Canopy is a nonprofit dedicated to growing urban tree canopies in Midpeninsula communities, enhancing green spaces and providing environmental education. They intend to utilize the funds to support their Teen Urban Forester (TUF) program, which offers 60 paid internships annually to low-income, BIPOC high school students, empowering them with arboriculture training, leadership skills, and community engagement opportunities.

The East Palo Alto Academy Foundation supports students and graduates by providing academic, navigational, social-emotional, and financial resources, aiming to enable them to pursue meaningful careers and uplift their communities. They plan to use the funds to cover meals, lodging, and travel expenses for college and career exposure visits, including overnight trips to Southern California colleges for 70-80 10th grade students.

To promote the understanding of and responsibility for the environment through hands-on science education.

Future of Reading ensures all students read at grade level by fourth grade through a K-3 tutoring program. University students are trained as reading coaches, providing personalized support. Schools receive technology and training aligned with the Science of Reading for effective individualized tutoring. Funds would be used for training university students and supervising teachers to deploy the reading program.

Minds Matter Bay Area is a college success program for low-income, motivated students in the Bay Area, known for closing the opportunity gap and achieving a 100% acceptance rate to 4-year colleges since 2010, with 78% attending competitive institutions and 97% graduating within four years. They intend to use funds to provide material resources for students, including summer programming, laptops, SAT/ACT test fee coverage, study materials, weekly session lunches, and home high-speed internet access, enhancing their comprehensive mentorship and support programs.

The Pablove Foundation improves the lives of children with cancer through pediatric cancer research funding and the Pablove Shutterbugs art program. The Pablove Shutterbugs initiative provides therapeutic photography classes to over 500 children annually, enhancing their photography skills and offering emotional healing and a sense of normalcy during treatment. Funds are used to support the Shutterbugs program by providing photography equipment, program materials, instructor fees, class operations, outreach, recruitment, exhibitions, and program evaluation.

ScholarMatch supports first-generation college students from low-income backgrounds, providing personalized college success and career advising, financial support, emotional support, and mentoring. In the 2022-2023 program year, ScholarMatch served 480 students, helping them navigate the path to higher education. They intend to use funds to offer a free SAT/ACT test prep course for up to 25 first-generation, low-income students, covering the costs of 12-week classes and workbooks through a partnership with AJ Tutors.

Digital NEST’s mission is to provide underserved Latinx youth with the skills, resources, and network to build confidence and launch successful careers.

Mission Bit inspires youth of color to explore the world of STEM with project-based computer science education that embraces their identities. Mission Bit programming helps keep our youth and residents part of the tech industry and prepares them for opportunities in tech and computer science they would otherwise not have access to.

Nine Lives Foundation proudly provides lifelines for at-risk cats and kittens and affordable, compassionate care for our feline friends and the people who love them.

Venture Free seeks to empower young people of all backgrounds to foster a connection with the natural world in an environment that promotes healthy physical and mental development, leadership, respect, and a life-long appreciation for nature!

Insights promotes STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) education through exploratory, interactive learning experiences.Insights is a vital resource for the community by inspiring curiosity for STEAM subjects and promoting innovative, collaborative and cross disciplinary thinking.

Latino Outdoors’ mission is to inspire, connect, and engage Latino communities in the outdoors and embrace cultura y familia as part of the outdoor narrative, ensuring our history, heritage, and leadership are valued and represented.

To deploy a highly effective reading program available to address each student's individual reading challenges in grades K-3 as the first step in their journey to a successful academic career. The Future of Reading provides the tools and strategies necessary to learn to read with proven, individualized reading lessons and the support necessary to read at proficiency by the fourth grade.

Minds Matter Bay Area is trusted by families and high schools in the Bay Area as a transformational college success program for low-income, highly-motivated students. We are a best-in-class college success program because: We are closing the opportunity gap in the Bay Area; We deliver life-changing and measurable results; We are sustainably funded, an institution that will serve families for decades to come.

Post Carbon Institute’s mission is to lead the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world by providing individuals and communities with the resources needed to understand and respond to the interrelated ecological, economic, energy, and equity crises of the 21st century.

Propel's mission focuses on driving change in the social sector through the use of digital tools, with the aim of promoting and fostering the growth of social organizations. Vision: We want to be a vibrant, digital and articulated social ecosystem in Latin America.