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36% Below Living Wage
Five years after high school, the median quarterly wage for Maryland public-school graduates with full-quarter wages was 36% below the state's living-wage benchmark.
17.6%
Sources: Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center • DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education • State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
17.6% College Completion
Of a DC ninth-grade cohort tracked longitudinally, 17.6% had completed an associate or bachelor's degree by 2022.
$32K
OUR FOUNDATION
Seven Pillars for a Stronger Future
A whole-student approach that builds knowledge, skills, mindset, and support systems.
Personal Development & Identity
Build confidence, purpose, and a positive self-identity.
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Academic Success & Career Readiness
Develop the skills and knowledge for future opportunities.
Financial Empowerment & Ownership
Understand money, build financial skills, and create wealth.
Life Skills & Independence
Gain practical skills for adulthood and daily living.
Health & Wellness
Support mental, emotional and physical well-being.
Leadership & Social Development
Build leadership, communication, and positive peer relationships.
Community & Belonging
Create meaningful connections and a supportive network
Our Model
A Complete System for Student Success
Student success doesn't happen through one class, one mentor, or one organization.
It takes an ecosystem.
The Prosperity Ecosystem™ connects the people, information, experiences, and support systems surrounding each student so everyone can work toward the same goal: long-term student prosperity.
LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
Real Skills. Real Experiences. Real Preparation.
Tha Prosperity Project™ combines learning with experience because young people develop confidence when they have opportunities to actually do the work.
Mentor Meetings
Consistent relationships with trusted adults who provide guidance, accountability, encouragement, and support.
Life-Skills Labs
Students practice everyday skills including cooking, laundry, organization, transportation planning, time management, and independent living.
SEL & Wellness
Students strengthen self-awareness, emotional regulation, communication, coping strategies, resilience, relationships, and responsible decision-making.
Prosperity Academy
Interactive learning experiences focused on life skills, leadership, financial literacy, career growth, and personal development.
Career Experiences
Workplace visits, career exploration, guest professionals, job-shadowing opportunities, and exposure to industries students may not otherwise experience.
Financial Simulations
Hands-on experiences with budgeting, banking, credit, saving, investing, income, expenses, and financial decision-making.
Leadership Projects
Students apply leadership through teamwork, presentations, community service, problem-solving, and projects that create meaningful community impact.
For Families
Your Student's Future Is a Team Effort.
Families are essential partners in the Prosperity journey.
We work alongside parents and guardians to understand each student's strengths, needs, interests, and goals while building a coordinated support system around them.
Families receive opportunities to stay informed, participate in planning, celebrate progress, and help students prepare for important transitions.
For Schools
Partnerships That Change Lives.
Schools shouldn't have to prepare students for adulthood alone.
Tha Prosperity Project™ partners with schools to extend student development beyond traditional academics through mentoring, SEL, life-skills instruction, financial literacy, career exposure, leadership development, family engagement, and transition planning.
Our model is designed to complement the work schools are already doing while providing students with additional relationships, experiences, and real-world preparation.
What We Measure
Real Progress. Brighter Futures.
We measure more than attendance. We measure readiness.
Personal Development : Self-awareness, goal-setting, confidence
SEL Growth: Emotional regulation, decision-making, relationships
Life-Skills Readiness: Demonstrated practical skills and assessments
Financial Capability: Budgeting, saving, financial knowledge
Career Readiness : Career plans, professional skills, interview preparation
Leadership & Belonging : Participation, teamwork, supportive relationships
Student Engagement : Attendance, participation, program retention
Career Exposure : Workplace visits, career experiences, industry connections
FROM POTENTIAL TO PROSPERITY
About Us
We envision young people leaving Tha Prosperity Project™ with more than a diploma.
Tha Prosperity Project™ was built on a simple belief: young people deserve more than access to opportunity—they deserve the knowledge, relationships, skills, and support to create opportunity for themselves.
Our Story
Our Team
Our Board
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Our Careers
SUPPORT THE MISSION
Invest in People. Strengthen Communities.
Every student deserves access to relationships, experiences, skills, and opportunities that help them build a successful future.
Your support helps Tha Prosperity Project™ provide mentoring, life-skills education, financial literacy, career exposure, leadership experiences, family engagement, and real-world opportunities to young people.
Whether you give, volunteer, mentor, partner, sponsor an experience, or open your workplace to students, you can become part of someone's pathway to prosperity.
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Bring Opportunities
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THEIR POTENTIAL IS ALREADY THERE.
Help Us Build the Pathway.
A student's future shouldn't be determined by which opportunities they happened to encounter.
Tha Prosperity Project™ helps young people discover their potential, connect with people who believe in them, explore what's possible, prepare for what's next, and launch into adulthood ready to succeed.