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Direct student feedback, published unedited
17 written responses from youth participants are published on this site in the students' original handwriting, including critical responses. Original feedback forms are available on request.
For funders & grantmakers
Everything you need, including what we can't prove yet.
Organizational information, program model, funding priorities, and an honest account of our evidence base. No invented statistics anywhere on this site.
At a glance
Organizational summary.
Registration details, formation documents, and organizational records are provided directly on request for due diligence. Level Up Foundation is a Texas nonprofit organization. Federal tax-exempt status is not yet in place, so contributions should not be treated as tax deductible at this time. We will update this page as soon as that changes.
Mission
Level Up Foundation equips young people with the practical skills, confidence, accountability, and support needed to make informed decisions, overcome challenges, and create stronger futures for themselves.
Vision
We envision communities where every young person, regardless of circumstance, has access to the tools, guidance, and opportunities needed to recognize their potential and move forward with purpose.
Evidence
What we can show, and what we cannot.
Most nonprofit websites put a number on the homepage. We would rather tell you exactly where we are.
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A defined program model
Facilitator-led sessions with a consistent structure, a proprietary workbook, and a documented set of program areas covering decision making, relationships, communication, goal setting, and life preparation.
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A program model designed for multiple settings
The Level Up program model is written for schools and alternative education, ISS and DAEP, juvenile justice and intervention programs, churches, and community organizations. These are the settings it is designed to serve, and we do not present them as a record of placements.
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Longitudinal outcome data
We do not have validated longitudinal outcome data, and we will not present proxy numbers as if we did. Building a measurement approach with a funding partner is something we want to do.
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Published participant counts and demographics
We are not publishing cumulative participant figures until we can verify and document them properly. If you need specific numbers for a proposal, ask and we will give you what is documented.
Program model
What a funded unit of work looks like.
Support is easiest to trace when it is tied to delivery. One funded engagement includes:
- A facilitator-led program delivered on site
- Student workbooks and program materials
- Interactive discussion, reflection, and group activities
- Real-world scenarios, role-play, and problem solving
- A session plan built around your setting, group size, and time available
- A student feedback process so your team hears directly from the youth
Settings served
- Schools & Alternative Education
- ISS & DAEP
- Juvenile Justice & Youth Intervention
- Churches & Community Organizations
- Youth Workshops & Events
- Facilitator Development
Program areas
- Decision making
- Consequences
- Goal setting
- Communication
- Healthy and unhealthy relationships
- Positive self-talk
- Anger management
- Problem solving
- Self-awareness
- Identity
- Critical thinking
- Recognizing negative behavior
- Independence and interdependence
- Life preparation
Funding priorities
What we are seeking support for.
Student workbooks
Every participant gets their own workbook to write in and keep. It is the part of the program that goes home with them.
Program materials
Printed activities, session supplies, and the everyday materials a facilitator needs to run a strong room.
Student achievement incentives
Recognition for young people who show up, participate, and follow through. Small things land hard at this age.
Program delivery
Facilitator time in the room, session planning, and the follow-up that keeps a partnership working.
Travel
Reaching campuses and organizations outside the immediate area, including rural communities with fewer options.
Facilitator development
Training and support for the adults who run these conversations, so quality holds as the program grows.
Equipment
The practical items a session depends on, from presentation equipment to storage and transport.
Community outreach
Getting in front of the schools, programs, and organizations that do not yet know Level Up exists.
Program expansion
Reaching more organizations and more young people across Central Texas.
Reduced-cost and no-cost programming
Covering the gap when an organization has the young people and the will, but not the budget.
Due diligence
Documents on request.
Tell us what your process needs and we will send what exists today, along with a straight answer about anything that does not.
- Formation documents and organizational status
- Original student feedback forms
- Program overview and sample session structure
- Budget for a specific proposed engagement
- References, where a working relationship exists and permission has been given
On community relationships
We do not list organizations as partners, and we do not display logos, until we have written permission and the relationship is real. If you see a name on this site, it belongs there.
On student privacy
We do not photograph participating youth as proof of impact, and we do not collect personal information from minors through this website. Evidence of our work comes from student writing, shared anonymously.