LEAP for Education, Inc.

Leveraging Technology in a Summer Career Mentoring Program for Underserved Youth

LEAP’s Summer Work Program provides teens with paid project-based learning, career exploration, and readiness, supported by 1:1 volunteer career mentors. High demand is evident, with 250+ applicants for 100 slots in the last two summers, necessitating a technology platform for increased efficiency and quality.

CATEGORY: Strengthening Partner Capacity
LOCATION: Salem, MA
AMOUNT: $30,000
YEAR AWARDED: 2024
WEBSITE: www.leap4ed.org


GetSET Helps Strong Nonprofits Build Adaptability and Sustainability

After receiving an invitation to join the new GetSET program, Lori Russell, executive director of Aspire Developmental Services, a nonprofit that promotes positive developmental outcomes and educational opportunities for families with young children, was not sure what to expect. Unfamiliar with the initiative designed to strengthen organizations to better meet their mission and thereby attract … Continued