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Outside Perspectives cultivates lasting personal growth and positive community engagement by offering a spectrum of transformative outdoor experiences.

To lessen the demand for illicit drugs through prevention education and other effective strategies.

Chucktown Squash's mission is to provide academic guidance, athletic training, community service opportunities, and mentors, via an afternoon, weekend, and summertime program that serves as a springboard, preparing low-resource kids for wide reaching success in the classroom, on the squash court, and in life.

Lion's Pride empowers upperclassmen student leaders to guide incoming freshmen to reach their fullest potential. We train high-performing juniors and seniors to mentor freshmen, focusing on goal setting, good study habits, and social-emotional growth. Ultimately, Lion's Pride seeks to change Chicago's education landscape by helping more students graduate from high school and the college of their choice.

Mi Espernaza offers free educational opportunity to women living in extreme poverty in Honduras.  We also provide financial banking opportunities through micro-credit loans to women who are un-bankable in the traditional banking world with the goal to break the cycle of poverty for women and their children.

826 is the largest youth writing network in the country. 826 was founded in 2002 by author Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari. Rooted in the belief that strong writing skills are essential for academic and lifelong success, the 826 Network now serves close to 80,000 students ages 6-18 in under-resourced communities each year, with the support of almost 5,000 volunteers. 826 has chapters in nine U.S. cities: Boston, Chicago, Detroit/Ann Arbor, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Each chapter offers five core programs for free: After-School Tutoring, Field Trips, Workshops, Young Authors' Book Project, and In-School program.826Digital.com makes our inventive writing resources available to educators everywhere for free.

To transform the lives of children and youth who experience significant challenges that places them at-risk of underachievement and school failure by providing programs and services that (1) address educational, social, cultural, and economic needs; (2) promote educational equity in closing the gap between opportunity and achievement;(3) offer opportunities for experiential learning that improve academic and social skills that will lead to a quality way of life from youth to adulthood.

Harlem RBI provides inner-city youth with opportunities to Play, Learn and Grow. We use the power of teams to coach, teach and inspire youth to recognize their potential and realize their dreams.

Philadelphia Futures provides Philadelphia's low-income, first-generation-to-college students with the tools, resources and opportunities necessary for admission to and success in college. Working with volunteer mentors, donors, and school and college personnel in direct service to students, in partnership with educational institutions, and in advocacy activities in the broader community, Philadelphia Futures increases the percentage of Philadelphia graduates prepared for higher education, while simultaneously reducing the institutional barriers to their academic success. Our organization operates on the belief that a college education is the portal to economic self-sufficiency and a satisfying life.

Center for Literacy (CFL) disrupts the cycle of poverty by providing the knowledge and skills for parents to succeed in postsecondary education, to compete in the 21st century economy, and to support the educational attainment of their children. Founded as a West Philadelphia tutoring program in 1968, CFL quickly expanded to other areas of Philadelphia in need of adult tutoring. The demand for tutoring services soon exceeded the availability of volunteer tutors, and CFL began adding classroom instruction for adult education. Preparation classes for the GED® test soon followed, and in a few short years CFL was offering free neighborhood classes throughout Philadelphia. For over 25 years, CFL’s English as a second language (ESL) classes and tutoring program have helped thousands of immigrants gain the literacy and citizenship skills to navigate and flourish in their new homeland. Currently, CFL provides a range of free community literacy programs to best serve our students: Adult Education classes to improve the literacy skills of our learners and to serve as a pipeline into our classes to prepare for the GED® or High School Equivalency; comprehensive family literacy programming; English as a Second Language (ESL)/English Language Acquisition – with beginning, intermediate, and advanced English classes; Opportunity Youth – programming is done in partnership with the Philadelphia Youth Network’s (PYN) E³ Power Centers, where CFL literacy specialists provide literacy services to out-of-school youth, ages 16-21; and small group or one-on-one tutoring.

Our mission is to demonstrate the love of Jesus for displaced children through access to education, exchanging chaos for peace and loss for opportunity.

The Hitching Post Educational Center, a non-profit organization serves students from the elementary level to post graduation through advocacy, tutoring, social skills training, life skills training and Pre-Employment training through our partner company, Hickory Trading Company (an artisan gift and coffee shop).