Twinspire: Together We Inspire

Name

Twinspire: Together We Inspire

Legal name

Twinspire: Together We Inspire

Website

https://twinspire.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Social Services / Nonprofit Youth Development

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Benefits Counseling & Financial Literacy for Transition-Age Youth (EDAKANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Independent Living Skills Training (ADLs/IADLs) (EDAKANAG), Youth-to-Adult Transition & Life Skills (Independent Living, Soft Skills) (EDAAAFAN)

Keywords

• Youth empowerment programs
• Financial literacy workshops
• Social-emotional learning
• Career readiness services
• Foster youth services

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Twinspire operates as a nonprofit organization (EIN: 84-1862747) funded primarily through donations from individuals and organizations. The website features a Donate button linking to a donation platform for supporting services throughout Los Angeles.
2. Partnerships and Grants: Funded through partnerships with government agencies including LACOE, Department of Mental Health, and Probation, as well as collaborations with educational institutions like UCLA and CSBA for summits and research briefs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Twinspire is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free, workshop-based empowerment programs for foster and system-impacted youth ages 13-30. Core offerings include Financial Empowerment Workshops, a Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Curriculum, Career Readiness programming, Social Justice Workshops, My Brother's Kitchen cooking classes, and Twinspire Hikes, delivered in person at partner schools, STRTPs, and probation sites, as well as virtually.

Product overview

Twinspire: Together We Inspire is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of youth empowerment programs delivered through in-person workshops, events, and outdoor experiences. The core offerings consist of six interconnected programs: Financial Empowerment Workshops (budgeting, credit, investing, savings), Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Curriculum (emotional intelligence, decision-making, healthy relationships), Career Readiness Program (resume building, interview prep, entrepreneurship), Social Justice Workshops (identity, equity, advocacy), My Brother's Kitchen Cooking Classes (in partnership with Heirloom LA), and Twinspire Hikes (mental wellness through outdoor activities). The organization also operates a merchandise shop. All programs target foster youth, system-impacted, and at-promise youth ages 13–30 across Los Angeles County, with services delivered at schools, STRTPs, community centers, probation sites, and partner organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Financial Empowerment Workshops Free in-person and virtual workshops that teach foster and system-impacted youth ages 13-30 foundational financial literacy skills, including money management, budgeting, saving, and credit. Designed for youth who often lack access to formal financial education.
• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Curriculum Structured social-emotional learning workshops that help foster and system-impacted youth build self-awareness, self-regulation, relationship skills, and resilience. Delivered at no cost to participants at partner sites and online.
• Career Readiness Program Free workshops preparing foster and system-impacted youth ages 13-30 for the workforce, covering job readiness, resume writing, interview preparation, and professional development. Targeted at youth transitioning out of care or the justice system.
• Social Justice Workshops Educational workshops that introduce foster and system-impacted youth to social justice concepts, civic awareness, and advocacy, helping them understand and engage with the systems affecting their lives.
• My Brother's Kitchen Cooking Classes Hands-on cooking classes that teach youth basic culinary skills, nutrition, and food preparation, while fostering community and life skills. Delivered free to foster and system-impacted youth participants.
• Twinspire Hikes Group outdoor hikes organized for foster and system-impacted youth that combine recreation with community building and wellness, providing access to nature-based experiences often unavailable to the target population.
• Twinspire Shop (Merchandise) Branded merchandise storefront selling Twinspire apparel and goods to supporters, with proceeds supporting the organization's free youth empowerment programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% of participants said they would recommend Twinspire's workshops to a friend or peer
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Heirloom LAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Heirloom LA is a Downtown LA catering company that partners with Twinspire for My Brother's Kitchen cooking class program. The partnership provides culinary training and life skills education for foster youth, with Heirloom LA's kitchen in Cypress Park serving as the venue for quarterly cooking classes.
• LACOE (Los Angeles County Office of Education)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership with Los Angeles County Office of Education to deliver programs reaching at-promise youth across Los Angeles County school districts.
• Los Angeles County Department of Mental HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership with the County's Department of Mental Health to provide holistic support services including mental wellness programming for foster and system-impacted youth.
• Los Angeles County Probation DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership with Probation to deliver programs at two probation sites serving youth under supervision.
• UCLAflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration with UCLA for the inaugural Financial Empowerment Summit in 2024. UCLA provided support and partnership for this flagship event that brought together foster youth for financial education. UCLA Alumni Now has featured the founders' foster youth success story.
• LA Parks and RecreationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner for the inaugural Financial Empowerment Summit, contributing recreational facilities and resources for the youth-focused event.
• Supervisor Holly MitchellflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaborated with LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell for the inaugural Financial Empowerment Summit supporting foster youth.
• CSBA (California School Boards Association)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwinspire contributed to CSBA's Students in Focus series with two briefs on foster youth in California's TK-12 education system, providing research and expertise on serving this population.
• Green Dot Public SchoolscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTwinspire delivers financial literacy and SEL workshops at five Green Dot schools in the Los Angeles area, providing direct programming to students.
• Children's InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome to Twinspire's first office location starting in 2024, providing physical space and potential referral pathways for families in Echo Park.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Mockingbird Society: Foster care reform nonprofit led by and for youth with foster experience, focused on advocacy, transition support, and lived-experience leadership. Comparable in lived-experience-driven model and foster-youth transition programming.
• Children's Institute: Los Angeles-based nonprofit providing child welfare, early childhood, and family services. Comparable as an LA child-welfare service provider and direct program partner of Twinspire (which opened its office at Children's Institute's Echo Park campus).
• John Burton Advocates for Youth: California-based nonprofit advocating for and serving current and former foster youth, with a strong policy and direct-service orientation. Comparable in California-specific foster-youth advocacy focus and government partnership model.
• iFoster: National nonprofit delivering resources, including financial-literacy and transition tools, to foster youth across the U.S. Highly comparable as a foster-youth-focused organization with multi-vertical programming serving a similar population.
• First Place for Youth: Bay Area/CA-based nonprofit providing housing, education, employment, and wellness support to transition-age foster youth. Comparable in serving the same foster-youth transition population with multi-vertical programming.
• California Youth Connection: California foster-youth-led advocacy organization focused on improving the foster care and juvenile justice systems. Comparable as a California foster-youth empowerment and social-justice education organization.
• Alliance for Children's Rights: Los Angeles-based legal and social services nonprofit for children in foster care and system-impacted youth. Comparable as an LA-based child-welfare/transition services provider serving overlapping populations.

Others

• Tipping Point Community: Bay Area/CA-focused poverty-fighting philanthropic organization that funds and supports high-impact nonprofits serving low-income communities. Relevant as a potential funder/ecosystem partner for foster-youth and system-impacted youth programming in California.

Emerging players

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles: LA-based youth-mentoring nonprofit pairing mentors with youth facing adversity. Comparable in community-based mentoring for at-promise youth in Los Angeles, though broader in scope and not foster-youth-specific.

Broad incumbents

• National Youth Advocate Program: National nonprofit providing community-based services including foster care, mental health, and youth transition support. Comparable in serving foster and system-impacted youth with multi-vertical programming, but operates at much larger national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@twinspiretv
• Facebookfacebook.com/TwInspire
• Instagraminstagram.com/twinspire_/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/twinspire-together-we-inspire

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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