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Preparing Black, Latino, & low-income students for top colleges & community-centered leadership since 2009. Working to serve 2,025 more students by 2025.
Overview
Location
United States, Delaware, Wilmington
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$300K
Founded date
2009
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 6
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| Mar 12, 2021 | Did Delaware really ‘Do More’ for people-of-color-led nonprofits during its annual day of giving? | The results are in for Delaware’s annual day of giving — Do More 24 — and the prevailing sentiment is that Delawareans showed up big time for the nonprofit community. The nearly $2 million haul from this year’s 24-hour giving period, held M... |
| Dec 3, 2020 | During a disrupted year, here’s how TeenSHARP is reaching more college-interested students | When COVID-19 hit last spring, forcing schools to close for the rest of the year, high school seniors got a lot of attention for a senior year full of canceled milestones. No prom, no senior trips and no graduation ceremony as we knew them.... |
| Jun 26, 2020 | 1440 Film Co. unveils its first Project Giveback video on TeenSHARP signing day | Mike Pfeifer, founder of 1440 Film Co., launched his film production company in January 2019 with a mission: A percentage of the earnings from every client project would go toward a fund to be used to tell the story of one local nonprofit, ... |
| Aug 10, 2017 | TeenSHARP receives $10,000 contribution from Navient Foundation | TeenSHARP, the intensive college preparation program for underserved students that launched its Delaware program in 2015, has received $10,000 from the Navient Foundation, according to the Delaware Chamber of Commerce. The chamber posted th... |
| Jul 10, 2015 | How two ‘data geeks’ founded an education nonprofit for low-income students | Back in the mid-2000s, Atnre Alleyne and Tatiana Poladko were pursuing their master’s degrees in public administration at Rutgers’ Camden campus. The two met while working on crime data analysis project for a local nonprofit. Between their ... |
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FAQ about Teensharp
When was Teensharp founded?
Teensharp was founded in 2009.
How much funding has Teensharp raised?
Teensharp has raised $300K in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Teensharp?
Parsers VC has collected 6 articles mentioning Teensharp, among them “Did Delaware really ‘Do More’ for people-of-color-led nonprofits during its annual day of giving?” (Mar 12, 2021) and “During a disrupted year, here’s how TeenSHARP is reaching more college-interested students” (Dec 3, 2020).
Is Teensharp still active?
Yes, Teensharp is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 9, 2021.