Grants

EveryoneOn

Project Title

For general support

Date

Jun. 06, 2024

Duration

24 months

Description

EveryoneOn is a California-based nonprofit with national reach and local impacts dedicated to creating social and economic opportunities by connecting underserved families to affordable internet service, computers, and delivering digital skills training opportunities. The Carnegie Corporation of New York funded EveryoneOn’s Bridges to Tech College Readiness and Tech Career Prep program. This program helped both high school students and adults receive a robust digital skills curriculum by introducing in-demand skills and diverse tech–based career certificate opportunities; provided access to one-on-one navigation and support from digital skills instructors to ensure learners were prepared to complete and earn certifications; and introduced college and career readiness resources and facilitated links to professionals in the field via workshops and career panels. Corporation support over the past three years has been critical to its growth, expansion, and sustainability. They have also delivered digital skills training to over 1,772 people across the country, including high school-age students and parents of K-12 students. The Corporation’s continued general support will allow EveryoneOn to support their diverse programs that drive broadband adoption as well as continue to drive digital equity work in diverse communities across the country.

Project Title

For general support

Date

Sep. 14, 2023

Duration

12 months

Description

EveryoneOn creates social and economic opportunities by connecting low-income families to affordable internet service and computers and delivering digital skills trainings. Since 2012 EveryoneOn has connected over a million people to high-speed internet, deployed thousands of devices, and facilitated hundreds of digital training across the nation for the most vulnerable among us. The pandemic exacerbated the negative impacts of the existing digital divide, namely the lack of high-speed internet at home, a reliable internet connection,and access to resources and support to prepare for postsecondary education for low-income students. Corporation support will allow for the continued implementation of their Bridges-to-Tech program, building pathways to digital resilience and equity, college access, and career exploration and readiness for high school students and adults in the Bay Area, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, South Salt Lake, and Jersey City.

Project Title

For support of Bridges to Tech, addressing the digital divide in public housing

Date

Sep. 15, 2022

Duration

12 months

Description

EveryoneOn works to create social and economic opportunity by connecting low-income families to affordable internet service and computers, and by delivering digital skills training. Since 2012 EveryoneOn has connected over 890,000 people to high-speed internet, deployed thousands of devices, and facilitated hundreds of digital trainings across the nation for the most vulnerable among us. The current pandemic exacerbates the negative impacts of the existing digital divide, namely the lack of high-speed internet at home and a reliable internet connection, and access to resources and support to prepare for postsecondary education, on low-income students. Corporation support will facilitate the continued implementation of EveryoneOn’s Bridges-to-Tech program building pathways to digital resilience and equity, college access, and career exploration and readiness for high school students and adults in the Bay Area, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, South Salt Lake, and Jersey City.

Project Title

For support to address the digital divide and postsecondary access gaps affecting 11th and 12th graders living in public housing

Date

Jun. 03, 2021

Duration

12 months

Description

EveryoneOn works to create social and economic opportunity by connecting low-income families to affordable internet service and computers, and delivering digital skills trainings. Since 2012 EveryoneOn has connected over 890,000 people to high-speed internet, deployed thousands of devices, and facilitated hundreds of digital trainings across the nation for the most vulnerable among us. The current pandemic exacerbates the negative impacts of the existing digital divide, namely the lack of high-speed internet at home and a reliable internet connection, andaccess to resources and support to prepare for postsecondary education on low-income students. Corporation support will allow the expansion of theirBridges-to-Tech program which builds pathways to digital resilience and equity, college access, and career exploration and readiness for low-income high school students (11th and 12th graders) and adults. The expansion of Bridges-to-Tech will introduce professional certificates in multiple tech-based fields to 11th and 12th grade students and adults in Detroit, Los Angeles, and Jersey City.

Project Title

As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic to address the digital divide and college access gaps affecting 11th and 12th graders living in public housing

Date

Sep. 10, 2020

Duration

12 months

Description

EveryoneOn works to create social and economic opportunity by connecting low-income families to affordable internet service and computers, and delivering digital skills trainings. Since 2012 EveryoneOn has connected 784,000 people to high-speed internet, deployed thousands of devices, and facilitated hundreds of digital trainings across the nation for the most vulnerable among us. The current pandemic exacerbates the negative impacts of the existing digital divide, namely the lack of high-speed internet at home and a reliable internet connection, andaccess to resources and support to prepare for postsecondary education on low-income students. EveryoneOn plans tobridge the digital divide and college access gaps affecting high school students living in public housing acceleratingcollege readiness opportunities for11th and 12thgraders through a high-impactproject that 1) connects students to high-speed internet; 2) deploys reliable computers; 3) leverages college access organizations to deliver high-quality college readiness programs and/orresources; and 4) empowers parents/guardians of participants to be digital ready in an effort to support their students’ postsecondary pathways.