SuitUp Incorporated

SuitUp brings companies into the classroom to increase career awareness and marketable skills for low-income students. We bring corporate volunteers into schools and run a one-day business competition where employees help students solve a problem for a real company, like creating a new shoe for Nike or a new flavor for VitaminWater. Since our founding in 2014, SuitUp has hosted more than 60 business competitions for organizations like American Express, LinkedIn, NBC, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, AppNexus and many others. We've organized events for more than 2,000 volunteers, impacting over 4,000 students. Most importantly, SuitUp works. 95% of employee volunteers request to participate in another SuitUp competition, and nearly 80% of volunteers prefer SuitUp over any other type of volunteer activity. For students, a recent study with Columbia University fellows found that SuitUp significantly increases student academic self perception, attitude towards teachers & school, and motivation to learn.