Global Potential

Founded in 2007, Global Potential (GP) established a pilot program with International High School @Prospect Heights, and selected 10 youth fellows to form its inaugural class. We worked with Ashoka's Youth Venture to train the youth in social entrepreneurship and with graduate students from the Columbia University School of Social Work and Teacher's College to analyze and measure the program's impact on youth participants' lives. The pilot program was evaluated as highly successful and, thus, the following year, GP began expanding into several other New York City schools and youth programs; today the organization partners with 15 Title I schools in New York City. In 2010, GP replicated the program in Boston, and, in 2012, Paris, France. Having successfully grown GP , this vibrant nonprofit has entered its second stage of growth: Transitioning from a 100% volunteer-run organization to hiring paid staff members in New York to drive organizational sustainability and increase the breadth and scope of our work.