With the dawn of the new millennium, an evolved era of business has been ushered in. An era that birthed crowd funding, co-work spaces, peer-to-peer lending and now an unconventional method of peer support that can only be described as an essential tool in the leveling of the field process for diverse college students seeking access to career catalyst resources.

Derived from a witty spin on the classic idiom… to be born with a Silver Spoon in one’s mouth, meaning to be born into wealth and privilege. Silver Spoon Foundation exists to provide career preparation access to young and emerging professionals not necessarily born into wealth and privilege but every bit as capable and committed to their career success as their peers of more affluent backgrounds.

Silver Spoon Foundation is a dynamic 501(c)(3) charitable system that empowers supporters of the young and driven to invest in an innovative career development pipeline that supplements traditional post-secondary education. Donors can help via transparent donation opportunities that are specific and measurable.

The Silver Spoon Foundation believes that there is much hope in the globally connected, technologically enabled, socially aware and otherwise uninhibited mind of today’s diverse emerging professional. It is with this hope that we set forth on an ambitious mission to meet their focused and committed efforts with a system of vanguard programming and peer suppport that more closely puts them to their goals and dreams where the startling opportunity gap may have otherwise prevented.

Our unyielding commitment to the post-secondary student is unmatched and is demonstrated through our innovative programming. Success is measured by reduced underemployment and unemployment of our recent graduates of the program in relation to their peers.

Successful Transitions Scholarship

Our anchor and longest running program, “Successful Transitions” is our scholarship program targeted towards financially challenged college students with a minimum of 30 college credits. The scholarship mission is to close the opportunity gap between emerging professional college students and the successful transition into their career choice by way of alleviating cost prohibitive measures associated with attending industry conferences.

LinkUP

An innovative and business trend relevant program that partners with non-profit organizations and Universities to provide educational opportunities around the savvy use of the leading professional network, LinkedIn. The LinkUP program aims to improve first impressions amongst emerging professionals as they embark on and build their career relationships. Available to all students enrolled in a 4-year University, Community College or Trade Schools.

Major Leagues

Our signature mentor pairing program that is fueled by our proprietary matching tool. Major Leagues aims to close the gap in disparity with mentor opportunities available to minority males/females and the unique conditions related to cultural assimilation and workplace adaptability. Available to enrolled undergraduate minority male and female students with a minimum of 15 college credit hours.

Seniors In, Seniors Out (SISO)

Seniors in…Seniors Out. SISO is our support and guidance program exclusively available to High School Seniors and College Seniors. Rooted in aligning structural support around the unique circumstances and conditions that lend to anxiety, stress and uninformed decision making of near/ recent graduates, the SISO program positively positions students for a successful transition into their next phase.