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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Supporting those who are investing in kids

We’re backing innovators who are testing ways to create new opportunities.

APPROACH

OUR APPROACH

Expanding opportunity

Expanding opportunity

Supporting underserved and underestimated youth to expand access and improve career outcomes.

Elevating voices

Elevating voices

Providing a platform to increase investment and visibility for people and programs that can boost young people’s potential.

Informing policy

Informing policy

Translating lessons learned and amplifying the impact of grant-based collaborations through policy recommendations and advocacy.

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IN PRACTICE

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

ASA accepts grant proposals on an annual basis. The current grant cycle is now closed for new proposals and will reopen in January 2024.

We provide grants to nonprofits and community-based organizations who are pioneering initiatives in the following areas:

Career
Exploration

Programs that allow students, as early as middle school, to explore their interests and aptitudes so they can better envision their career paths.

Career
Experimentation

Work-based or experiential learning programs that allow students to gain hands-on skills and experience.

Post-Secondary Navigation

Programs that help students chart their path through a diverse set of post-secondary options.

  • Career
    Exploration

    Programs that allow students, as early as middle school, to explore their interests and aptitudes so they can better envision their career paths.

  • Career
    Experimentation

    Work-based or experiential learning programs that allow students to gain hands-on skills and experience.

  • Post-Secondary Navigation

    Programs that help students chart their path through a diverse set of post-secondary options.

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GRANTS

Our Commitment To Giving

$26M+

in grants made

60+

Organizations served

1.5M+

STUDENTS impacted

  • $26M+

    in grants made

  • 60+

    Organizations served

  • 1.5M+

    STUDENTS impacted

FEATURED

RESOURCES & INSIGHTS

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Student-Led or Teacher-Led? Career Exploration Can be Both

Over half of U.S. high school graduates say school didn’t prepare them for making decisions about careers. To-date, there are only pockets of success in the U.S. education system where kids are being guided to understand how their interests and skills connect to purpose-backed careers. Scaling that success remains an elusive feat. At ASU+GSV Ashley […]

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Students need more real-world experience from industry.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has an “EPIC” solution with a new platform poised to make waves with a grant from ASA.

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