Benefits Data Trust
Benefits Data Trust (BDT) harnesses the power of data, technology, and policy to connect eligible individuals and families to public benefits—including SNAP, WIC, and Medicaid/CHIP—and transforms how they are delivered in the US. In its effort to help people gain financial stability and improve their health, BDT provides comprehensive application assistance to eligible individuals; collaborates with diverse, cross-sector partners to simplify the benefits access landscape; works with research partners to identify improved outcomes associated with benefit programs; and influences policy to ensure that benefits access is human-centered, comprehensive, equitable, and cost-effective.
Beyond 12
Beyond 12 envisions a world in which the college completion gap is closed and students’ race, ZIP code, and their parents’ level of education no longer predict their college graduation outcomes or their future success. It seeks to enable this future by increasing the number of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds who graduate from college and who translate their degrees into meaningful employment and choice-filled lives. Working in partnership with colleges, college success organizations, and high schools, Beyond 12 supports students through a digital coaching platform that helps students complete their post-secondary journeys, including a campus-customized mobile app, virtual coaching, and a predictive and prescriptive analytics engine.
CodePath
CodePath transforms computer science education for underrepresented minorities and students from low-income backgrounds to eliminate inequity in the tech workforce. It offers free, supplemental courses in cybersecurity, mobile app development, web development, and technical interview preparation across 60 university partners and in a virtual format. Students also receive access to career services such as one-on-one mentoring sessions with industry professionals, technical interviewing support, and access to both pre-internship and technical internship programs. To date, CodePath has served over 10,000 students, of which 55% represent underserved communities, and partners with large employers like Facebook, Cognizant, Microsoft, and Walmart to systematically increase diversity in tech.
Grameen America
Grameen America envisions an inclusive society in which all entrepreneurs, regardless of gender, race, or income, have access to fair and affordable financial services to support upward economic mobility. Grameen America provides affordable capital, credit- and asset-building supports, and financial education to help entrepreneurial women who live in poverty build businesses to enable financial mobility, create jobs in their communities, and enter the mainstream financial system. Through Grameen America’s high-touch group model, members form peer networks and foster relationships with one another, which builds social capital and broadens entrepreneurs’ support systems; reshapes behaviors and financial discipline; and promotes long-term retention in the program. Since 2008, Grameen America has invested over $1.8 billion in 135,000 women entrepreneurs across 15 US cities.
Management Leadership for Tomorrow
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) is a national nonprofit that is on the front lines of the push for racial equity, focused on driving breakthrough results for college students and professionals of color. MLT prepares low- and moderate-income men and women of color to secure high trajectory post-college jobs that deliver economic mobility for their families and then provides the social capital they need to become high-impact senior leaders who can transform our institutions and vulnerable communities. MLT provides one-on-one professional coaching, a personalized playbook that outlines the high-performance bar, and access to an accelerating network of 130+ top employers, peers, and 8,000+ MLT alumni to help students successfully bridge their critical college-to-career transition.
Merit America
Merit America provides a path to upwardly-mobile careers for low-wage workers who want to make a career transition but lack the time or money for college or full-time training programs. The program can be completed part-time and on the learner’s schedule, a key differentiator for busy working adults. Merit America partners with major employers, using labor market data to identify high-demand roles and skills required to succeed. Merit America then teaches these skills through 14- to 24-week programs with flexible asynchronous and live online instruction, coaching, and peer support.
OneGoal
OneGoal is a national postsecondary success organization that works to close the college degree divide and create a more equitable future. They partner with public schools in low-income communities across the country to ensure postsecondary planning, preparation, and support are no longer extracurricular luxuries, but rather integral components of the high school experience. Their three-year program starts as a daily class in students’ junior and senior years of high school and continues with remote support through students’ first year of college or other postsecondary path. In 2019, OneGoal launched a systemwide solution that integrates their model into the fabric of entire school districts, thus ensuring all students have the opportunity to achieve their greatest postsecondary aspirations.
Per Scholas
Per Scholas is an organization that for over 25 years has worked to build greater diversity in the tech industry by providing adult job seekers who are significantly underrepresented in the technology field – Black or Latino/a individuals and those from low-income communities – with the critical skills and networks they need to launch well-paying careers in the tech field. Per Scholas designs in-demand accelerated and job-specific bootcamp-style adult learning experiences aligned with employer needs. It then provides in-person and remote 10-15-week intensive, hands-on technical training, professional development, financial security coaching, and other learner support services for those who need them. Post course completion, Per Scholas alumni can access ongoing job placement, advanced training, financial coaching, and career development opportunities.
Zearn
Zearn is the nonprofit educational organization behind Zearn Math, the top-rated math learning platform used by 1 in 4 elementary students nationwide. Zearn Math supports teachers with research-backed curriculum and digital lessons proven to double the learning gains of a typical year of instruction. Zearn Math instructional materials – including 400+ hours of digital math learning – are free for teachers and families. Zearn also offers school- and district-wide licenses and professional development to support implementation. Everything Zearn does is driven by the belief that every kid can be a math kid.
