Location: Washington, D.C.

“Proinspire unites a variety of individuals who have one common purpose – to be an agent of change.” - Reena Sikdar, 2010 ProInspire Fellow

ProInspire is building the next generation of nonprofit leaders by expanding the talent pipeline, developing professionals, and increasing diversity in the sector. We are passionate about accelerating social impact and being catalysts of outstanding performance.

Our flagship program, the ProInspire Fellowship, recruits top business professionals with 2-5 years of business experience who want to use their skills for social impact and to invest in a growing community of ProInspire fellows.  Fellows spend one year working in an analytical or strategic role at a nonprofit organization. After the Fellowship, Fellows engage with our community of alumni to continue investing in the sector.

This highly competitive program offers targeted positions with leading nonprofits, monthly trainings with a cohort of peers, a coach, and a network to support career growth. Previous ProInspire Fellows come from across the U.S. with experience at Bain, Credit Suisse, General Mills, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft, Parthenon Capital, and other leading companies.  Fellows work with top nonprofits based in the Washington D.C. area.

Location: Woburn, MA

Youth Villages is a nationally-recognized, private nonprofit organization that helps troubled youth and their families live successfully.  With a high-performing and dedicated staff of more than 2,400 working in 11 states as well as the District of Columbia and an annual operating budget approaching $200 million, the organization serves more than 17,000 emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth annually through its comprehensive, evidence-based programs: intensive in-home services, residential treatment, foster care, adoption, group homes, transitional living, specialized crisis services, and intensive residential treatment.

The organization, founded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1986, measures its success in reunited families and in children who are able to live at home and do well in school. Since 1994, when Youth Villages began an emphasis on helping children in the least restrictive environment—preferably in their own homes—success rates have soared: in 2011, Massachusetts data shows that 79 percent of the children who received at least 60 days of service at Youth Villages were discharged successfully and 74 percent of them were still living successfully in the community one year after their discharge. Youth Villages’ success rate is extraordinary when compared with a 60 percent failure rate for traditional child welfare services.

Along with the high impact on children’s lives, Youth Villages has also achieved 15% growth per year for the last fifteen years. President Obama recognized Youth Villages as a nonprofit with “promising ideas that are transforming communities.”  Youth Villages Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Lawler, was named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News and World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

For more information, please visit http://www.youthvillages.org

Location: Silicon Valley, CA

Founded in 2002 through a partnership between the San Jose Unified School District, Breakthrough Collaborative, and Applied Materials, Breakthrough Silicon Valley is a six-year, year-round, tuition-free academic and college readiness program committed to educational equity.  With an annual budget of approximately $500,000 and projected to grow to 1M in the next three years, , BSV provides middle school students with challenging out of school time classes and enriching activities and supports these students through their high school years to ensure that they enroll at top-tier colleges and universities.  Simultaneously, BSV trains talented high school and college students for careers in education.  The mission of BSV is to prepare motivated middle school students with limited educational opportunities for success in college-preparatory high school programs and entry into four-year colleges; and to prepare outstanding high school and college students to enter careers in education. .  As a member of the national Breakthrough Collaborative, BSV is affiliated with more than 30 programs across the country that share a similar mission based on the unique “students teaching students” model.

Breakthrough Silicon Valley is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that operates with a committed Board of Directors, talented staff, and strong community partnerships.  With a stable funding base and balanced budget, BSV is well poised to embark on its next exciting phase. 

Location: San Fransico, CA

Breakthrough Collaborative (“Breakthrough”) is a leading national educational service organization.  Breakthrough has a dual mission: (1)  to prepare highly-motivated, under-resourced middle and high school students to enter and thrive in four-year colleges, and (2) to inspire and develop talented high school and college students as teachers and mentors to the younger students, and to pursue careers in the field of education.

The national headquarters of Breakthrough leads a collaborative of 33 sites across the United States and in Hong Kong by establishing and promoting high standards, ensuring their success, and acting as their national voice.  Breakthrough has been recognized as one of the 2010 winners of the Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation, as the nation’s top summer academic program by the John Hopkins Center for Summer Learning in 2007, and as the 2006 recipient of the prestigious Klingenstein Leadership Award from the Klingenstein Center at Columbia University.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.breakthroughcollaborative.org