Improve Your Tomorrow

Needs

MENTORSHIP / COLLEGE TRIPS / WELLNESS / CRISIS GRANTS

To achieve our mission, IYT provides: mentorship, member development, parent engagement, internships, college tours, and tutoring at partner school sites or virtually. Students enter an IYT program through direct partnerships with school sites, or through a target nonprofit partner. IYT currently serves nearly 3,000 YMOC across 50 school-based sites in Northern and Central California. IYT Seeks to break the generational cycles of low educational attainment by providing services to YMOC across four program areas.

Improve our Mentor Programming

Mentorship is a critical piece of how we achieve our mission. As a young man of color, having someone in your corner you can trust, relate to, and feel empowered by can make a world of difference in terms of how you see yourself and what you’re capable of. Our mentors are not only embedded in their communities but are often alumni of the schools they’re serving in. This translates into experienced mentors that have been successful in navigating the challenges and realities many of their members face. Your support of our mentorship directly impacts and enhances the educational outcomes for all of our members.

Improve College Exposure Opportunities

At IYT, dreams of going to college are often formed for this first during our college exposure trips. We work with colleges and universities to facilitate in-depth experiences that engage our members with college students and faculty that share a similar background to them. Our college trips help them see the importance of college as a vital step in their journey toward a fulfilling life and career. Your support of IYT’s college exposure programs can help make each trip richer and more meaningful to our members.

Improve our Wellness Programming

As the need for counseling and wellness in our communities and schools becomes increasingly clear, IYT is rapidly growing its wellness program to meet the needs of members. IYT’s integration of wellness practices and support services are geared at promoting the mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of young men of color. Wellness services include trauma-informed counseling, hands-on workshops focused on resilience, financial well-being, and cultural identity, as well as two annual youth retreats.

Improve Emergency Grants

For many of our Community College and University members, unexpected financial hardships can mean the difference between paying a debt or being able to enroll in the next semester. These moments have only increased since the start of the pandemic. To keep our college members in school and address their hardships, we started our Emergency Grants program which provides mini grants up to $500. Since the start of this program, we’ve responded to financial crises of our members in excess of over $20,000.