Invest in the Future - Sponsor Today

Invest in the Future - Sponsor a Student Today

Each sponsorship of $5,000 provides a first-generation, college-bound youth with interactive seminars (over 20 hours) on professionalism, college preparation, and civic engagement and ends with a paid internship. The internship (June 23 to July 22) can be at your company or a non-profit organization. Each $5,000 sponsorship covers a student’s wages, transportation stipend to seminars, insurance, and workers’ compensation, as well as management, materials, and staffing costs of the program.

Sponsor a student today! It is simple to provide a unique and impactful opportunity to make a difference in a young person's life through EHI.

Teach Democracy staff takes care of:

• recruiting potential candidates
• collecting applications
• screening candidates by reviewing applications and conducting first round of interviews
• from the screened potential candidates, scheduling 2nd round of interviews at the hosting sites 
• preparing selected students for their internship experience
• collecting paperwork (W-4 form, I-9 form, student work permit, etc.) from students
• collecting timesheets and handling the payroll (interns are Teach Democracy's employees)

Your sponsorship will make all the difference for a better future for enthusiastic, motivated, and hardworking high school students. Join the outstanding companies/firms and provide a unique and impactful opportunity to invest in the future through EHI today, sponsor a student.

Questions? Contact Lourdes Morales at lourdes@teachdemocracy.org or (213) 316-2125.