Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR WAS ONE OF UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH FOR YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS (YE). THE PROGRAM SAW AN INCREASE OF 62% IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO 3,487 AND A 42% INCREASE IN EDUCATORS TO 182 FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR. THIS INCREASE, A FIRST EFFORT AT SCALING THE PROGRAM, ENABLED EVEN MORE STUDENTS WITH THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, VALUES AND VISION TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, YE ALSO DEVELOPED AND EXECUTED NEW TRAINING PROGRAMS AND AN ONLINE PLATFORM, YE ACADEMY, FOR CURRENT, NEW AND PROSPECTIVE YE EDUCATORS, ARMING THEM WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH YE'S EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAM. AND FOR STUDENTS? A CLASSROOM OPPORTUNITY THAT ALLOWED FOR REAL-WORLD APPLICATION, MARKET DAY, ILLUSTRATED WHAT EARNED SUCCESS LOOKED LIKE WHEN OVER 750 STUDENT GROUPS CREATED THEIR POP-UP BUSINESSES. STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE BIG IDEA BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION, WHERE $31,350 IN CAPITAL GRANTS WERE AWARDED TO THE TOP PERFORMERS. MANY EXPERIENCES WERE OFFERED TO YE ALUMNI AS WELL, INCLUDING SUMMER PARTNERSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS, MENTORSHIPS, AND NETWORKING EVENTS, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO SET STUDENTS UP FOR SUCCESS, NOT ONLY IN BUSINESS, BUT IN LIFE.
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    Dates
    Jun 1, 2017 – May 31, 2018
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $5.7M

  • Empowered Educator Community

    In April 2022, we launched our educator online platform, Empowered Hub (the Hub). The Hub is an online resource and mobile application that provides educators with access to our curricular resources, professional development opportunities and a like-minded community of educators. Throughout 2022, we continued to enhance the offerings on the Hub and grow the size of our educator community on the Hub. We grew from under 1K Hub educators to approximately 5K Hub educators by the end of the year with a significant portion of our growth being through educator-to-educator referrals. During 2022, 800+ Empowered teachers received in-person training through our RiseUp training events in Texas, Mississippi, South Dakota and Kansas, as well as through 25 teacher-organized and led training events. Educators also attended via the Hub our new virtual training and professional development offerings, Empowered Now and Empowered Energized. RiseUp events are the flagship of our in-person training and professional development program. These three-day programs are designed to assemble educators to share a unique professional development experience. Speakers, panels, sessions and leave-to-learns are designed to be hands-on and foster participation and exploration. In the spring of 2022, we published Issue #2 of Empowered Teacher magazine, distributing approximately 10K copies. Empowered Teacher magazine provides educators with resources for both inside and outside of the classroom and includes insights from trusted experts, information on our innovative instructional strategy, Principles + Markets = Mindsets, or "PMM", activities and other tools. Throughout 2022, we continued to see growth in our overall educator community and as of the end of 2022, our total educator community included over 20K educators, including Hub members, social media followers and magazine subscribers.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $5.8M