Spark Program

Spark's mission is to provide life-changing apprenticeships to youth in underserved communities across the United States. 

 

Spark operates summer and after-school programs that match students with apprenticeships in professions of their choice at local workplaces in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.

Spark's Chris Balme Wins Prestigious Ashoka Fellowship!

Chris Balme, Spark's Executive Director, recently won the prestigious Ashoka Fellowship, among the highest honors for social entrepreneurs in the world. In recognition of Spark's innovative approach to combating the dropout crisis, this award puts Spark among the leading nonprofits worldwide reco... more