Tacharna Crump is a determined and proactive Youth Entrepreneur Institute’s mission is to break the cycle of local poverty by training the next generation of ethical, entrepreneurial and environmental leaders.

“Fair Chance is a guardian of grassroots nonprofits”

Youth Entrepreneur Institute’s programs help youth identify their own natural gifts and talents and then teaching them how to monetize these skills and use them to start a small business. 

YEI guides students through a dynamic B.A.S.E. curriculum (Business, Art & STEM Experiences), to develop the personal qualities that predict future professional success.

Lemond Brown founded the Swaliga Foundation to translate science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (STEAM) education into successful careers for young people.

His leadership journey forced him to recognize that, “I had to remove myself from the programming and understand how to set up a system.” Through Fair Chance’s Praxis partnership, Lemond built the fundraising and leadership skills to scale, growing his revenue by 22% and his staff from 3 to 33.

Swaliga’s hybrid summer camp was a success and reached over 200 kids in DC and abroad.

Nonprofit leaders of color like Lemond face a systemic 25% gap, compared to their white colleagues, in raising revenue for their organizations. Fair Chance will leverage its proven impact to eradicate this gap among client nonprofits, transforming outcomes for their organizations and the communities they serve.

Generation Hope helps student parents succeed by engaging education and policy partners in systemic change while providing direct support to teen parents in college and their children. Fair Chance began working with Generation Hope in 2013 and helped develop a strategic plan with enhanced outcomes and a fundraising plan.

In 2013, Generation Hope served 7 teen parents – today it has served 224 and has celebrated 100 college graduates. With Fair Chance’s help, they also launched a kindergarten readiness program for the children of teen parents.

Because of Fair Chance’s proven impact in helping other organizations to scale, Fair Chance will significantly scale its reach – doubling the number of nonprofits the organization serves in the next 10 years.