October 12, 2022

Genesys Works Receives $5.4 Million in Funding for its College and Career Readiness Program

M Millions of high school students need a direct route to the middle class every year, but they frequently do not have access to one. The first step is to contact Genesys Works, a nonprofit that helps students get jobs in the middle class.

According to sources, students who joined the Genesys Works alumni significantly increased their earnings over the other students. The non-profit organisation has now received grants worth USD 5.4 million to develop its college and career readiness programme in order to help spread the Genesys Works programme to other regions of the USA and to help widen their programmes.

In order to acknowledge Genesys Works' success in enhancing economic mobility, Ballmer Group has also renewed a five-year, $5 million investment it made in the company in 2017.

…Ballmer Group is proud to continue partnering with Genesys Works, whose progress in the past five years has enabled thousands of young people across the country to access career pathways and post-secondary opportunities, ensuring their upward mobility...

Ballmer’s funding will support the expansion of current programmes into additional American cities and Genesys' projects in Chicago, Houston, the Twin Cities, New York, Oakland, and the Washington, D.C. region.

The Richard King Mellon Foundation, which has supported Southwestern Pennsylvania's development since 1947, has also given Genesys Works a $150,000 planning grant so it can start expanding into the Pittsburgh area as early as summer 2023.

By 2024, Genesys Works will have expanded into Tulsa thanks to a $100,000 planning grant from the George Kaiser Family Foundation, which strives to make the city the best place for children to be born, grow up, and succeed.

Terri Ludwig, President of Ballmer Group Philanthropy, discussed the grant in her remarks, saying, "Ballmer Group is proud to continue partnering with Genesys Works, whose progress in the past five years — despite the many challenges posed by the pandemic — has enabled thousands of young people across the country to access career pathways and post-secondary opportunities, ensuring their upward mobility."

For rising high school seniors, Genesys Works offers eight weeks of training in technical and professional skills, followed by a paid internship at a big company like Accenture, Kirkland & Ellis, or Target Corporation.

To help students succeed in postsecondary education, students also receive coaching for their college and careers. Participants in Genesys Works make up 91 percent of people of colour and are first-generation college students in the proportion of 72 percent.

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