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DoPeace is formed to bring the little children of the slums of the world into classrooms. Since 2014, more than 10,000 children have been enrolled by DoPeace in the slums of Bangladesh. We have developed an infrastructure of five NGOs, 100 teachers and professionals, and 45 one-room schools in five slums. This project is to add 10 preschools, bringing 2,100 little children into the classrooms. We operate the schools at the low cost of $1/child/month. Thus, the project cost is $25,200 for one year.

The mission of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Santa Barbara County is to assure a safe, permanent, nurturing home for every abused or neglected child by providing a highly trained volunteer to advocate for them in the dependency court system. Volunteers talk to foster parents, family members, social workers, attorneys, teachers, medical professionals, and therapists in an effort to learn as much as possible about the child's situation. CASA volunteers serve hundreds of court dependent children every year.

To provide students and their families with fundamental skills and tools to achieve their personal and professional objectives. The G.I.F.T.4.S. Academy is a 3-week intensive program for students in grades 3rd through 8th. The Academy focuses on the core subjects, computer literacy, health and wellness, and fine arts. In addition, parents participate in educational workshops ranging from financial literacy to parenting skills. Qualified teachers, counselors, coaches, volunteers, and staff provide the information to help participants and their families achieve a high level of excellence.

Outside the Lens (OTL) activates and amplifies voices of historically marginalized individuals through photography, filmmaking, and media arts, catalyzing change within themselves, their community, and the world. For over 20 years, we have delivered an adaptable curriculum to 22,000 youth in weekly classes, after-school programs, summer sessions, workshops, and teacher training. We use cameras and digital media along with a proven educational strategy that allows youth to think creatively, engage in issues that are important to them, and advocate for social change.

Breakthrough Collaborative is a network of 24 affiliates across the US. Breakthrough addresses education inequity by innovating at three critical points:1. We increase academic opportunity for highly motivated middle-school and high-school students, putting them on the path to college.2. We provide best-in-class pre-professional training for undergraduate teaching fellows.3. We offer leadership opportunities for professional educators who serve as instructional coaches for our teaching fellows.Since our founding in 1978, Breakthrough has served more than 40,000 students and teachers.

The Mission of TECH CORPS' is three-fold and is achieved through: • PROGRAMS Bringing additional technology resources to K-12 students and teachers through national, state and local programs such as Computing Career Corps, E4Tech, High School Coding Camp, Student Code Corps, Student TECH CORPS, Student WEB CORPS, Techie Camp, and Techie Club. • PEOPLE Recruiting and supporting tech-savvy volunteers from the community to advise and assist schools and youth-serving nonprofit organizations in the integration of new technologies. • PARTNERS Increasing educational technology resources through partnerships with education, business, government and community.

Warrior Outdoor Leadership for the Future (WOLF) WOLF is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides research and education for Gold Star and underserved Youth with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills to be the future Leaders. WOLF provides accredited curriculum, training and career building programs for the underserved youth in our military and our local community. Students are provided travel, tuition and hands on training with certified trainers, teachers and professors, where they participate in classroom programs, outdoor leadership challenges, team-building mission critical use case scenarios, career mentoring, resume-building workshops, community outreach, and networking for internships.

Joyful Readers’ mission is to ensure that Philadelphia students gain the foundational reading skills they need to become successful, confident, and joyful readers! We bring full-time tutors directly into Philadelphia public schools to provide daily, intensive reading tutoring to students. Tutors serve in small teams in elementary schools for a full school year. They work with the same 20 students each and every day in both 1-on-1 and small group formats. Using research-based, high-quality curriculum endorsed by teachers and experts alike, students gain the literacy skills critical for success at school, at work, and in their daily lives.

The Youth Impact Program (YIP) is an innovative summer program and partners with universities across the United States and their local NFL team. The program is staffed by NCAA student athletes, university officials, and public school teachers that act as a catalyst to promote positive development in low-income, urban-based, at-risk middle school male students, between the ages of 10 and 14 years old. The YIP was developed and implemented to target middle school male students who are resistant to or uncomfortable in classic learning environments and designed to help with issues that the students face in inner-city public schools through academic support, guidance counseling, character development, and social interaction activities and nutrition.

Teaching life lessons through education and sport. At the Maurice Lucas Foundation, kids come first. We are passionate about their success and believe in their ability to dream, learn, and achieve. Our programs, middle school through high school - and beyond, are built on academics, character development, physical activity, and community. We partner with families, teachers, schools, like-minded individuals, and organizations to create a community of champions who provide transformational opportunities and experiences for students. Together we encourage and support students' resilience as they navigate an increasingly challenging world. Our goal is for all students to have a fair and equitable opportunity to access a high-quality education and pursue their dreams.

DreamYard is committed to helping transform Bronx schools and communities through the power of innovative, project based arts education. Our schools and students are based in the nation's poorest urban county, with one-third of the Bronx's residents living below the poverty line. In response, DreamYard programs are designed to challenge the cyclical systems of inequality and poverty by empowering youth to discover and develop their best possible selves and to locate meaningful paths and ways to engage with their fellow students, schools, families, and communities. As the largest arts education provider in the Bronx, DreamYard critically impacts the social and intellectual growth of thousands of Bronx youth through safe, positive and creatively challenging programs. DreamYard's team of professional artists partner with classroom teachers and community educators to help students learn how to express, write and perform their own stories. Through year-long programs offered during the school day, after school, on weekends and during the summer, DreamYard supports youth development, enhances life-long learning skills, and promotes creative thinking and expression. DreamYard artists spark an interest in education that often lies latent in our youth. The organization understands that it is imperative to direct a young person's creativity toward positive goals as we strive to develop well-rounded and engaged citizens. Through DreamYard, young people believe that they can have an impact and change their communities and society as a whole. Its projects are catalysts that help teachers and communities propel students and their families into a life-long learning process.

At P2L we believe that all children have the creative and intellectual power to be a positive agent in their schools, communities, and lives. Our students are challenged on a daily basis by stress, violence, and poverty; this impacts their ability to learn, make positive decisions, and form healthy relationships. For many, these challenges are overwhelming: they struggle academically, fall behind, and drop out. P2L works with students, teachers, and parents to change this trajectory. Through mentoring and interactive curriculum based in learning science, child development, social emotional learning, and neuroscience we help students to build self -image, resiliency, and social skills, and we motivate and teach them self-direction, self-management, and goal setting to enable them to become thriving and successful adults.