STEM ADVANTAGE
117 22nd Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 www.stemadvantage.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage, a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2012, mentors, prepares and inspires women and underserved communities to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). STEM Advantage provides economic and social mobility to underserved groups, while providing a vetted pipeline of diverse talent to businesses.Through partnerships and a collective impact model with businesses, professional and industry organizations, STEM Advantage is a holistic program designed specifically to level the playing field and help low-income, first generation college students attending a public university graduate and launch STEM careers, and then Pay It Forward as role models and mentors to help others. If they can see it, they can be it!STEM Advantage gives students, who are mostly low-income, first generation college students, attending California State University (CSU), the largest and most ethnically diverse four-year pub

The organization provides support to STEM Advantage Scholars. These students are undergraduates majoring in a bachelors degree program at Cal State University Los Angeles, Cal State University Dominguez Hills, Cal State University Northridge, Cal State University Long Beach, Cal State University Fullerton, and Cal Poly Pomona. The majority are low-income, first-generation college students. This age group is focused on because fewer than 50% of students who enter college intending to major in a STEM field complete a STEM degree; the majority switch to non-STEM majors during their first two years of study. These students will help inform and shape the program for future students. In addition to Program expenses listed on Part III, line 4a, in 2020, STEM Advantage donors gave $22,000 directly to California State University, Dominguez Hills, and $15,000 directly to California State University, Long Beach, designated for the STEM Advantage program, specifically for STEM Advantage Scholarships.Impact: STEM Advantage Scholars100% graduation rate in a STEM major and hire rate post-graduation460 Scholars; nearly half are women, 87% are students of colorOver $1.2 million in scholarships awarded to date$71,000 average starting salary with a top salary of $100,000 7,500 students served through professional development outreachHonors include:Los Angeles Business Journal as Diversity, Inclusion + Equity Nonprofit of the YearWomen in Technology| Hollywood as a Charity Leadership PartnerSociety for Information Management with a Non-Profit Partner AwardEY Global Winner: Better Begins With You. Top award in category of Strengthening Our CommunitiesAll Scholarship funds are paid to and disbursed by the Cal State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation, Cal State LA Foundation, CSUN (Cal State Northridge) Foundation, CSU Long Beach 49er Foundation, Cal Poly Pomona, and Cal State University Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation to STEM Advantage Scholars

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