"Many of our students have never been in a corporate office or explored college options before entering the Genesys Works program. It’s hard to envision a future you may not know even exists. That exposure to what is possible, along with robust training, is critical to a young person’s chances of future success. If we’re seriously going to level the economic playing field and provide better opportunities, we need to do better as a society at matching the workforce supply with the demand."

- David Williams, President and CEO, Genesys Works

Genesys Works is a national social enterprise that provides life-changing opportunities through corporate internships. We open the doors of opportunity for high school students in underserved communities by providing the skills training, professional work experience, and support they need to achieve career success and a lifetime of economic self-sufficiency. Our goal is to move more of our students into professional careers, creating a more skilled and diverse workforce in the process.

We currently serve more than 4,000 students annually across six locations: Houston, Twin Cities, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, the National Capital Region and New York City. To learn more, visit www.genesysworks.org.

Year Up is an award-winning national 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education. Year Up achieves this mission through a high support, high expectation model that combines marketable job skills, stipends, internships and college-level coursework. Its holistic approach focuses on students' professional and personal development to place these young adults on a viable path to economic self-sufficiency. Year Up currently serves more than 3,600 students annually across 24 campuses in Arizona, Baltimore, Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Greater Atlanta, Greater Boston, Greater Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, National Capital Region, New York City, Providence, Puget Sound, South Florida, and Wilmington. To learn more, visit www.yearup.org. 

Year Up success stats include:

• 100% placement of qualified students into internships
• 90% of interns meet or exceed partner expectations
• 85% of graduates employed or in college full time within four months of graduation
• $18/hr average starting wage for graduates of the program
  

NPower is a national nonprofit providing IT training and services to nonprofits and young adults. Through its programs and services, NPower aims to bring the IT community together to do social good. NPower provides its services through 4 programs – The Community Corps, Technology Service Corps, ITBasic, and FoundationConnect.

Our community of corporate partners, nonprofits, foundations, dedicated staff, and IT volunteers provides NPower with unparalleled reach to have a profound impact on local communities, families, and individuals across the country and around the world. Visit us at www.npower.org. 

IT-oLogy is a non-profit collaboration of businesses, educational institutions, government, economic development, and community organizations dedicated to growing the IT talent pipeline, fostering economic development, and advancing the IT profession.

The operational aspect of the organization includes the following functions:

1. Promote IT (K12) Promote IT careers to students, parents, educators and administrators and engage students through hands-on technology learning experiences
2. Provide IT Skills (higher-ed /post high school) Companies work with colleges and universities on applied business research projects and experiential learning opportunities that strengthen and align classroom skills to current and future IT business needs
3. Grow IT (IT Profession(als))

IT-oLogy works closely with IT professionals and their companies to provide innovative and life-long learning professional development opportunities. To learn more, visit www.it-ology.org.