How the money moves

1. A company gives

   A company, foundation, or grant program funds a named cost: a summer of rent, a stipend, a book budget, a journal fee.

2. We match it to a student

   A student with an unpaid position applies. We check the position with the lab, agree the costs, and pay them.

3. The student does the research

   The student works the hours the lab needs. The company hears what its gift paid for.

Where the money comes from

Two places: companies and grant programs. Companies give because they hire from the research pipeline, or because they fund economic opportunity where they operate. Grant programs fund us for the same reason. We write every proposal ourselves.

Where the money goes

Band widths show the order of spending, largest first. They are not audited shares.

Most of it pays for student housing during unpaid research positions. A large share pays journal fees, so finished work gets published. The rest pays stipends, books, and preparation. The full list is on what we fund, and the giving pages show where the money goes.

What we leave out

We do not run courses. We do not sell test prep or admissions help. We do not buy advertising. Every dollar spent on marketing is a dollar that does not reach a student, so we stay small and keep the team to a handful of college students.

Why corporate money

A student cannot raise $5,000 from strangers. A student-run nonprofit with a record and a clear use of funds can ask a company for it. We take on the fundraising so the student can do the research. We focus on companies because one gift covers one whole position, and because the companies that hire scientists have a reason to care who becomes one.

What a company hears back

We tell each company what its gift paid for: the kind of position, the costs covered, and what the student produced.