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Aspire2STEAM
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Aspire2STEAM
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aspire2steam.org
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Private
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2018
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Aspire2STEAM is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization founded in 2018 and headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa (with an Illinois-area-code phone contact), dedicated to funding scholarships for young women pursuing careers in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). The organization serves a single beneficiary segment — young women in STEAM — addressing financial barriers, mentorship gaps, and limited career connections through three integrated programs: Scholar Spotlights (scholarship funding with recognition-driven communications linking recipients to jobs and internships), Students4Students (a student-led governance model where scholars run aspects of the nonprofit to build entrepreneurial skills), and Sponsor-A-Student (a structured mentorship and sponsorship pairing between industry professionals and individual scholars).

Operationally, Aspire2STEAM runs with a 1-10 person team and reports cumulative impact of 137 students served across 53 universities, with 2,000 books purchased for scholars. The organization has no proprietary technology product or platform; its "products" are programmatic services rather than software. Distribution is direct-to-student via the aspire2steam.org website, with no app, API, or channel partners. The business model is donation-funded: the organization does not sell products or services and relies on charitable contributions processed through a PayPal fundraiser portal (charity ID 3651193). Marketing and outreach are conducted through organic social channels — YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram — used for scholar storytelling and donor engagement. No board composition, management team, funding rounds, partnerships, patents, regulatory actions, or audited financials are publicly disclosed, making the organization's institutional maturity and revenue base difficult to assess externally.

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Aspire2STEAM is a U.S. 501(c)-style nonprofit, founded in 2018, that provides scholarships, mentoring, and career connections for young women pursuing STEAM careers, operating three programs (Scholar Spotlights, Students4Students, Sponsor-A-Student) funded through individual donations processed via PayPal.

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HeadquartersAnkeny, United States
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Ankeny
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United States
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Keyword5 values
nonprofit scholarship funding, STEAM education support, women in STEM mentorship, scholarship program services, charitable education initiatives
Industry2 codes
1College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways)
CodeEDAAABAKPrimaryYes
2Entrepreneurship, Startup Incubation & Pitch Programs
CodeEDAMAKAKPrimaryNo
NAICS code1 code
  • Educational Support Services611710
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Educational Services8200
Product category
Nonprofit Education Scholarships
Social media profiles2 records
Marketing channels4 records

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Cost components3 values
Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel
GTM typeB2C
B2C
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Brand1 of 3 records shown
1Scholar Spotlights
Description

A distinctive scholarship program for young women in STEAM, highlighting their innovations and connecting them to career opportunities.

aspire2steam.org
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Core offering1 text field

Aspire2STEAM is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships, mentoring, and career connections for young women pursuing careers in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). The organization operates three interconnected programs—Scholar Spotlights, Students4Students, and Sponsor-A-Student—that combine tuition scholarships with mentoring, peer leadership opportunities, and industry professional mentorship to address the gender gap in STEAM fields.

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Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

Aspire2STEAM is a nonprofit organization (not a technology product company) that operates three interconnected programs: Scholar Spotlights provides scholarships with career connections and recognition for young women in STEAM fields; Students4Students enables student leadership within the nonprofit to build entrepreneurial skills; and Sponsor-A-Student pairs scholars with industry mentors through a sponsorship program. Together, these programs form a unified scholarship-and-mentorship ecosystem connecting students to jobs, internships, and scholarship opportunities.

Product and service3 records
1Scholar Spotlights
CategoryScholarship Program
2Students4Students
CategoryMentorship Program
3Sponsor-A-Student
CategoryMentorship Program
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Recent move5 records

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Expansion highlight4 records

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Peers10 records
1Million Women Mentors
TypeDirect peer
Description

Nonprofit focused on mentoring girls and women in STEM fields; directly comparable to Aspire2STEAM's mentorship-driven model for women in STEAM careers.

2Black Girls CODE
TypeDirect peer
Description

Nonprofit providing technology education and exposure for girls of color; comparable mission, similar small-team nonprofit structure, and overlapping STEAM scholarship and mentorship programming.

3Girls Who Code
TypeDirect peer
Description

Nonprofit dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology; shares Aspire2STEAM's women-in-STEAM mission and scholarship-adjacent programming, though at significantly larger scale.

4Scholarship America
TypeDirect peer
Description

Largest nonprofit scholarship administrator in the US; comparable scholarship-funding mission and nonprofit structure, though focused on scholarship administration rather than STEAM-specific mentoring.

5National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Coalition working to increase women's participation in computing; comparable women-in-STEAM education-and-career focus with mentorship and scholarship pathways, but at national scale.

6Girls Inc.
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

National nonprofit inspiring and equipping girls via after-school programming; overlaps in girls' empowerment and STEAM enrichment, though broader than Aspire2STEAM's scholarship focus.

7Step Up For Students
TypeDirect peer
Description

Nonprofit administering scholarships for K–12 students; comparable scholarship-distribution nonprofit model, though serving a different demographic and educational stage.

8Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Largest professional society for women in engineering with scholarship programs; comparable scholarship-plus-career-connection model but operates at far greater scale across many STEAM disciplines.

9AnitaB.org
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Nonprofit focused on women in computing with scholarships, mentoring, and career programs; directly comparable in scholarship-plus-mentorship structure but with broader institutional backing.

10National Girls Collaborative Project
TypeDirect peer
Description

Network connecting organizations serving girls in STEM; comparable focus on girls-in-STEAM programming and pipeline-building with shared audience of scholars, mentors, and program operators.

Market position
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Weaknesses4 records

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Competitive moat3 records

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Key risks5 records

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Key highlights5 records

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Aspire2STEAM

Nonprofit Education Scholarshipsaspire2steam.org

Aspire2STEAM is a U.S. 501(c)-style nonprofit, founded in 2018, that provides scholarships, mentoring, and career connections for young women pursuing STEAM careers, operating three programs (Scholar Spotlights, Students4Students, Sponsor-A-Student) funded through individual donations processed via PayPal.

What Aspire2STEAM does

Aspire2STEAM is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization founded in 2018 and headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa (with an Illinois-area-code phone contact), dedicated to funding scholarships for young women pursuing careers in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). The organization serves a single beneficiary segment — young women in STEAM — addressing financial barriers, mentorship gaps, and limited career connections through three integrated programs: Scholar Spotlights (scholarship funding with recognition-driven communications linking recipients to jobs and internships), Students4Students (a student-led governance model where scholars run aspects of the nonprofit to build entrepreneurial skills), and Sponsor-A-Student (a structured mentorship and sponsorship pairing between industry professionals and individual scholars).

Operationally, Aspire2STEAM runs with a 1-10 person team and reports cumulative impact of 137 students served across 53 universities, with 2,000 books purchased for scholars. The organization has no proprietary technology product or platform; its "products" are programmatic services rather than software. Distribution is direct-to-student via the aspire2steam.org website, with no app, API, or channel partners. The business model is donation-funded: the organization does not sell products or services and relies on charitable contributions processed through a PayPal fundraiser portal (charity ID 3651193). Marketing and outreach are conducted through organic social channels — YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram — used for scholar storytelling and donor engagement. No board composition, management team, funding rounds, partnerships, patents, regulatory actions, or audited financials are publicly disclosed, making the organization's institutional maturity and revenue base difficult to assess externally.

Aspire2STEAM firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Aspire2STEAM
Legal name
Aspire2STEAM
Website
https://aspire2steam.org
Company type
Private
Founded year
2018
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
1–10 employees
Short description
Aspire2STEAM is a U.S. 501(c)-style nonprofit, founded in 2018, that provides scholarships, mentoring, and career connections for young women pursuing STEAM careers, operating three programs (Scholar Spotlights, Students4Students, Sponsor-A-Student) funded through individual donations processed via PayPal.
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Aspire2STEAM industry classification

Industry
Product category
Nonprofit Education Scholarships
NAICS
Educational Support Services (611710)
SIC
Services-Educational Services (8200)
akta.pro primary industry
College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways) (EDAAABAK)
akta.pro secondary industry
Entrepreneurship, Startup Incubation & Pitch Programs (EDAMAKAK)

Keywords

  • Nonprofit scholarship funding
  • STEAM education support
  • Women in STEM mentorship
  • Scholarship program services
  • Charitable education initiatives

Where Aspire2STEAM is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Ankeny
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Markets served

Aspire2STEAM business model

Business model
GTM type
B2C
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Aspire2STEAM product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Aspire2STEAM is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships, mentoring, and career connections for young women pursuing careers in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). The organization operates three interconnected programs—Scholar Spotlights, Students4Students, and Sponsor-A-Student—that combine tuition scholarships with mentoring, peer leadership opportunities, and industry professional mentorship to address the gender gap in STEAM fields.

Product overview

Aspire2STEAM is a nonprofit organization (not a technology product company) that operates three interconnected programs: Scholar Spotlights provides scholarships with career connections and recognition for young women in STEAM fields; Students4Students enables student leadership within the nonprofit to build entrepreneurial skills; and Sponsor-A-Student pairs scholars with industry mentors through a sponsorship program. Together, these programs form a unified scholarship-and-mentorship ecosystem connecting students to jobs, internships, and scholarship opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

  • Scholar Spotlights: A distinctive scholarship program for young women in STEAM, highlighting their innovations and connecting them to career opportunities.
  • Students4Students
  • Sponsor-A-Student

Products and services

  • Scholar Spotlights
  • Students4Students
  • Sponsor-A-Student

Companies that use Aspire2STEAM

Customer profile

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Aspire2STEAM technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Aspire2STEAM partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Aspire2STEAM competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Million Women Mentors: Nonprofit focused on mentoring girls and women in STEM fields; directly comparable to Aspire2STEAM's mentorship-driven model for women in STEAM careers.
  • Black Girls CODE: Nonprofit providing technology education and exposure for girls of color; comparable mission, similar small-team nonprofit structure, and overlapping STEAM scholarship and mentorship programming.
  • Girls Who Code: Nonprofit dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology; shares Aspire2STEAM's women-in-STEAM mission and scholarship-adjacent programming, though at significantly larger scale.
  • Scholarship America: Largest nonprofit scholarship administrator in the US; comparable scholarship-funding mission and nonprofit structure, though focused on scholarship administration rather than STEAM-specific mentoring.
  • Step Up For Students: Nonprofit administering scholarships for K–12 students; comparable scholarship-distribution nonprofit model, though serving a different demographic and educational stage.
  • National Girls Collaborative Project: Network connecting organizations serving girls in STEM; comparable focus on girls-in-STEAM programming and pipeline-building with shared audience of scholars, mentors, and program operators.

Broad incumbents

  • National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT): Coalition working to increase women's participation in computing; comparable women-in-STEAM education-and-career focus with mentorship and scholarship pathways, but at national scale.
  • Girls Inc. National nonprofit inspiring and equipping girls via after-school programming; overlaps in girls' empowerment and STEAM enrichment, though broader than Aspire2STEAM's scholarship focus.
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE): Largest professional society for women in engineering with scholarship programs; comparable scholarship-plus-career-connection model but operates at far greater scale across many STEAM disciplines.
  • AnitaB.org: Nonprofit focused on women in computing with scholarships, mentoring, and career programs; directly comparable in scholarship-plus-mentorship structure but with broader institutional backing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Aspire2STEAM social profiles

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Aspire2STEAM leadership team

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Aspire2STEAM funding detail

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Investors

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Aspire2STEAM M&A and investment

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Investments

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Frequently asked questions about Aspire2STEAM

What does Aspire2STEAM do?

Aspire2STEAM is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships, mentoring, and career connections for young women pursuing careers in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). The organization operates three interconnected programs—Scholar Spotlights, Students4Students, and Sponsor-A-Student—that combine tuition scholarships with mentoring, peer leadership opportunities, and industry professional mentorship to address the gender gap in STEAM fields.

Is Aspire2STEAM a public or private company?

Aspire2STEAM is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.

When was Aspire2STEAM founded?

Aspire2STEAM was founded in 2018. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Aspire2STEAM based?

Aspire2STEAM is headquartered in Ankeny, United States, in the North America region.

Who are Aspire2STEAM's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Million Women Mentors, Black Girls CODE, Girls Who Code, Scholarship America, Step Up For Students and National Girls Collaborative Project. Broad incumbents are National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), Girls Inc., Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and AnitaB.org.

Does Aspire2STEAM have an API?

No public API is recorded for Aspire2STEAM.

What industry is Aspire2STEAM in?

Aspire2STEAM's product category is Nonprofit Education Scholarships. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAAABAK, College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways), with a secondary code of EDAMAKAK, Entrepreneurship, Startup Incubation & Pitch Programs. Its NAICS code is 611710 and its SIC code is 8200.

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