THE CONCEPT
WE Endeavor / World Education Endeavor is a 501c3 making the American dream more accessible by helping to close the opportunity gap. Income inequality in the U.S. is the highest of all the G7 nations. Elite networks are usually the only gateway to career opportunities. Students enter the job market with extraordinarily low salaries and crushing debt. 42.9 million graduates are carrying $1.57 trillion in student debt. With $1,500 average rent in major U.S. cities, unpaid or even low paid internships are only feasible for applicants with family wealth supporting them. With 22.2 million jobs lost in 2020, businesses need funding to train new staff.
We are developing a disruptive app that delivers unprecedented access to opportunity creating a dynamo of upward mobility through 3 main activities:
LEARN: Students find educational *opportunities to follow their passion. They find patrons and brand sponsors that give them the resources they need to succeed.
*opportunities = apprenticeships, mentorships, classes, entry level jobs
TEACH: Students become successful professionals and create educational opportunities in their places of business to share their passion.
SPONSOR: People follow, donate and give resources to students and teachers that inspire them. Successful alumni enthusiastically give back to the organization that empowered their career. Brands are able to use our app to find inspiring stories of people following their dreams to sponsor. Brands create content with the programs that connect with their audience.
The pandemic has exposed the systemic issues that prevent many Americans from accessing the American dream in a meaningful way. WE Endeavor offers brands an opportunity to support growing social justice movements and in doing so authentically connect with their customers through cause sponsorship.
“According to Accelerist’s 2020 Trend Report “Cause sponsorship is predicted to reach $2.23 billion in 2019, a projected increase of 4.6% over 2018.
THE APP
WE Endeavor is a match-making app that connects disenfranchised students to educational or job opportunities by mutual passions and empowers them with the resources they need to participate in the American dream.
It's A Match-Making App For Mutual Passions
WE Endeavor connects students to educational *opportunities, teaching professionals to students and sponsors / brands to programming by their shared passions.
*Opportunities = after school programs, tutoring, apprenticeships, mentorships, on-the-job training, entry level jobs, union journeyman programs
A Talent Acquisition App
Businesses and brands empower promising new talent on their journey to become their best self. Small businesses can raise tax deductible funds to train and pay new employees making it more cost effective to create new jobs.
A Fundraising App
Donors can search within their interests and give to students following their passion as well as teaching professionals creating educational opportunities. Because WE Endeavor is a 501c3 all giving is tax deductible.
A Video Streaming App
Follow inspiring stories of students and teaching professionals achieving their goals. Video content is created by users, brand sponsors and local business sponsors.
An E-Commerce Store
Like most crowdfunding apps fundraisers offer product gifts for patronage. Users buy products made by our students and professionals knowing that their money is funding projects that they are inspired by.
THE TEAM
Anthony Fatato, Founder: Anthony is an artist and innovator with 20 years experience in concept and brand development for international brands, film productions and commercials. He founded WE Endeavor in 2008 empowering multiple education organizations to launch and maintain services for over a decade.
Katina Mercadante, Co-Founder / Strategic Consultant: A commercial director on the forefront of socially responsible marketing. Katina specializes in strategic thinking to maximize creativity and innovation for non-fiction film, television, and commercials with socially responsible narratives for big brands like Disney, Walmart, American Greetings, Facebook etc. http://www.themercadantes.com
Robin Calif, Development Consultant: Robin is a senior communications strategist with more than 25 years of experience in internal / external communications and organizational change. For more than a decade, she served as chief of staff for the New York City headquarters of the world's largest public relations firm. She’s worked with start-ups, Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits, including the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. and Children International.
Jillaine Berardi, Education Consultant: Jillaine is "Director of Learning and Design for the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning Student-Based Programs" at Ulster BOCES (Board of Cooperative Education Services). Jillaine manages 3 schools serving eight public schools in Ulster.
Alyssa Wyscoff, Operations Consultant: Global communication professional with more than 20 years of experience in corporate communications, internal communications and public relations in both in-house and agency roles. Develop and execute strategic external and internal communication programs in support of business objectives.
Patrick Meagher, Development Consultant: Artist, Curator and art organizer, Patrick builds and nurtures communities of patrons, artist and social activists.
William Skody, CPA: Maintaining non profit compliance