Sponsorship Levels

This level is designed for those who want to help open doors for Black undergraduates, even if sponsoring a full scholar isn’t feasible. Your contribution directly supports program materials, technology access, virtual leadership labs, and micro-grants that remove everyday barriers students face. When many people give at this level, their collective impact strengthens the pathway and ensures that every scholar has what they need to succeed, no matter where they begin. Impact:  Every contribution at this level builds the foundation. Every dollar expands access. And every supporter strengthens the next generation of Black leaders. 

Become a Pathway Partner and fully sponsor one student’s leadership journey from start to finish. Your investment provides a scholar with complete access to the 12-week Explore–Lead–Succeed® pathway, all virtual leadership labs, personalized coaching touchpoints, and structured community engagement opportunities that help them apply their learning beyond the classroom.

Impact: Supports essential technology resources and contributes directly to the Leadership Development Scholarship (micro-grant fund), ensuring the student has everything they need to participate fully and thrive. As a Pathway Partner, you’re not just opening a door, you’re walking alongside a scholar as they grow into a Living Legacy™.

Join the Leadership Circle and strengthen your impact by supporting a small group of scholars who will grow, learn, and lead together. Your investment sponsors five full scholar pathways, ensuring each student has complete access to the 12-week Explore–Lead–Succeed® experience, virtual leadership labs, coaching support, and meaningful community engagement opportunities.

Your contribution also fuels five micro-grant allocations and enables five community-based impact projects across different U.S. regions.

Impact:
You’re not just funding pathways, you’re helping build a nationwide network of young leaders who uplift one another and lead with purpose.

Your sponsorship covers 10 full-scholar pathways, expanded virtual leadership labs, enhanced student support, and 10 micro-grant allocations that help scholars remove barriers and stay on track. Your investment empowers Black undergraduates to lead with confidence, purpose, and a deepened sense of legacy that extends far beyond the program year.  Impact: Builds a national pipeline of 10 skilled and empowered student leaders. 

This is the sustaining force behind Black Scholar Academy™. Your contribution includes: Full funding for 25 scholars across all three phases, Leadership Development Scholarships, student technology + accessibility support, community engagement and regional meet-ups, assessment, data reporting, and institutional impact summaries. Impact: Fully funds a nationwide cohort for an entire year, changing 25 lives and contributing to a long-term collective legacy.

For donors, foundations, and institutions that want to create transformational change. Custom gifts support: Multi-year cohort funding, National scholar recruitment, Leadership summits, Increased micro-grant allocations, research, assessment, and impact innovation: Impact: Builds sustained access, programming power, and a long-term national pipeline of Black leaders.