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Provide Free Transformative Education to Young Men

Homicide is the leading cause of death for African-American males ages 10-24. (CDC)

Nearly 4,000 black male youth are murdered each year in the US.  (CDC)

Black Males under 24 are incarcerated more than any other group in the US.

SAVE Institute has a transformative education model for middle and high school boys, that is tuition-free, and aims to drastically reduce these statistics.  

SAVE is an acronym that stands for Service, Agriculture, Vocational Training, and Entrepreneurship.  These 4 elements come together as a formula to foster a sense of purpose and pave a path to prosperity for young men.  

SAVE Institute is a tuition-free private school for black boys grades 6th-12th grade. This fall, SAVE will be embarking upon its 4th school year.

Your contributions allow for these students to attend the school tuition-free.  

SAVE Institute Middle & High School is an innovative and accelerated alternative to traditional school that allows for students to learn academics through projects, life experiences, agriculture, vocational training and implementing business enterprises.   At an accelerated pace, students are able to complete middle school and earn a High School Diploma along with Agricultural and Vocational Trade Certifications, and a fully launched and developed business of their own. 

Students spend large portions of their school experience working within their vocational trade, working on our farms, leading service projects and piloting their own business ventures, with much less time sitting inside of classrooms than most traditional schools.   

By the time students graduate from SAVE Institute, they will not only have a diploma, but they will have also mastered a vocational trade, launched their own business, learned how to grow their own food, and will have designed and led community-centered service projects. They will return to their communities as leaders, with a renewed understanding of themselves, their purpose and their potential.