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The mission of the Discover Outdoors Foundation is to positively impact learning through life-changing outdoor experiences. Whether it’s a student in the Bronx or a family in Los Angeles, we believe everyone has an equal right to relish the natural world. Help us fulfill the dream of connecting communities to nature, one student at a time.

Equipping high school teens with the tools needed to launch social enterprises and become effective leaders.

PENCIL inspires innovative solutions to the challenges facing public education by providing results-driven opportunities for the private sector to actively participate in transforming public schools. Our programs share a common premise: by bringing together the best ideas, talent and resources across sectors, we can create real change in our schools.

The Shark Angels are leading a positive, contagious movement to save sharks – and the oceans. We are a passionate, global community that believes in the power of education, media and local grassroots campaigns. We raise awareness to the critical issues, educate children, change perspectives, and empower and connect advocates to act locally to save sharks and the critical ecosystems they support.

Founded 2010 under the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, as a member program of Episcopal Service Corps. ESCMaryland guides young adults in a year of service, faith and community in the city of Baltimore. Our goals are to help serve the marginalized of Baltimore City, and to help raise and support faithful young leaders for non-profits and other change agents.

Seeds in the Middle, named by fourth graders in central Brooklyn, inspires parents, educators, students and their community to access all opportunities beginning with improving their health, enhancing arts education and greening their environment. We are joyful, respectful, educational and engaging. We nurture the whole child. Our innovative strategy to fight obesity and combat health disparities initiates at schools. We weave proven programs into a comprehensive package to turn around ills driving down opportunity and advancement. We empower and educate all to get healthy and scale disparities. Our pilot Hip2B Healthy schools are in central Brooklyn, a neighborhood with one of New York City's highest obesity, diabetes, and heart disease rates. Our programs are models for replication. We have run community farmers markets and founded Soccer for Harmony tournaments, inspiring social change through soccer. We are proud to boast that our focus 4th grade class test scores in 2012 surpassed the citywide average! At Seeds in the Middle, we partner with faculty. We teach how to grow, market, access and prepare nutritious food, how to exercise and engage in the arts, all the elements needed to promote life-changing lifelong health. Our partners come from all walks of life: chefs, athletes, educators, artists, builders and more. We cross cultures. We transform gray into green, destitution into inspiration.

Freedom Preparatory Academy Charter Schools prepare all students in PK-12 to excel in college and in life. VISION: Freedom Prep will transform education for students of color across the South. We will prove what’s possible. We will inspire broader change. We will carry the torch of the civil rights movement and help to realize its dream.

Empower, through learning, the next generation of change agents to positively impact the future of Africa. Studies have shown that girls’ education is one of the most cost-effective strategies for promoting development & economic growth. Our mother-daughter intervention model helps keep girls in school & promote improved health outcomes.

Young Women’s Leadership Network (YWLN) supports two life-changing programs that empower youth to break the cycle of poverty through education: The Young Women’s Leadership Schools (TYWLS), a high performing network of all-girls public secondary schools, and CollegeBound Initiative (CBI), a comprehensive college guidance program for young women and men.

Preparing diverse youth academically and socially for the adverse moments in life by instilling accountability, expectations, structure and faith.

YFU advances intercultural understanding, mutual respect and social responsibility through educational exchanges for youth, families and communities.

The vision of KIPP San Diego is to be a thriving region of stable schools filled with happy, successful young people on paths toward choice-filled, contented lives that positively impact our community. KIPP San Diego will be a leader in thinking about opportunity and access for youth in San Diego's underserved communities and a model for collaboration in order to dramatically change life outcomes.