Family
The founders’ shared life and six children shape a whole-family view of service.
Our Story
A family story became a community calling.
For Daunte and Kimberly Culpepper, this work is personal. More than three decades of family life shaped a belief that love is most powerful when it is lived.
See our impactPhoto 1 of 2: Daunte and Kimberly Culpepper standing together at a community event
Where it began
Two teenagers chose to build a life together.
Before there was The Experience Foundation, there was a story of two teenagers who chose to build a life together. Daunte and Kimberly Culpepper have been together for more than 31 years, growing from high school sweethearts into husband and wife, parents of six children, and community leaders. Like many families, their journey has been filled with moments of great joy, unexpected challenges, deep loss, and countless lessons about what it truly means to love.
A deeper compassion
Love through every season.
Over the years, they have learned that building a strong family requires more than good intentions. It requires choosing love every day—through life’s celebrations, disappointments, uncertainties, and heartbreaks. One of the most defining moments of their journey came with the loss of their 19-year-old daughter, Aysia. That experience forever changed their perspective, deepened their compassion, and strengthened their commitment to walk alongside others facing life’s most difficult seasons.
Through every chapter, one truth has remained constant: love is most powerful when it is lived.
The Foundation today
From serving women and girls to strengthening the whole family.
That belief became the foundation for The Experience Foundation. What began as a desire to serve women and girls has grown into a mission to strengthen the entire family. Today, the Foundation creates meaningful opportunities that help children discover confidence, parents find support, families grow stronger, and communities flourish together.
A living legacy
The story is still being written.
For Daunte and Kimberly, this work is deeply personal. Daunte Culpepper is a former NFL quarterback whose leadership journey—from professional football to family and community service—helps shape the Foundation’s commitment to opportunity, resilience, and purpose. Every program, every partnership, and every act of service reflects the lessons they have learned through more than three decades of doing life together. Because they believe one act of love can change the course of a life—and when families are strengthened, entire communities are transformed.
Service
Community care grew from a personal conviction into an organized mission.
Future
The Foundation is building toward lasting, generational community impact.