Partnership Elevates Summer Search.

We are grateful for our partners and supporters — high schools, summer experience providers, corporate partners, foundations, and donors — who make Summer Searchers and their well-being a priority.

Let’s Collab for Summer Searchers.

Individual contributions keep us flying.

Your (yes, you reading this right here!) donation helps us better serve Summer Searchers and puts relationships and opportunities closer to their reach. Make your impact today.

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Next Up: School & Community Partners

Our school and community partners are the starting place for every Summer Search journey.

You introduce us to future Summer Searchers who will go on to graduate high school, chart their course, and become purpose-driven leaders in their communities.

Send your name, affiliation, and location to readyfly@summersearch.org and someone will be in touch!

Next Up: Corporate Partnerships

We partner with companies that care about our young people, our communities, and paths through the systemic obstacles that block equity for Summer Searchers.

Through a combination of employee engagement and financial investments, our partners foster relationships and offer industry expertise, contributing to a robust Summer Search community.

Contact Kara Leslie (kleslie@summersearch.org) for more.

Next Up: Foundations

Summer Search is proud to partner with foundations leading with humanity and focused on impact. Together, we affect positive change and empower equity for thousands of students.

We test our model, address the challenges, strengthen the things that work, and expand those with measurable impact.

We do this for Summer Searchers, their families, and our communities.

Contact Kara Leslie (kleslie@summersearch.org) for more.

Next Up: Summer Experience Partners

Partners in Experiential Learning

Our summer program partners provide the scholarships and equipment for the essential programs and opportunities that launch our high school sophomores and juniors into a brand-new way of seeing the world.

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Next Up: CONNECT

Summer Search CONNECT is our virtual community featuring People, Resources, and Opportunities, meticulously curated for our Summer Searchers.

Through CONNECT, Summer Searchers engage with peers and mentors, find career coaches, join groups, and share stories and knowledge to advance their personal and professional goals.

Our partners leverage CONNECT to recruit and engage with thousands of talented Summer Searchers. Contact Leslie Eichler to tailor a partnership solution with CONNECT.

Next Up: Individuals

March 7, 2024

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“Summer Searchers that stay with us are earning degrees, getting jobs, and finding their purpose in life.”

"Rakuten is immensely proud to support Summer Search's commitment to empowering students with skills and support to move past systemic obstacles and fulfill their potential. Working with their team has been a profoundly enriching experience. It’s humbling to be a collaborator with Summer Search on their heartfelt mission to equip students with skills and knowledge that will transform their lives and build secure futures."

— Elizabeth, University Recruiting Program Lead, Rakuten International

"I have witnessed how transformational [Summer Search] is for young people. I saw students that were struggling to find their place become leaders in and outside of school. I have watched former Summer Searchers become adults that are making a difference in their communities!"

— Jennifer, College & Career Readiness Specialist, Foster High School

Why Summer Search?

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"You should join Summer Search because you'll have a fun time and make good connections. "

— Jehan, Seattle Summer Searcher

"Choose Summer Search for the amazing connections that you're gonna make with people from all across the country for the endless support that we're gonna provide to you and all of the amazing life-changing experiences that you'll get to be a part of."

— Logan, Seattle staff

"Why summer search? Because here you can make friends that'll be with you for life."

— Kenyon, Bay Area Staff

"Because I've seen my students grow so much in a year and a half socially, emotionally, mentally, and just get to be in a special community with each other."

— Joshua, NYC Staff

"Summer Search has given me the courage to do anything that I put my mind up to it"

— Jana, NYC Summer Searcher

"There's something so wonderful about the Summer Search community where, aside from challenging you to grow, you are just always welcomed with open arms, and feel right at home."

— Dariela, NYC Alumna & Staff Alumna