STEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND
2305 HISTORIC DECATUR RD, SAN DIEGO, CA 92106 stemnext.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: BUILDING INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND CLOSING THE GENDER GAP IN STEM CAREERS.

STEM Next Opportunity Fund is a national leader, strategic guide, policy advocate, and investor that is bringing about a transformative expansion of high-quality and inclusive STEM learning opportunities.

STEM Next Opportunity Fund is the legacy organization of the Robert N. Noyce Foundation and is dedicated to bringing high-quality STEM learning to millions of young peoplefocused on low-income youth and kids of colorand closing the gender gap in STEM careers. As a national leader, strategic guide, policy advocate and investor, STEM Next is bringing about a transformative expansion of high-quality and inclusive STEM learning opportunities, especially in the out-of-school field. By investing early in the lives of our children, we are transforming their lives and preparing them for the 21st century economy. Learn more at https://stemnext.org/. To support this national effort, the STEM Opportunity Fund focuses on three main areas to achieve the highest impact: strategic grantmaking, scaling high-quality STEM learning, and increasing STEM awareness. STEM Next supports and works with partner organizations developing initiatives and networks of STEM learning regionally, statewide, and nationally. STEM Next makes targeted investments (grants) in the organizations and programs that have demonstrated impact and the potential to expand their successes. These investments contribute to an extensive infrastructure that leverages the nation's afterschool and summer learning networks, as well as the largest youth-serving organizations.In 2019, STEM Next Opportunity Fund increased its STEM system-building investments and provided resources, tools, and materials to afterschool state networks in all 50 states. Through these activities, state networks reached over 850,000 youth and 100,000 afterschool and summer programs with high-quality stem learning experiences. STEM Next Opportunity Funds support for the STEM Learning Ecosystem initiative supported service by Americorp VISTAS in communities across the country. Working with innovative collaborations like Imagine Science, STEM Next supported an effort to increase the capacity of the partner youth development organizations to include families as a critical stakeholder in supporting young peoples development of a STEM identity. Lessons learned through this project are informing the development of an open-source field building tool for out-of-school programs to effectively engage families. We know from our research, that by investing directly into building that capacity of out-of-school educators to deliver high-quality STEM experiences, we see better youth outcomes in increasing STEM identity and interest in pursuing STEM careers. Looking at youth outcomes from 160 programs across 11 state afterschool networks supported by STEM Next, a study conducted by Harvards program in education, afterschool and resiliency (PEAR) and Texas Tech Universitys Institute for Measurement, Methodology, Analysis and Policy, showed that more than 70% of students reported positive gains in STEM areas such as science interest, career interest, science identity, and 21st century skills. More than 95% of program facilitators felt their students made significant improvements in skills and confidence in math, science, and social settings. Further, afterschool and out of school programs can almost double the time that some students have to question, tinker, learn and explore STEM topics.

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