PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION
Partnering for Equity in Black and Marginalized Communities.
Partnership at a Glance
In late 2020, the AbbVie Foundation launched a five-year commitment to advance health and education equity in Black and marginalized communities by investing a total of $50 million across six nonprofit partners, including Year Up United. Supporting health and educational equity, as well as advancing opportunity for people of color, are an integral part of AbbVie's philanthropy. Since the company's inception in 2013, AbbVie and the AbbVie Foundation have invested more than $120 million in programs that purposefully support reduction of disparities in underserved communities in the U.S. AbbVie's Year Up United investment enables skills training aligned with industry demand in specialties including information technology, financial operations, sales and customer support, business operations, and software development and support, in locations including Chicago, New York | New Jersey, Greater Boston, the Bay Area, and Los Angeles.
Impact
With AbbVie's support in 2021, Year Up United's campuses in Greater Boston, the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York | New Jersey served more than 3,000 young adults and increased support to program participants and graduates. In these communities, the AbbVie Foundation’s grant is also supporting pilots of key program innovations which aim to scale Year Up United's proven model sustainably. These innovations have the potential to increase Year Up United's capacity to serve young adults by ten times.
- 80+ AbbVie employees volunteered to serve as mock interviewers in our first year of partnership
- 3000 Students served in 2021 thanks to AbbVie's support
“Year Up United's program opens pathways and breaks down barriers for historically marginalized young adults. With their evidence-based programs and approach, Year Up United helps students achieve their personal goals by leveling the field of opportunity through access to the skills and hands-on experience needed to support meaningful careers.”
Year Up United's Corporate Changemakers play a critical role in helping Year Up United close the Opportunity Divide for young adults in this country. Changemakers understand that employers must think differently about who is talented to address pervasive hiring challenges that affect their businesses. These impactful companies have demonstrated their commitment to Year Up United's mission through generous philanthropic contributions that help to create substantive systems change and professional opportunities for talented young adults.