If you’re here because someone who protects others is facing hardship, you’re in the right place.
Standing Watch Initiative exists for exactly this moment — to make sure that those who spend their lives looking after others are looked after in return.
When Protection Becomes PersonalÂ
Every day, they show up for others — quietly, and without hesitation.
Private security professionals protect people, families, and communities in moments of uncertainty. They safeguard homes and workplaces, hospitals and public spaces — the places where safety can’t be left to chance.
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Their ability to provide is tied to their ability to be on post. And when life interrupts that, things can change fast.
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No one should have to face that moment alone — and now, no one has to.
For years, they've been the ones holding everyone together.
Standing Watch Initiative is here to hold them up when they need it most — with real support, offered with dignity and care.
A Serious Illness
When medical crisis strikes, income can stop overnight. We help families regain their footing.
For too long, this profession had no safety net.Â
An Injury
A single moment can take someone off post. We help protect the stability they built.
Now it does.
We Understand How Quickly Life Can Change
One unexpected moment shouldn't undo years of service.
We see the moments that can knock a family off balance— and we're here to help carry the weight through each one.Â
A FamilyÂ
Emergency
When loved ones need them most, we help ease the pressure so they can be present.
An Unexpected Loss
Grief is heavy enough. We help carry the financial weight so families can grieve.
How We Help
Real, caring support — right when it matters most.
When a security professional or their family faces hardship, Standing Watch Initiative is here with immediate, meaningful help.
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Through needs-based financial assistance and family support, we help restore stability during life's hardest moments — always with dignity and independence intact.
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Because those who spend their lives protecting others deserve to be cared for in return.
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Financial Assistance
Needs-based help during income interruption, so families can hold their ground through a crisis instead of falling behind.
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Family Support
Steady assistance through loss and transition —because behind every professional is a family that matters just as much.
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Restoring Stability
A fair, transparent process — support that helps people regain their footing while preserving their dignity and independence.
Support
$25
monthly
Steady warmth that keeps help ready, month after month.
Your kindness becomes someone’s lifeline.
This profession never had a safety net.Â
Together we get to build one.Â
founding Gift
$100
one-time
Help a professional secure immediate medical necessities.
Standing Watch Initiative is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Be The Safety Net
When security professionals face illness, injury, or loss, your gift becomes the support they never had before.Â
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You're not just giving you're stepping in when it matters most.
benefactor
$500
one-time
Provides meaningful, immediate relief for a professional in need.
Your Choice
Custom
Any amount
Whatever feels right to you. Every gift becomes someone's relief.
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This Is Who You Help
Michael
Private security professional
When illness took him off post, everything changed — but it didn’t have to end there.
Michael spent years in private security, protecting others in moments where safety couldn’t be left to chance. Then a serious medical issue took him off post, and his income stopped almost overnight while the bills kept coming.
Like many in this profession, there was no system there to catch him. That’s the exact moment Standing Watch Initiative is built for — stepping in with real help, restoring stability, and protecting dignity when it matters most.
Because no one who has spent their life protecting others should ever feel alone in their hour of need.
Michael is a representative example illustrating the kind of need Standing Watch Initiative is built to meet.
The People Behind the Promise
Standing Watch Initiative
Board of Directors
Behind Standing Watch Initiative is a group of people who believe deeply in caring for those who spend their lives protecting others. Our Board provides the guidance and heart to carry this mission forward with integrity.
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John Blair
President
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Alexis Sirota
Secretary
LS
Laurie Shepard
Treasurer
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Austin Boggan
Director
JS
Jason Sullivan
Director
Every act of care helps someone stand again.
Join us in building the safety net this profession has always deserved.
Standing watch for those
who spend their lives
standing watch for others.
