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National Math Stars
National Math Stars is a U.S. nonprofit that finds mathematically extraordinary second- and third-graders from all communities and commits to supporting them for up to a decade - through high school graduation. Each selected student receives more than $100,000 in mentorship, advanced coursework, STEM summer experiences, family advising, and community, at no cost to families. Founded in 2023 by former Bain consultant Ilana Walder-Biesanz and seeded with $16.5 million from Carina Initiatives and the Polynera Fund, the organization aims to build a diverse pipeline of talent capable of reaching the frontiers of math and science.
Bold.org
Bold.org is a venture-backed platform on a mission to fight student debt by making it effortless for anyone - individuals, families, companies, and foundations - to create, fund, and manage scholarships, fellowships, and grants. Free for both students and donors, it pairs a two-sided marketplace with the nonprofit Bold Foundation, which holds donations in escrow and sends funds directly to students' schools. Since 2020 it has channeled tens of millions of dollars in tax-deductible financial aid to thousands of students.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a philanthropy and technology organization founded in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, structured as an LLC. Once spanning education, science, justice reform and housing, CZI has refocused on a single audacious goal: helping scientists cure, prevent or manage all disease by the end of the century. Its flagship CZ Biohub network now builds AI 'virtual cell' models, generates massive biological datasets, and ships free open-source tools so researchers everywhere can move faster.