Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator helps nonprofits working with young people from underserved communities to connect with other organizations, businesses and funders to improve young people’s skills and employment prospects.
With one in ten young people in the US not in school or work, the Global Business Coalition – supported by Dell Technologies and Deloitte – has created this national network to ensure that by 2030, all young Americans will have the skills they need to get a job. To date, this program has invested in 28 nonprofits in 22 U.S. states to positively impact more than 200,000 young people.
Applications are now open for up to 20 more organizations to join the 2025 accelerator and receive training, pro-bono support from corporates as well as opportunities to network, pitch for funding and attend conferences.
Benefits of Skills and Employment
The accelerator runs from January to December 2025, during which time successful participants will:
- Join a network of nationwide participants convening regularly for networking sessions and workshops.
- Access corporate pro-bono support such as donations of tech, opportunities for volunteer skills placements, training and consulting services.
- Receive opportunities to pitch for funding as well as stipends to attend regional and national conferences to build your network.
Eligibility for Skills and Employment
- Only U.S.-based organizations are eligible to apply for this current accelerator cohort. Non-U.S. applications will not be reviewed.
- U.S. Registered 501 (c) (3) organizations can apply by completing the form to explain how their organization empowers young people and helps them pursue employability opportunities.
- Applicants will need to explain how participating in the accelerator program can help scale up their impact and provide documentation about their organizations good standing.
Application
Nonprofits can apply any time, and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications are currently open for the 2025 Accelerator. To be considered for this cohort you must apply by November 15, 2024 at 11:59PM ET
Benefits
- Join a network of nationwide participants convening regularly for networking sessions and workshops.
- Access corporate pro-bono support such as donations of tech, opportunities for volunteer skills placements, training and consulting services.
- Receive opportunities to pitch for funding as well as stipends to attend regional and national conferences to build your network.
Eligibility criteria
- Only U.S.-based organizations are eligible to apply for this current accelerator cohort. Non-U.S. applications will not be reviewed.
- U.S. Registered 501 (c) (3) organizations can apply by completing the form to explain how their organization empowers young people and helps them pursue employability opportunities.
- Applicants will need to explain how participating in the accelerator program can help scale up their impact and provide documentation about their organizations good standing.