Pivotal

Pivotal is the only nonprofit in Silicon Valley focused exclusively on meeting the educational and career needs of foster youth. The organization has been providing support to high school and college-aged students for more than 30 years. Offering a comprehensive set of services that include one-on-one academic and employment coaching, college scholarships, tutoring, career readiness training, and paid summer internships, Pivotal helps young people from foster care get the support they need to earn a sustainable income and reach self-sufficiency. Because of these levels of support, Pivotal scholars are 25 percent more likely to graduate high school and 10x more likely to graduate college than their foster youth peers.