Women Of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program

What Women Of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program does

Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program, Inc. is a Florida-incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1997 by Jennifer Valoppi and the late Don Browne. The organization operates a group-mentoring program pairing highly accomplished professional women mentors (doctors, lawyers, judges, entrepreneurs, executives) with cohorts of 10–15 at-risk high school girls selected by partner public schools in South Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties) and Metro Detroit. Programming is delivered in-school during school hours and is reinforced by career-focused campus tours and field trips, a college scholarship fund (over $9.5M awarded to 3,000+ students since 2000), and a post-graduation alumnae network (WOT Connects) that provides job/internship listings, peer mentoring, and recurring virtual educational events. The organization reports serving 168 public high schools, a network exceeding 350 professional women mentors, and a 99% high school graduation rate among mentees versus less than 67% for a similar demographic.

Name

Women Of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program

Legal name

Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program, Inc.

Website

https://womenoftomorrow.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program is a Florida-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs school-based group mentoring, college scholarships, and an alumnae network for at-risk high school girls in South Florida and Metro Detroit public schools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Mentoring and Scholarship Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Mentoring & Peer Support Programs (EDAJALAL)

Keywords

• Youth mentoring programs
• Scholarship program
• At-risk student support
• Nonprofit education services
• Women empowerment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual and corporate donations: Tax-deductible donations solicited online via donate pages for South Florida and Metro Detroit, with suggested tiers of $250 (Support a Student for Six Months), $1,000 (Half of the Program), $5,000 (Sustain a School), and $10,000 (One Year). Also includes a dedicated memorial giving page for co-founder Don Browne.
2. Foundation and corporate grants/sponsorships: Sponsorship and grant funding from foundations and corporate partners (e.g., Knight Foundation, Florida DOE, Batchelor Foundation, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, Florida Blue, Gilbert Family Foundation, Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health, Comerica, TJX, 3M, Sony Global Justice Fund, among others). Donations restricted to programmatic use.
3. Event ticket sales and gala proceeds: Revenue from annual fundraising events including the Annual Gala, Rosé Day® luncheons (Miami and Palm Beach), Annual Inspiring Detroit Dinner, Annual Graduation Luncheon ($42 per ticket), and Topgolf fundraisers. Tickets and sponsorships sold via BetterUnite and BidPal platforms.
4. Cause-marketing / beneficiary proceeds: 100% of ticket proceeds from third-party benefit events (e.g., Women's Power Series at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach) are donated to Women of Tomorrow, supplementing direct fundraising.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Women Of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program delivers a free group-mentoring program that pairs one highly accomplished professional woman mentor with 10–15 at-risk high school girls in public schools across South Florida and Metro Detroit. Its core offering is supplemented by college scholarship awards, career-focused campus tours and field trips, and a post-graduation alumnae network (WOT Connects) supporting mentees through professional development, internships and peer mentoring.

Product overview

Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program operates a single integrated mentoring-and-scholarship offering rather than a modular SaaS product portfolio. The core service is its Group Mentoring Program, in which highly accomplished professional women mentor small groups of at-risk high school girls in partner public schools. The Group Mentoring Program is supported by three reinforcing program components: Campus Tours and Field Trips (including partner visits to venues such as The LAB Miami Wynwood Walls, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Palm Beach State College and University of Michigan Dearborn), the Scholarships Program (over $9.5M awarded to 3,000+ students since 2000), and the Mentees/Mentors programs that handle selection, support and the dedicated Mentee Support resource hub. The Alumnae Network is delivered through an online platform, WOT Connects, providing job listings, peer mentoring, workshops and recurring Alumnae Network Virtual Events. The portfolio is funded by recurring signature fundraisers — the Annual Gala, the Annual Inspiring Detroit Dinner, Rosé Day® (Palm Beach and Miami), the Tee off at Topgolf event, Girls on Track and the Annual Graduation Luncheon — and by Donor, Volunteer and Host a Field Trip engagement programs operating across South Florida and Metro Detroit.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WOT Connects: Alumnae Network platform for Women of Tomorrow graduates to access jobs, internships, mentoring opportunities, networking events, and resources after high school.
• Rosé Day®

Products and services

• Group Mentoring Program Small-group, school-based mentoring model pairing one highly accomplished professional mentor (doctor, lawyer, judge, entrepreneur, executive) with 10–15 at-risk high school girls, with monthly sessions during school hours; designed to provide sustained, peer-supported development over an academic year.
• Scholarships Program College scholarship fund for qualifying mentees; seniors must have three years of active program participation; over $9.5M awarded to more than 3,000 students since 2000. Reviewed by a Scholarship Committee of board members and current/former mentors.
• Campus Tours and Field Trips Career-focused facility tours and college campus visits conducted as part of the "Creating a Life Plan" series, exposing mentees to higher-education options and professions, hosted by partners such as The Lab Miami Wynwood Walls, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Palm Beach State College, and University of Michigan Dearborn.
• WOT Connects Alumnae Network Online alumnae community platform (WOT Connects) for program graduates, providing job and internship listings, mentoring opportunities, networking events, scholarships, peer mentoring, shared-interest groups, community resources, and personal-growth workshops.
• Mentee Program Program for at-risk high school girl participants (grades 9–12) selected by partner schools based on criteria including low income, abuse, disability, dropout risk, gang involvement, criminal activity, teenage-pregnancy risk and academic/medical/behavioral issues; includes a dedicated Mentee Support page with crisis and resource hotlines.
• Mentors Program Recruitment and onboarding of highly accomplished women mentors (doctors, lawyers, judges, entrepreneurs, government leaders, journalists, engineers, artists, business executives and community service professionals) to lead group mentoring sessions in South Florida and Metro Detroit.
• Host a Field Trip Volunteer and partner engagement program enabling companies, colleges and community organizations to host career-focused student field trips in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Metro Detroit counties.
• Volunteer Program Volunteer sign-up and onboarding program supporting areas including Mentoring, Event Volunteering, Fundraising Committee, Guest Speaking and other contributions, with separate volunteer flows for alumnae and non-alumnae across South Florida and Metro Detroit.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% high school graduation rate among mentees (vs. <67% for similar demographic)
• +6 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, major, mid-tier and operational.

• Florida Department of EducationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLogo-listed Program Partner. WOT operates in partnership with public school districts in Florida, and the Florida DOE partnership is foundational to in-school program delivery and mentee selection.
• Women's Power Series / Flag Luxury / The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach / José Andrés Group / Insurance Office of AmericamajorGTM or Marketing PartnerBeneficiary partnership: 100% of ticket proceeds from the Women's Power Series at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach (Feb 27, 2026) benefit Women of Tomorrow. Sponsors include Flag Luxury, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, José Andrés Group, and Insurance Office of America.
• Public school districts in Florida & Metro DetroitflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram delivery partnership. WOT operates in partnership with public school districts (Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach counties in Florida; and across Metro Detroit, MI) to deliver small-group mentoring during school hours and identify at-risk students.
• Field trip host partners (The Lab Miami Wynwood Walls, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Palm Beach State College, University of Michigan Dearborn, etc.)mid-tierImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHost-a-Field-Trip program partners host mentees for career-focused tours and college campus visits, exposing students to professions and higher education. Example hosts include The LAB Miami Wynwood Walls (Miami-Dade), Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital (Broward), Palm Beach State College (Palm Beach), and University of Michigan Dearborn (Metro Detroit).
• BetterUnite (event ticketing platform) and BidPal (auction / ticketing platform)operationalTechnology or IntegrationWOT uses BetterUnite for event ticketing and sponsorships (Annual Gala, Inspiring Detroit Dinner, Rosé Day®, Graduation Luncheon) and BidPal.net for annual Inspiring Detroit Dinner auctions and ticketing.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bottom Line: College-access and persistence nonprofit pairing low-income high school students with dedicated mentors. Comparable to Women of Tomorrow on the at-risk-student demographic, mentoring delivery, and college-success outcomes (graduation, persistence), though Bottom Line emphasizes 1:1 mentoring and college persistence rather than group mentoring.
• iMentor: National nonprofit pairing low-income high school students with volunteer mentors for college access and success. Comparable demographic and college-success outcomes to Women of Tomorrow, with a stronger tech-platform and national-school-partnership footprint.
• College Possible: National college-access nonprofit providing near-peer coaching to low-income high school students to get to and through college. Comparable at-risk high school demographic and college-enrollment outcomes, though delivered via AmeriCorps coaches rather than professional women mentors and without a scholarship fund.
• Girls Inc. National nonprofit inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold through mentoring, education, and advocacy. Closest direct peer to Women of Tomorrow: same at-risk-young-women focus, multi-region delivery, group-based programming, and scholarship support, though Girls Inc. operates a federated national network.
• Spark (The Opp): Career-focused mentoring nonprofit connecting underserved middle and high school students with workplace-based mentors and internships. Comparable on the mentoring-to-career-exposure thesis, though Spark skews toward career/apprenticeships rather than the graduation + scholarship outcomes that anchor Women of Tomorrow.
• Step Up: Nonprofit delivering group mentoring and college access programming to teen girls from under-resourced communities, with a strong Los Angeles footprint. Highly comparable to Women of Tomorrow on demographic (at-risk high school girls), model (group mentoring + scholarships), and outcome metrics (graduation and college persistence).

Regional players

• Jack and Jill of America, Inc. National African American family organization with local chapters delivering educational, cultural, and youth-leadership programming, including scholarship support. Comparable demographic and scholarship-funding activity, though delivered via family-membership chapters rather than in-school district partnerships.
• Dress for Success Worldwide: Global nonprofit supporting women's economic independence via professional attire, career tools, and development programming. Shares the women's-empowerment mission and South Florida presence with Women of Tomorrow, but serves adult women re-entering the workforce rather than at-risk high school girls.

Others

• Year Up: National workforce-development nonprofit providing training, mentorship, and corporate internships to young adults from low-income communities. Adjacent rather than direct: same at-risk-youth audience and outcome-measurement rigor, but serves 18–24-year-olds in a workforce-readiness model rather than in-school high school girls.

Broad incumbents

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Largest U.S. youth-mentoring nonprofit, offering one-on-one mentoring for youth ages 6–24. Operates broadly in the same youth-mentoring space as Women of Tomorrow but covers all genders, uses 1:1 (not group) mentoring, and does not specialize in scholarships or at-risk-girl outcomes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WomenOfTomorrow
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCeimH8AOBVpxBDkmqtmPJgg
• Facebookfacebook.com/womenoftomorrow
• Instagraminstagram.com/womenoftomorrow

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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