CODEXCEL

To understand the gender STEM gaps problem that CODEXCEL is solving, we must first understand the major problems affecting STEM success for underserved middle and high school students in this country, especially women and girls. Across the United States of America, high schools are understaffed and under resourced, leaving their students, specifically girls and minorities, unprepared for college entry or entry-level, STEM and construction jobs, which often overlooks our target communities.

Underperforming Schools are leaving students ill-prepared for post-secondary education:

• • Only 1 in 10 (10%) of high school graduates in 2013 earned a certificate or degree from a public 2-yr college in Texas within eight years.[3]
  • One out of five (20%) of high school graduates in 2013 earned a degree from a Texas public university within eight years. [3]
  • Less than half (50%) of Houston-area students enrolled in a CTE program in 2019-20.
  • In 2021 - 2022, Houston-area schools allocate an average of $3.66 per year for each student.[1][2]
  • Only 37% of HISD high schools were designated as college readiness schools.[1]
• Public Schools are becoming Post-Secondary Readiness Deserts for Minority Youth, Girls, and Young Adults: Minority enrollment in Houston-area public schools is 91% of the student body, which is far more than the Texas public school average of 73%, leaving minorities from underserved communities at a tremendous disadvantage for obtaining college and career preparation and training.
• Dropout Rate is at an All-Time High: The number of dropouts jumped 34 percent to 46,319 in the 2020-21 school year that was disrupted by COVID-19, from 34,477 two years prior. 

Sources:

• https://www.houstonisd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=48525&dataid=362423&FileName=Pace_46017_2021-2022_Facts_Figures_proof_3.pdf
• https://www.houstonisd.org/Page/195359
• https://www.understandinghouston.org/topic/education/post-secondary-education#career_military_readiness
• https://www.publicschoolreview.com/texas/houston

The Gender Gap in STEM

By the time students reach college, women are significantly underrepresented in STEM majors — only 21% of engineering majors are women while they account for only 19% of computer and information science majors.

Key factors perpetuating gender STEM gaps:

• Gender Stereotypes: STEM fields are often viewed as masculine, and teachers and parents often underestimate girls’ math abilities starting as early as preschool.
• Male-Dominated Cultures: Because fewer women study and work in STEM, these fields tend to perpetuate inflexible, exclusionary, male-dominated cultures that are not supportive of or attractive to women and minorities.
• Fewer Role Models: girls have fewer role models to inspire their interest in these fields, seeing limited examples of female scientists and engineers in books, media and popular culture. There are even fewer Black women role models in math and science.
• Math Anxiety: Teachers, who are predominantly women, often have math anxiety they pass onto girls, and they often grade girls harder for the same work, and assume girls need to work harder to achieve the same level as boys.

Source: https://www.aauw.org/resources...

Starting as early as elementary school, CODEXCEL provides a continuum of STEM training, college prep, and STEM success by exposing girls to STEM and continuing that object-oriented STEM training, certification, practicums, and apprenticeships throughout their middle and high school matriculation.

The CODEXCEL program trains girls and minority youth from underserved communities for college, jobs, and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (S.T.E.M.), creating local ecosystems of skilled individuals who uplift their communities, from underserved deserts to victorious villages.

To help fill open workforce positions with trained, skilled workers from underserved communities, the CODEXCEL training program works with a coalition of corporations, understaffed school districts, state workforce agencies, truancy courts, faith-based organizations, and other local and national non-profits to help underserved middle and high school girls and underrepresented youth earn industry-standard certifications while they are completing their high school education or G.E.D. Our goal is to assist 100% of our enrolled student techs in completing the following three goals before graduating from high school:

1. Complete an industry-standard tech or construction/real estate vocational certification.

2. Prepare for college or immediate hire into entry-level STEM and Construction careers.

3. Gain an opportunity to complete an industry apprenticeship or instructor assignment within one of our CODEXCEL course.

The Target Population Profile: Girls and underrepresented teens in Grades 7-12 from underserved communities, starting with the fastest growing county in the United States (Harris County, TX) in the next 2 years, regionally (Midwest, South, and Southwest US) in the next 5 years, and across the United States in the next 8-10 years.

CODEXCEL Engagement Goals

One-Year Plan (2023 - 2024): With the focus on securing strategic funding and partnerships with corporations, foundations, underserved Harris County schools and churches, our FY 2023 - 2024 engagement goals include:

• Presenting successful women and underrepresented minorities in STEM as the faces of engineering to train and mentor over 2000 elementary through high school students, especially girls.
• Bring our CODEXCEL afterschool and weekend programming to 1000+ students with a goal of 50/50 girl-to-boy ratio (year to date 250+ students have been).
• Train over 50 STEM teachers across Harris County, preparing them for STEM instruction distinctively to girls, minorities, and other traditionally underrepresented students
• Train and certify 100 middle and high school girls and other traditionally underrepresented students
• Give 20 students (including 10 girls) the opportunity to graduate from high school with an industry skill certificate or associates degree and part-time or seasonal employment with real estate, engineering, or construction firms in their local communities throughout Harris County.

Five-Year Plan (2023- 2028): With a focus on building strategic partnerships with national faith-based organizations, regional and national school districts, corporations, and state workforce agencies (i.e., Texas Workforce Commission), our five-year engagement goals include:

• Instruct over 20,000 students (including 10,000 girls) in CODEXCEL afterschool classrooms,
• Train and certifying 10,000 middle and high school students (including 5,000 girls), and
• Give 1,000 CODEXCEL students (including 500 girls) the opportunity to graduate from high school with an industry skill certificate or associates degree and part-time or seasonal employment with real estate, engineering, or construction firms in their local communities throughout the United States.

10-Year Plan (2023-2033): Through Strategic Virtual Classroom Technology, State Agency Partnerships, and VR/AR implementation, our 10-year (2033) engagement goal includes:

• Open state and national satellite chapters dedicated to training girls and other underrepresented students toward over 100,000 certifications per year and helping them to secure part-time employment and summer apprenticeships and internships with local real estate, engineering, and construction firms and corporations across North America.

CODEXCEL STAFF 

Our CODEXCEL Staff have over 250 years of collective professional success in STEM Careers. Furthermore, the diversity of our board of directors, advisory board, and staff directly reflect the communities that we serve. 

Staff 

•Tori Cole – Founder, Board Member, and Executive Director –a full-time volunteer unpaid position 

•Cheryl Cole (Retired | UNT Grad | Over 45 years of Logistics Director Exp.) –Board Member and Communications Director –a volunteer unpaid position 

•Ajalon Gibbs – Lead CODEXCEL Instructor and Curriculum Specialist; Former CODEXCEL student –a part time paid position 

•Azavan Gibbs –CODEXCEL Instructor, Former CODEXCEL student –a part time paid position

Other Executive Board Members – All volunteer, unpaid positions 

•Michael Cole (Retired | Over 40 of Technical Instrumentation Experience) –Training Advisor 

•Shavon Barrie (B.S. Eng Mgmt./Math, MBA | 15 years of PMO Exp.) -CODEXCEL Curriculum Specialist 

•TJ Tijani (B.S. Mech Eng| 10 years of Real Estate Exp.) - CODEXCEL Builders Curriculum Advisor

Advisory Board 

•Joel Garza (Retired Veteran | Certified Commercial Drone Pilot) -Consultant, a paid 1099 contract position 

•DajLeon Farr (BGS | Former NFL Player | 10 years of exp) -Marketing Advisor, an unpaid position

Impact Statement

• 2000+ students from 20+ schools in Harris County have been directly served through our afterschool program
• 100% of our active 2023 students have earned their FAA TRUST recreational drone pilot certification to code and pilot recreational drones
• Two students are enrolled in Associate degree programs and one is graduating in May 2023 as a dual-credit High school senior
• Galena Park ISD is providing classroom space for our Summer and Fall 2023 CODEXCEL classes and Afterschool STEM programming to over 500 elementary, middle, and high school students
• In partnership with Best Buy Geek Squad Academy, we are hosting the CODEXCEL Geek Squad Academy Summer Camp, the largest STE(A)M summer camp in east Harris County serving over 150 students.
• Partnering with South Union CDC to virtually train over 30 African girls and Black American teens how to 3D-print masks and mask accessories during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PROXIMITY

All of our board members have risen above similar backgrounds as our target students to become successful businessmen and women in our respective careers. All of our staff and board members live, work, socialize, and worship in the communities that we serve. Therefore, we encourage open interaction and receive continuous feedback from our target population on a daily basis.

By 2025, our goal is to open state and national satellite chapters with local, CODEXCEL-trained instructors dedicated to training CODEXCEL students toward over 100,000 certifications per year and helping them to secure part-time employment and summer apprenticeships and internships with local real estate, engineering, and construction firms and corporations across North America.

In March 2022, Tori Cole, donated a 2200-square-foot building to City Hope of St. Louis, Missouri to serve as our first Victory Village satellite campus, bringing the CODEXCEL training program to students and teachers in one of the most underserved areas in the city.

Over 2000 students (including 1000 girls) from 20+ schools, faith-based organizations, and other nonprofits in Harris County have been directly served through our afterschool program

100% of our six 2018 paid summer interns have graduated with a high school diploma and are now enrolled or have completed a post-secondary education, with most of them enrolled in a STEM degree program and serve as our CODEXCEL ambassadors within their perspective colleges, communities and industry corporations, nationwide.

45+ students have over 2000 coding hours, collectively

Solve and Tiger Global Impact Ventures can help Victory Village Inc expand our CODEXCEL programming in the following ways:

• LEARNING TECHNOLOGY & SOFTWARE: While we have received one-time operational and programming funding from our corporate sponsors such as Dow, Toyota, Best Buy, and Walmart, program expansion requires additional funding (monetary and in-kind) for technology and software licensing tools for the CODEXCEL program. We need laptops, technology, software licenses, higher speed wi-fi hotspots, virtual AR/VR learning technology, training kits, and license/certification exam prep software that will go directly to our students.
• SPACE LEASING: Currently, we primarily host the program on the iTECH Mobile Lab, a converted 40-foot metro bus that can accommodate only 15 - 20 students at one time. While the iTECH Mobile Lab is great for small Saturday classes, the growth plan of our CODEXCEL program requires more robust technology and larger rental spaces that can accommodate 30 - 200 students simultaneously for afterschool, summer camps, and extended weekend programming. We have secured a contract to expand our CODEXCEL program to classrooms through partnerships with a local school district, Galena Park ISD.
• 2023 CODEXCEL SUMMER CAMP: The support would help Victory Village host the 2023 GEEK SQUAD ACADEMY CODEXCEL Summer Camp in conjunction with Best Buy Geek Squad, in which we have committed to securing the space and at least 100 youth attendees from underserved communities. Furthermore, we need volunteer mobilization, along with website and social media marketing to reach and recruit over 150 students for the camp. This will be the largest STEM summer camp and the only one sponsored by Best Buy in east Harris County for 2023.

Tori Cole, Founder and Executive Director of Victory Village, grew up in one of the most dangerous communities in Harris County, TX. located on the far eastern boundary of Houston. This area is known as the "Ship Channel district" of the county and is characterized by illegal trades, STEM education and training deserts, and minorities make up 90% of its population. 

Ms. Cole remembers being 12 years old and her parents bought her first computer for Christmas. That was the one and only gift under the tree that year...period. What she did not know until later is that her parents sacrificed every other expense, including groceries just to buy that computer. That first computer sparked her interest so much so that she knew her future was in computer engineering. That computer and spark of hope made the nightly police sirens and sounds of gun shots less frightening as she became excited about her STEM future. 

Now, as a former tech entrepreneur, corporate executive for an international tech company, and a local youth pastor, Ms. Cole founded Victory Village and the CODEXCEL program to help share that same STEM hope with girls and underrepresented minority students from similar backgrounds as herself by training them for the skilled workforce while encouraging them to graduate from high school with a trade certification or associate’s degree.

Ms. Cole's past community leadership experiences include:

Youth Pastor, Unity Baytown Church

Past Lead Instructor of Houston Chapter, Black Girls Code

Past Pre-College Initiative Chair, National Society of Black Engineers

Past National Publications Chair, National Society of Black Engineers 

Past Regional Telecommunications Chair, National Society of Black Engineers 

THE CODEXCEL VALUE PROPOSITION

The CODEXCEL program is creating a local ecosystem for advancing girls and minority youth in the fields of computer science, engineering management, and other S.T.E.M. careers . We are training pre-teens and teens how to design & develop software and technology products, earn technical certificates and licenses, gain equity on their product portfolio, and have the potential to earn up to six figures in income to help their families with household expenses while completing their high school education without needing to falling into illegal trades. By 2025, our goal is to assist at least 100% of our projected 100 CODEXCEL graduates in securing full-time employment with local small businesses, corporate sponsors, and STEM trainer positions within the CODEXCEL program. 

Furthermore, another goal is to develop and train STEM teachers and parent volunteers in underfunded schools on how to teach girls and other underrepresented students through object-oriented classes in creative environments that inspire ingenuity. By doing so, we are helping to create open, inclusive spaces for girls and underrepresented students to learn and thrive in STEM without the fear of being marginalized or castigated as abnormal by peers and teachers.

With this program, we are creating "village" model that other similar non-profits and school districts are already imitating throughout this nation and internationally. We are changing the landscape of how our youth learn STEM, train in STEM, and develop into STEM professionals that give back to future generations. In fact, we are partnering with City Hope in St. Louis and The BRIDGE in Harrisburg, PA to enact CODEXCEL satellite campuses to expand our program nationwide. Furthermore, we are working with South Houston CDC to expand our program virtually into satellite campuses and households in Africa, training girls on how to design and build technologies through 3D printing and Virtual/ Augmented Reality.

Impact Statement

Since our inception in 2017, our Victory Village staff members have successfully impacted our students in the following ways:

Afterschool and Summer Programming (2017 – 2021, prior to CODEXCEL establishment in 2022)

• 2000+ students from 20+ schools in Harris County have been served through our afterschool program
• 100% of our 2018 paid summer interns have graduated with a high school diploma and are now enrolled or have completed a post-secondary education, with most of them enrolled in a STEM degree program
• 45+ students have over 2000 coding hours, collectively
• 100% of our active 2023 students have earned their FAA TRUST recreational drone pilot certification to code and pilot recreational drones
• Our students are competing and winning in regional STEM academic competitions
• Two students are enrolled in Associate degree programs
• A former student now serves as our CODEXCEL PREP class instructor, earning a paid apprenticeship position before his high school graduation. 

CODEXCEL Service Expansion Plan

One-Year Plan (2023 - 2024): With the focus on securing strategic funding and partnerships with corporations, foundations, underserved Houston-area schools and churches, our FY 2023 - 2024 goals include:

• Bring our CODEXCEL afterschool and weekend programming to 1000+ students (year to date 250+ students have been)
• Train and certify 100 middle and high school students
• Give 10 CODEXCEL students the opportunity to graduate from high school with an industry skill certificate or associates degree and part-time or seasonal employment with real estate, engineering, or construction firms in their local communities throughout Harris County.

Five-Year Plan (2023- 2028): With a focus on building strategic partnerships with national faith-based organizations, Houston-area schools, corporations, and state workforce agencies (i.e., Texas Workforce Commission), our five-year goals include:

• Instruct over 20,000 students in CODEXCEL afterschool classrooms,
• Train and certifying 10,000 middle and high school students, and
• Give 1,000 CODEXCEL students the opportunity to graduate from high school with an industry skill certificate or associates degree and part-time or seasonal employment with real estate, engineering, or construction firms in their local communities throughout the United States.

Through Strategic Virtual Classroom Technology, State Agency Partnerships, and VR/AR implementation, our goal includes:

• Expand CODEXCEL throughout the state of Texas and beyond
• Become the premiere non-profit STEM workforce training program for middle and high school students nationwide
• Open state and international satellite chapters dedicated to training CODEXCEL students toward over 100,000 certifications per year and helping them to secure part-time employment and summer apprenticeships and internships with local real estate, engineering, and construction firms and corporations across the world.

These are the following indicators that Victory Village will use to measure the progress of our goals:

Proportion of CODEXCEL-trained teachers that pass state STEM instructor certification, per grade level(s)

Proportion of girls taught by our CODEXCEL-teachers that pass state STEM exam in comparison with girls taught by non-CODEXCEL teachers, per grade level(s)

Proportion of CODEXCEL students that pass state STEM exam in comparison with students taught by non-CODEXCEL teachers, per grade level(s)

Grade Averages of CODEXCEL students in comparison with non-CODEXCEL students, per grade level(s)

Graduation Rate of CODEXCEL students in comparison with non-CODEXCEL students matriculating in same schools, per grade level(s)

Ratio of girls to boys that pass STEM certifications at or above 50%

Enrollment Ratio of girls to boys in CODEXCEL afterschool programs at or above 50%

Enrollment Increase of students in CODEXCEL afterschool programs and STEM classes - locally, nationally, and internationally

Increased student positivity response towards STEM in CODEXCEL surveys between CODEXCEL program start and end dates

Increased student STEM proficiency between CODEXCEL program start and end dates

Increase in satellite campuses - regionally, nationally, and internationally.

THE CODEXCEL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

The VICTORY VILLAGE CODEXCEL training programming consist of the following activities, outputs, short-term and long-term outcomes:

CODEXCEL PREP Training Cohort – A year-long computer science development program for middle and high school students.

Outputs: 

• Middle and High School Students learn the basic in computer software and engineering.

Short-term (1-year) Outcome:

• Train and certifying 100 middle and high school students
• Graduate over 10 students and provide them an opportunity for a paid apprenticeship or instructor position

Long-term (5-year) Outcome:

• Train and certifying 10,000 middle and high school students
• Graduate over 1,000 students and provide them an opportunity for a paid apprenticeship or instructor position

CODEXCEL Plus Training Track - A year-long advanced computer science certification and apprenticeship program for high school students.

Outputs: 

• High School Students learn and earn industry certifications in advanced computer science, engineering, and project management.

Short-term (1-year) Outcome:

• Train and certify 100 middle and high school girls in technical skills outlined by top STEM corporations and industry

Long-term (5-year) Outcome:

• Train and certify 10,000 middle and high school students
• Graduate over 1,000 students and provide them an opportunity for a paid apprenticeship or instructor position

CODEXCEL Builders Training Track – A year-long construction and energy industry inspection development program for high school students.

Outputs: 

• High School Students learn and earn industry certifications in construction technology and project management.

Short-term (1-year) Outcome:

• Train and certify 100 middle and high school girls in construction and real estate vocational skills outlined by top industry players

Long-term (5-year) Outcome:

• Train and certifying 10,000 middle and high school girls
• Graduate over 1,000 students and provide them an opportunity for a paid apprenticeship or instructor position

CODEXCEL Youth Summer Camps and STEM Afterschool Days – Host camps and afterschool classes for youth and teens to learn entrepreneurship principles, software/hardware programming, and technology product design through instructor-led classes and guided projects.

Outputs: 

• Elementary through High School students learn STEM concepts through project participation and object oriented learning in inclusive environments

Short-term (1-year) Outcome:

• Bring our CODEXCEL afterschool and weekend programming to 1000+ students (year to date 250+ students have been)

Long-term (5-year) Outcome:

• Instruct over 20,000 students in CODEXCEL afterschool classrooms

iTECH Training Seminars - Host Computer Training, STEM Teacher Seminars, Financial Literacy, and Small Business Training classes for youth, parents, and families with educational partners.

Output: 

• Elementary through High School STEM teachers learn how to train and educate students in STEM while encouraging equity in the classroom and STEM careers.

Short-term (1-year) Outcome:

• Bring our CODEXCEL afterschool and weekend programming to 100+ teachers

Long-term (5-year) Outcome:

• Teachers Instruct over 20,000 students (including at least 10,000 girls) in CODEXCEL afterschool classrooms

Scaling the CODEXCEL Program to communities nationwide and internationally

Output:

• Through Strategic Virtual Classroom Technology, State Agency Partnerships, and VR/AR implementation, we are creating CODEXCEL satellite campuses.

Short-term (1-year) Outcome:

• Reach over 1,000 students through virtual classrooms.

Long-term (5-year) Outcome:

• Open state and international satellite chapters dedicated to certify 100,000 students per year

We will relay heavily on 3D printing, Drones, Robotic Kits, Circuitry System Kits, Virtual Reality, Augment Reality, and Virtual Conferencing software to train and enable our students to build full IoT and robotic systems.

Full-time Staff(Executive Director and Communications Director): 2

Part-time Staff (Instructors): 4

Contractors (Maintenance worker and Driver): 2

Victory Village Corp was established in April 2017, 6 years ago.

Tori Cole, the founder and Executive Director of Victory Village started  CODEXCEL afterschool classes in 2017 March through May 2017, 6 years ago.

CODEXCEL training and apprenticeship program under Victory Village Corp was implemented in June 2018, 5 years ago.

THE VICTORY VILLAGE DEI STATEMENT

Diversity: We value the diversity of the Victory Village Corp staff and Victory Village's larger community, and we believe that our staff should reflect the various communities we serve.

Equity: We engineer our systems, policies, and resources with the goal of providing people of all ethnicities and backgrounds a honest opportunity to work, live, and be successful in their respective livelihoods. 

Inclusion: We strive to foster a holistic environment for everyone to feel supported and included. Victory Village creates an inclusive atmosphere for underrepresented and underserved individuals to find a village of support within our organization committed to their success- financially, emotionally, and spiritually. We know that when solutions are developed with the entire village in mind, then we will see a positive structural change and promotion of inclusivity in the traditional constructs often characterized by gender and minority exclusivity. When this happens, it benefits everyone.

The CODEXCEL Training Program

To help fill open workforce positions with trained, skilled workers from underserved communities, Victory Village Corp offers the CODEXCEL training program, working with a coalition of corporations (like Dow, Walmart, Toyota, and Best Buy), understaffed schools, state workforce agencies, truancy courts, faith-based organizations, and non-profits to help underserved middle and high school students earn industry-standard certifications while they are completing their high school education or G.E.D. Our goal is to assist 100% of our enrolled student techs in completing an industry-standard certification and life skills training, preparing them for college or immediate hire into entry-level STEM and Construction jobs and apprenticeships after high school graduation. These certifications include but are not limited to FAA Part 107 Drone Pilot Licensing, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Certifications, and American Concrete Institute (ACI) Certifications.

CODEXCEL workforce trainings, internships, and apprenticeships will support the following industries:

• NAICS CODE 481219 - Other Nonscheduled Air Transportation
• NAICS CODE 541922 - Photographers Specializing in Aerial Photography
• NAICS CODE 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services
• NAICS CODE 518210 - Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
• NAICS CODE 541330 - Engineering Services
• NAICS CODE 23          - Construction
• NAICS Code: 541380 - Testing Laboratories

CODEXCEL training program, apprenticeships, and internships will support the following Middle Skill STEM Occupations - identified on the Texas Workforce Investment Council website as the leading occupations of the future for Gulf Coast Texas.

(Source: https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/organization/twic/STEM_Summary.pdf)

11-3021 Computer and Information Systems Manager

11-9021 Construction Managers

13-1051 Cost Estimators

15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations

15-1132 Software Developers, Applications

15-1133 Software Developers, Systems Software

15-1134 Web Developers

15-1141 Database Administrators

THE CODEXCEL PROGRAM SERVICES

The VICTORY VILLAGE CODEXCEL training programming will consist of the following programs:

CODEXCEL PREP Training Cohort – A year-long computer science development program for middle and high school students.

CODEXCEL Certification and Apprenticeship Tracks - Once students reach the age of 16 years (or receive a hardship work permit), we offer two CODEXCEL certification and industry apprenticeship tracks:

CODEXCEL Plus Training Track - A year-long advanced computer science certification and apprenticeship program for high school students. Track entrance is based upon skills and career assessment scoring for each student.

CODEXCEL Builders Training Track – A year-long construction and energy industry inspection development program for high school students. This track is starting Summer 2023.

 CODEXCEL Youth Summer Camps and STEM Days – Hosting camps and day-long classes for youth and teens to learn entrepreneurship principles, software/hardware programming, and technology product design through instructor-led classes and guided projects. Each camp will culminate with a Go-Live Day of presentation of the completed product or service for a local small business or non-profit organization.

iTECH Training Seminars - Hosting Computer Training, STEM Teacher Seminars, Financial Literacy, and Small Business Training classes for youth, parents, and families with educational partners. We currently host classes on our iTECH Mobile STEM Lab, a converted 40-foot former metro bus.

Victory Village Financial Contributions

TOTAL FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE SINCE 2017: $106,975 in grants and monetary donations

TOTAL SPONSORSHIP TO DATE (FINANCIAL, IN-KIND, AND PRO BONO) SINCE 2017: $194,475

Fundraising Strategy

While we have received one-time operational and programming funding from our corporate sponsors such as Dow, Toyota, Best Buy, and Walmart, we are currently working to gain more corporate sponsorship and funding through government entities and school districts.

Funding Alternatives

To meet our five-year expansion goal, Victory Village Corp is planning on leasing spaces within partner nonprofits and schools to host weekday and afterschool CODEXCEL trainings and programming, tripling the impact of our programming within two years. We realize that such programming will generate a need for more funding sources. Therefore, as a condition of our board membership, starting in FY 2023 each of board member has committed to donating $2000 each annually in personal funds and securing a minimum of $10000 in annual corporate, family, and friends’ donations for the lifetime of their membership. This totals to $72,000 in additional annual funding.

Year to Date Prior and Current Financial Sponsorship and Donations since 2019

2019

• ALBEMERLE CORPORATION: $3000 grant
• EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DONATIONS: $5000 in-kind and pro bono donations
• INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS: $5,000 in-kind and pro bono service donations
• THE BRYANT HERITAGE LLC: $15,000 in-kind and pro bono service donations
• THE COLE GROUP LLC: $10,000 in-kind and pro bono service donations
• HEB: $500 in-kind donation
• EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DONATIONS: $10000 in-kind and pro bono donations
• DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY: $25,000 grant
• EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DONATIONS: $20000 in-kind and pro bono donations
• INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS: $10,000 in-kind and pro bono service donations
• WALMART: $5,500 grant
• UNITY BAYTOWN CHURCH: $375 monetary donation
• EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DONATIONS: $10000 in-kind and pro bono donations
• WALMART: $2,000 grant
• NORTH HARRIS COUNTY ALUMNAE CHAPTER, DELTA SIGMA THETA INC. $600 monetary donation
• TOYOTA CORP: $10,000 grant
• PROJECT FLOURISH: $60,000 grant

2020

• INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS: $5,000 in-kind and pro bono service donations
• THE BRYANT HERITAGE LLC: $15,000 in-kind and pro bono service donations
• THE COLE GROUP LLC: $10,000 in-kind and pro bono service donations
• HEB: $500 in-kind donation
• EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DONATIONS: $10000 in-kind and pro bono donations
• DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY: $25,000 grant
• EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DONATIONS: $20000 in-kind and pro bono donations
• INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS: $10,000 in-kind and pro bono service donations

2021

• DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY: $25,000 grant
• EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DONATIONS: $20000 in-kind and pro bono donations
• INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS: $10,000 in-kind and pro bono service donations
• WALMART: $5,500 grant
• UNITY BAYTOWN CHURCH: $375 monetary donation
• EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DONATIONS: $10000 in-kind and pro bono donations
• WALMART: $2,000 grant
• NORTH HARRIS COUNTY ALUMNAE CHAPTER, DELTA SIGMA THETA INC. $600 monetary donation
• TOYOTA CORP: $10,000 grant
• PROJECT FLOURISH: $60,000 grant

2022

• WALMART: $5,500 grant
• UNITY BAYTOWN CHURCH: $375 monetary donation EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DONATIONS: $10000 in-kind and pro bono donations

2023

• WALMART: $2,000 grant
• NORTH HARRIS COUNTY ALUMNAE CHAPTER, DELTA SIGMA THETA INC. $600 monetary donation
• TOYOTA CORP: $10,000 grant
• PROJECT FLOURISH: $60,000 grant (pledged)

TOTAL FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE SINCE 2017: $106,975 in grants and monetary donations

TOTAL SPONSORSHIP TO DATE (FINANCIAL, IN-KIND, AND PRO BONO) SINCE 2019: $194,475