Our Mission Shines Bright. Same Spark – Brighter Than Ever!
Hope Ignites is a nonprofit organization
with affiliates in cities across the United States and in Latin America
serving more than 1,200 young people in Residential and Academy settings.
The Academy pathway provides year-round, out-of-school programming, while Residential adds a primary home with other scholars and round-the-clock care. Additionally, we provide scholarships, support, and connections to internships and jobs for our collegians and alumni.
OUR MISSION
To nurture and guide motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others.
Youth and their families are facing economic, systemic, or circumstantial barriers that limit their hope and possibilities.
We develop lifelong learners who are prepared for post-secondary education and have the agency and confidence to choose a path that maximizes their purpose, passion, and potential.
We help young people gain 21st century skills to be competitive for internships, jobs, careers, and leadership now and in the future.
We cultivate generosity, service, reflection, awareness of societal needs, and the courage to be a change-maker—inspired by the Jesuit value of being a person for others.
WHERE WE WORK
Baltimore • Chicago • Cincinnati • Colorado • Detroit • Guatemala • Mexico • New Orleans • New York • Northeastern Ohio • Phoenix • Pittsburgh • Southern California • St. Louis
Hope Ignites is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Help us nurture hope.
CAREERS AT HOPE IGNITES
This is work with a purpose. Our scholars have unlimited potential. They are the hope, and our team members walk alongside them to nurture and guide them in their educational and life journey.
LIVING PROOF
Explore the hope-filled stories of our young people.
HERE IS HOW YOU CAN PROVIDE HOPE
Working to nurture and guide motivated
young people in need to become well-educated,
career-ready men and women for others
