Catalyst Directory

Still She Rises offers client-centered, innovative, and holistic legal representation to mothers in both the criminal and civil legal systems. The organization honors the dignity of the women it serves by championing each client’s individual goals while also targeting systemic issues impacting the community.

StreetWise Partners leverages mentorship to increase employment opportunities for adults from overlooked and under-resourced communities in Detroit, New York City, and Washington, D.C. It pairs volunteers with mentees who are unemployed or underemployed to provide them with the skills, resources, and access to networks they need to secure and maintain employment.

Through a proven educational model focused on academics and arts, STRIVE develops at-risk students from low-income families into self-reliant, responsible, and sharp young adults.

Surf Skate Science offers hybrid homeschooling programs that help kids engage with STEAM education through hands-on learning. The programs teach topics like physics, environmental science, technology, and math through the lens of action sports. By combining personalized curricula with physical activities, Surf Skate Science is challenging the traditional education model.

Teaching the Autism Community Trades (TACT) exists to break the historical patterns of unemployment among individuals with autism spectrum disorder, a group with one of the highest levels of unemployment in the country. Through highly individualized training and employer partnerships, TACT provides opportunities for adults with autism to leverage their unique gifts and work in skilled trades where they can thrive. In the process, TACT is writing a new narrative: that all people are capable of extraordinary things.

The Arthur Project is a sanctuary for healing, exploration, and academic engagement in two bustling Bronx schools. At The Arthur Project, clinicians-in-training cultivate sustained relationships with students throughout their middle school experience. These relationships will result in 500 hours of individual and group mentoring per student, providing a more effective approach to mentorship through long-term, structured, and goal-oriented relationships.

The Artist Outreach’s arts-based teaching approach uses self-expression and self-discovery as an alternative way for students to learn foundational early childhood concepts. It weaves music and arts into academic studies, with song, dance, and other creative endeavors becoming tools to teach lessons in reading, language, and math. Students are active participants in the learning process, building connections between the arts and everyday life and discovering how to apply creative strategies to solve problems.

The Colossian Forum addresses toxic forms of polarization in American churches by transforming conflicts into growth opportunities. Many faith-based institutions lack experience navigating polarizing topics, leaving them unable to bridge divides, let alone foster reconciliation in their communities. The Colossian Forum provides leadership training and small-group curricula on a variety of cultural topics based upon a framework of worship that helps Christians transform conflicts into discipleship, not division.

The COMMIT Foundation seeks to provide high-touch transition support that becomes the standard nationwide so veterans in all communities can access services helping them identify their passions, build strong networks, and leverage their skills in civilian careers. In addition to providing support to veterans, The COMMIT Foundation provides programming for military spouses, recognizing the importance of family to a veteran’s successful transition from military life.

The Concilio builds stronger communities in North Texas by empowering parents to improve the education and health of their families and motivating and preparing parents to take an active and supportive role in their children’s education. The Concilio also works to build stronger bonds between parents and children, using the key relationship tools of trust, communication, and engagement.