Founded by Dr. Korey Sewell, Hands-On Technology Education provides after-school programs and summer camps focusing on computer science and electrical engineering. About 1/3 of students are from underrepresented communities and 1/4 are from low- and moderate-income families.
Companies & nonprofits in the Advance San Diego portfolio
First Gen Scholars
Founded by first-generation college graduate Jonathan Burgos, First Gen Scholars is a nonprofit “GPS for college access for first-generation low-income students.”
The Prep Institute
The Prep Institute, LLC, founded by Natache Muschette in 2012, is a social solutions company offering customizable solutions, expert advice, and tools to help turn community visions into reality.
Mireles Landscaping
Mireles Landscaping provides landscape maintenance, irrigation repair, and general business and site maintenance primarily to commercial clients in San Diego.
RORE Inc.
RORE Inc. is a woman- and minority-owned construction management company headquartered in San Diego with offices in Honolulu.
Healing To You
Healing To You is a nonprofit organization that provides mobile medical and mental health services to adults and children impacted by domestic violence.
Open Heart Leaders
Open Heart Leaders is a Black woman-led community-based mental health agency in San Diego that offers culturally adaptive services in mental health, education, and wraparound services.
Tea Drops
Tea Drops is an Encinitas-based retailer of lightly sweetened loose-leaf tea pressed into a single-serving dissolvable drop, available online and in stores across the country.
Right at Home
Right at Home offers in-home care for those who are elderly and those with physical or developmental disabilities.
Vested Solutions
Founded by the Wyllie-James family in 2015, the company name, Eternal Love (doing business as Vested Solutions) comes from the family’s beliefs and love for each other. The husband-and-wife team behind this janitorial services company first met due to their shared interests in providing for unhoused people.
Hub & Spoke Communities
Hub & Spoke Communities is a minority-owned infill housing developer that aims to make cities more inclusive and sustainable by building urban housing that integrates with the surrounding community.
UpLyft
UpLyft® is a seated system that allows people with limited mobility to transfer themselves between their wheelchair and bed.
The Plot
The Plot, by Jessica and Davin Waite of Wrench & Rodent, specializes in making everything from scratch, including its vegan proteins.
San Diego Biomedical Research Institute
San Diego BioMed is dedicated to supporting biomedical research that focuses on predicting and preventing diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and HIV.
C4GS-ZEDlife
C4GS-ZEDlife is a housing developer focused on developing high-performance, zero-energy, off-grid homes in the construction, contracting, and utilities sectors.
Stages Learning Materials
Stages Learning Materials creates quality teaching tools to help educators provide the best learning opportunities for students on the autism spectrum.
The VAPA Foundation
The VAPA Foundation works to increase access to and enhance the quality of arts education, providing programs to the San Diego Unified School District.
Mirka Investments
With its partners, Mirka Investments develops and manages affordable high-quality, multifamily rental housing developments.