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Rise supports promising young people and provides them with opportunities that allow them to work together to serve others over their lifetimes.

The program offers support that may include need-based scholarships, mentorship, networking, access to career development opportunities, and the potential for additional funding as Rise Fellows work toward solving humanity’s most pressing problems.

What makes Rise Different?

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Rise supports a life of service.

We support promising young people and provide them with opportunities that allow them to work together to serve others over their lifetimes.

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Rise is a global community.

If one person alone can change the world, imagine what a network of exceptional people can do together throughout their lives. That is the vision of Rise.

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Rise looks for talent.

We look for talent, in whatever form it takes, wherever it is in the world.

Rise Fellows receive benefits to help them scale their impact.

Benefits offered to Fellows may include the following:

Residential Summit

One fully-funded in-person residential summit with other members of the cohort.

Higher Education Scholarships

A four-year, post-secondary education scholarship, including tuition and a living stipend, based on need and where not already covered by financial aid.

Funding for Ideas on a Competitive Basis

Opportunity to apply for funding to experiment with innovative ideas to address major problems in local communities or around the world—ranging, for example, from seed money to start a social enterprise to a grant for a non-profit. Funds are available competitively to Fellows and Finalists.

Network Matching

Access to a network of other Fellows, community members and partner organizations, as well as career development programming.

Starter Technology Packages

A technology package, such as a laptop or tablet, to be determined and issued immediately before or during the first semester/term of post-secondary education.

Specific benefits may vary as new opportunities become available. The program may provide additional benefits and services to Fellows and members of the broader Rise community depending on need and funding. These may include the opportunity to apply for scholarships for a graduate degree; access to partner opportunities; and additional convenings, whether virtual or in person, for network members to work on areas of common interest.