alumni events.
A man who enters at Foundation Weekend and completes the Brotherhood Cohort has been through 13 structured touchpoints — not one weekend. That is the real unit of impact. And that man goes home to his children every time.
"My old self sees luxury for 4 cabins and some guys getting away on weekends. My new self sees God's kingdom — a world class retreat center restoring men's dignity through excellence."
— Dan Phillips, FounderA restored man goes home to his children. Those children grow up with a father who showed up. That father refers the next man. That man goes to his pastor. That pastor refers ten more.
One weekend doesn't serve one man. It sends a restored man back into a family, a church, and a community — and the ripple doesn't stop there.
At full operational capacity, Stonebreaker's cost per man across a complete twelve-month restoration arc is significantly lower than residential counseling — which runs $15,000–$30,000 per person for comparable depth of transformation. This is not a luxury program. It is an efficient one.
The Brotherhood Cohort is the engine behind the Foundation Weekend. It turns a single powerful experience into a sustained, structured restoration process — and it runs continuously regardless of where other cohorts are in their sequence.
Each new cohort moves through their first three months as a separate, protected group. They never mix with men at advanced stages during their most fragile period. The curriculum is fixed and sequential.
At Month 4, each cohort merges into the larger Brotherhood community — which at full capacity contains 40–80 men at different stages. A Month 4 man is in a room with Month 8 and Month 11 men. That is not a problem. That is the design.
Month 12 graduates become the most credible cohort facilitators available — reducing contractor costs significantly in Years 2–5.
Every graduate knows men in his same situation. His referral carries more weight than any advertisement ever could.
Alumni advocate to their pastors. One graduate in a congregation of 500 opens a referral pipeline to dozens of men.
Men who were served by the ministry become its most loyal funders. The harvest plants the next season.
Two major milestone events anchor the Stonebreaker calendar every year. Both are open to donor guests. Both are proof of concept made visible in living men.
Every man in every active cohort who has reached Month 6 or beyond attends. For the first time, men from different Foundation Weekends are in the same room together in significant numbers.
Veterans are visibly further along. Newer men can see the fruit that is coming. The community begins producing its own momentum.
Donor Guests WelcomeThe most significant event in the Stonebreaker calendar. Every man completing Month 12 reads his testimony. Alumni from previous cohorts return. Families are invited.
This is where a donor sits in a room and watches a man — whose restoration their gift made possible — stand up and read what God did in twelve months. That is your return on investment.
Donors & Families InvitedEvery dollar has a destination. Here is what different levels of giving fund across the full program model.
Covers Foundation Weekend costs for one man — meals, materials, facilitation, and follow-up care. His twelve-month journey begins here.
Covers operational costs for an entire Foundation Weekend — a full new cohort planted, processed, and handed off into the Brotherhood community.
Contributes directly to Phase 1A construction — the cabins, lodge, five stations, trails, and monuments that make the program physically possible.
You're in. Every monthly gift accumulates into real program funding. This is the level that keeps the lights on at Trinity Lodge.
At this level you're funding approximately two men per year through their Foundation Weekend entry point into the twelve-month arc.
This level crosses into capital contribution. You're funding the physical place that makes the twelve-month arc possible — and you're invited to the Harvest Gathering.
If you're considering a gift of $5,000 or more — named facility, capital campaign, or endowment — start with a direct conversation with the founder.
Three named giving opportunities remain available for Phase 1A — major gifts that attach a name, a family, or a legacy to a physical structure on the Stonebreaker campus.
The foundational infrastructure — roads, utilities, site preparation, and structural shell that makes everything else possible. The gift that breaks ground.
The trade skills and hands-on learning facility. Where men build with their hands and rediscover they are still capable of creating — not just surviving.
The father-child reconciliation space. Where a man and his children come back together — carefully, intentionally, with support. The gift that heals the next generation.
Stonebreaker Ministries (EIN 41-5270949) is a nonprofit organization. 501(c)(3) determination is in process. Tax-deductible status will be confirmed upon IRS approval. We keep the process simple — no complicated platforms, no percentage lost to a third party.
Payable to Stonebreaker Ministries. Contact Dan for the mailing address. A receipt is issued for every gift.
For gifts of $1,000 or more, Dan Phillips will speak with you directly — by phone or in person. No intermediaries.
For large or recurring gifts, banking details are available upon request. Contact Dan directly.
Interested in a bequest, trust, or estate gift? Legacy gifts build the endowment that keeps this ministry operating for generations.
Whether you're ready to give now or just exploring — reach out. Dan responds personally to every message.
Goes directly to Dan Phillips. Expect a personal response within 48 hours.
"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."