Year Up

{{Short description|American nonprofit organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Year Up United | logo = | logo_size = 180px | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | established = {{start date and age|2000}} | founder = Gerald Chertavian | founding_location = | type = 501(c)(3) Nonprofit | registration_id =  | status = 501(c)(3) | purpose = Education | headquarters = Boston | location = United States | region_served = | services = | methods =  | fields =  | board_of_directors = | key_people = Ellen McClain (CEO & President)<ref name="Boston Globe=" "="">{{Cite news |last=Chesto |first=Jon |date=2023-10-16 |title=Year Up's Chertavian finds a successor in Ellen McClain |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/16/business/year-ups-chertavian-finds-successor-ellen-mcclain/?event=event12 |accessdate=2024-11-14 |work=Boston Globe}}</ref> | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = $179.3 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yearup.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/Year%20Up%2C%20Inc%202022%20Form%20990%20-%20Open%20to%20Public%20Inspection.PDF |title=Year Up 2022 Form 990 |author= |date= |website=YearUp.org |publisher= |access-date=2023-05-10 |quote=}}</ref> | revenue_year = 2022 | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | funding = | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | num_students = 4,000<ref name=NewYorkTimes22/> | num_students_year = 2022<ref name=NewYorkTimes22/> | awards = | website = {{URL|yearup.org}} | former_name =  | footnotes = }}

'''Year Up United''' is an American nonprofit organization focused on education and job skills. The organization provides students without a 4- year bachelor's degree with resources, training and corporate internships with the aim of improving their job prospects and social mobility.

==History== The organization was founded in Boston in 2000 by Gerald Chertavian,<ref name=Geekwire>{{Cite news| last = Soper| first = Taylor| title = Year Up: How this program transforms low-income young adults into rising tech stars| work = GeekWire| accessdate = 2023-01-16| date = 2014-05-16| url = https://www.geekwire.com/2014/year-up/}}</ref> who worked as a banker on Wall Street and later co-founded a software company.<ref name=CNBC>{{Cite news| last = Gralnick| first = Jodi| title = A year in this program offers path to success| work = CNBC| accessdate = 2023-01-04| date = 2016-02-24| url = https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/24/a-year-in-this-program-offers-path-to-success.html}}</ref>

In June 2002, Year Up United's first class of students graduated its one-year program.<ref name=BostonHerald02A>{{Cite news| last =Levy | first = Doug| title = Year Up pays off for these grads | work = The Boston Herald| accessdate =| date = 2002-06-20| url = |quote=The program's first 20 students graduate today and, armed with their experiences, 14 have landed jobs that will pay them an average of $ 35,000 a year.}}</ref> The program had started in Boston in 2001 with 22 students.<ref name=BostonGlobe2016>{{Cite news| last =Johnson | first = Akila| title = Nonprofit seeks to fill skills gap of recent high school graduates | work = The Boston Globe| accessdate =2023-10-03| date = 2016-10-21| url =https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/10/20/nonprofit-seeks-fill-skills-gap-low-income-high-school-graduates/USljwtQAqE38rEpRPYyKyH/story.html }}</ref>

In 2011, Year Up United established a Puget Sound program, based in downtown Seattle.<ref name=Geekwire/> It opened a program in Phoenix in 2014.<ref name=Phoenix>{{Cite news| last = Ringle| first = Hayley| title = Year Up expands into Mesa, seeking West Valley partner and campus| work = Phoenix Business Journal| date = 2019-11-30| url = https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2019/11/30/year-up-career-training-program-expands-into-mesa.html}}</ref>

As of 2020, the organization worked with more than 250 companies that provided funding for the program and took on interns.<ref name=CNBC20>{{Cite news| last = Epperson| first = Sharon |title =As black jobless rate soars, Year Up and partners Merck, Amazon and others offer career development| work = CNBC| accessdate = 2023-10-03| date = 2020-06-05| url = https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/05/year-up-with-partners-amazon-merck-and-more-closing-racial-job-divide.html}}</ref>

In 2021, the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the US Department of Health and Human Services (OPRE) published a report of a study it had sponsored, evaluating Year Up United's longer-term impact via a five-year randomized controlled trial. The study found that the Year Up United program had a statistically significant impact on earnings.<ref name=OPRE2021/> In 2022, the OPRE reported that six years after completing the Year Up United program, past participants had an income 30% higher than a control group of non-participants.<ref name=NewYorkTimes22/>

As of 2022, approximately 4,000 students per year participated in Year Up United's programs.<ref name=NewYorkTimes22>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Lohr| first = Steve| title = These Job-Training Programs Work, and May Show Others the Way| work = The New York Times| accessdate = 2023-01-16| date = 2022-10-03| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/business/these-job-training-programs-work-and-may-show-others-the-way.html}}</ref>

In September 2024, the organization changed their name to Year Up United.<ref name="WorkShift">{{Cite news |last=Fain |first=Paul |date=2024-09-25 |title=Addressing 'Both Sides of the Opportunity Divide' |url=https://workshift.org/addressing-both-sides-of-the-opportunity-divide/ |accessdate=2024-11-14 |work=The Job by Work Shift}}</ref> They were also shown in a Netflix documentary, ''Untapped: Closing America's Opportunity Gap'', which released in October 2024.<ref name="HRBrew">{{Cite news |last=McGlauflin |first=Paige |date=2024-11-06 |title=Nonprofit featured in Netflix documentary helps thousands of young adults land careers at big companies |url=https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2024/11/06/year-up-documentary-workforce-development |accessdate=2024-11-14 |work=HR Brew}}</ref>

==Programs== Year Up United's program includes job skills training and internships in a corporate environment,<ref name=OPRE2021>{{Cite report| publisher = Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.| last1 = Fein| first1 = David| last2 = Dastrup| first2 = Samuel| last3 = Burnett| first3 = Kimberly| title = Still Bridging the Opportunity Divide for Low-Income Youth: Year Up's Longer-Term Impacts| location = Washington, D.C.| date = 2021}}</ref> for underserved students who have a high school diploma or equivalent, but have not received a college degree.<ref name=NewYorkTimes22/><ref name=Heinrich>{{Cite journal| volume = 29| issue = 2| last = Heinrich| first = Carolyn| title = How does Year Up measure up?| journal = Focus| date = 2012| url = https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc292d.pdf}}</ref><ref name=CNBC/><ref name=NewYorkTimes22Google>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Lohr| first = Steve| title = Google Creates $100 Million Fund for Skills Training Program| work = The New York Times| accessdate = 2023-01-26| date = 2022-02-17| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/business/google-training-program.html}}</ref><ref name=Seattle>{{Cite news| title = Year Up program opens up a new world in tech for students| work = The Seattle Times| accessdate = 2023-01-04| date = 2014-11-20| url = https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/year-up-program-opens-up-a-new-world-in-tech-for-students/}}</ref><ref name=60Minutes>{{Cite news| last = Safer| first = Morley| title = 60 Minutes: Jobs program aids Fortune 500 and underprivileged youth| work = CBS News| date = 2014-01-26| url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jobs-program-aids-fortune-500-underprivileged-youth/ |accessdate=2023-03-06}}</ref> As of 2024, the program was aimed at young people and accepted participants aged between 18 and 29 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Become a Student {{!}} Student Eligibility {{!}} How to Apply |url=https://www.yearup.org/students/how-it-works |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Year Up United |language=en}}</ref>

The organization also runs a program providing materials and resources to other training providers working with students, including community colleges.<ref name=BostonGlobe>{{Cite news |last=Chesto |first=John |title=Athenahealth likely to go public, again; Micho Spring bids farewell to Weber Shandwick; Year Up expands with gift from Blackstone; Symbotic dials up their old CEO; What's in a name for Allen & Gerritsen? |work=The Boston Globe |date = 2022-11-29| url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/28/business/athenahealth-ceo-looks-take-watertown-health-it-company-public-second-time/ |accessdate=2023-03-06}}</ref>

==Funding and partnerships== The majority of funding for Year Up United is provided by its corporate partners.<ref name=OPRE2021/> Additional funding is provided by sponsorships, donations and public funding, the latter of which represented 2% of the organization's budget as of 2018.<ref name=BostonGlobe2018>{{Cite news| last =Hagan | first = Allison| title = Year Up helping more young adult workers get a leg up | work = The Boston Globe| accessdate =2023-10-03| date = 2018-08-04| url =https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/08/03/year-helping-more-young-adult-workers-get-leg/z55lEwytMuY4aH2E97drmK/story.html }}</ref> In 2022, Google announced it was working with Year Up United and two other job training programs to provide funding and course content.<ref name=NewYorkTimes22Google/> Also in 2022, Year Up United received a grant of $3 million from the private equity firm Blackstone Inc.<ref name=BostonGlobe/>

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