K⋅LAB

NONPROFIT CREATION WORKSHOP

All K⋅LAB students begin by attending either the Startup Workshop or the Nonprofit Creation Workshop. Select students are then invited to join the year-long Young Entrepreneur Fellowship.

1-week NONPROFIT creation workshop

  • Rising 10th-12th grade students start a nonprofit to make a difference in their community

  • Identify a problem, create an effective solution, build a website, and launch a fundraising campaign

  • Get expert mentoring from an Ivy League social entrepreneur

  • Collaborate with a talented, elite peer group

  • Successful students earn a personalized letter of recommendation from K⋅LAB's CEO, Catherine Killingsworth (Yale '08) and receive an invitation to K⋅LAB's year-long Young Entrepreneur Fellowship Program for Social Entrepreneurs.

workshop Facilitator

K⋅LAB workshops are designed and led by entrepreneur and educator Catherine Killingsworth. She earned a BA at Yale and an MBA at Quantic. In the course of her career, she has:

  • founded a nonprofit that was named one of the top 10 youth arts programs in the country by the President's Council on Arts and Humanities

  • led the creation of an accredited MBA program in Entrepreneurship and another in Strategic Leadership

  • served as a public school teacher and Dean of Curriculum and Instruction in the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System

Curriculum

Our engaging, interactive, project-based program teaches students about social entrepreneurship by having them build their own nonprofit! The five-day program includes:

  • Day 1: Identify a problem. Students will use a variety of idea generation strategies to come up with a specific, actionable problem that they are passionate about solving.

  • Day 2: Create a solution. Students will perform research, analyze real case studies of nonprofits, and use a variety of idea generation strategies to develop a creative and effective solution to their chosen problem.

  • Day 3: Set the timeline, goals, metrics, and budget. Students will collaborate to set ambitious but achievable goals for their organization using our templates for planning, measurement, and budgeting.

  • Day 4: Develop an organizing & fundraising strategy. Students will learn the principles of effective community organizing and fundraising as they create strategies for their own nonprofit.

  • Day 5: Pitch your strategic plan. Students will create a short presentation to pitch their nonprofit to potential donors. And, they'll compete in the session Pitch Competition!


dATES, LOCATIONS, & sESSIONS

All sessions will be offered in person in the metro Atlanta area. We are currently enrolling for three sessions in summer of 2022: June 6-10, June 13-17, and July 11-15. We encourage students to apply for all sessions that they may be able to attend in order to improve their chances of acceptance.

Workshops will take place during the summer of 2022 in the metro Atlanta and greater Savannah area. To receive an invitation and further enrollment information, please fill out this form.

tuition & Financial aid

Tuition varies by location, and limited needs-based financial aid is available. Please contact admin@klab.school for more information.

Money-back guarantee: If your student attends every day, participates fully in all assignments, and doesn't leave with a viable business plan and pitch, we will fully refund their tuition.

contact

Reach out to us at admin@klab.school with any questions, or to schedule a call.