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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— Elizabeth, University Recruiting Program Lead, Rakuten International

"To this day, I wear a bracelet on my wrist which I earned from my trip. It’s a reminder that leadership is about service—a lesson I learned through my Summer Search journey."

— Jamal, NYC Alum

"Because Summer Search helps you open your eyes to new opportunities. It helps you grow your mind and meet new people and get yourself out there. It helps you learn more about people in your community. "

— Evelyn, NYC Summer Searcher

"Summer Search taught me authenticity, self-determination, and agency."

— Kati, Boston Alumna

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

— Kenyon, Bay Area Staff

"You should join Summer Search because there's nothing more powerful than having a group of people believe in you, sometimes, even more than you believe in yourself."

— Nick, National Staff

" I love Summer Search because they provide you with an extra like area of support, through high school and beyond. "

— Hawi, Seattle Summer Searcher

"You should join Summer Search because you get amazing mentors, amazing help, and you get to make really cool, lifelong friends and you get to travel for free somewhere really cool."

— Edan, Seattle Summer Searcher