YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY NETWORK

Young Women’s Preparatory Network (YWPN) is a Dallas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that partners with Texas public school districts to create and support all-girls, college-preparatory 6–12 campuses. The organization provides funding, programmatic support, college advising, leadership development, and supplemental STEM and wellness programming to district-operated schools. YWPN operates the largest network of public all-girls schools in the United States, working with multiple Independent School Districts across Texas to serve middle- and high-school students primarily from low-income households and communities of color. The network reports strong college outcomes for graduates and maintains system-level supports (teacher development, college success advising, and enrichment events) to sustain postsecondary attainment. In the last 2–3 years YWPN has expanded its network, hosted recurring statewide STEAM programming for students, and secured multi-year philanthropic investments to scale STEM and college-readiness services across its campuses (including a major grant to integrate Dallas ISD’s Young Women’s STEAM Academy into the network).