Building the Nation’s Largest Community of Career-Connected Learning Innovators.

The Catalyze community transforms how students are introduced to and interact with potential career pathways throughout their educational experience.

The more than 60 organizations that make up the Catalyze community are pioneering ways to help young people develop greater agency to navigate their future through career-connected learning experiences that develop self-awareness, self-efficacy and career readiness.

These organizations strengthen the links between education and employment by directly engaging school partners and leading regional and national employers to ensure students are introduced to and develop in-demand skills that lead to economic mobility. Download our 2023 impact report to see how round one and two Catalyze grantees are changing the career-connected learning landscape!

Meet the Catalyze Community below!

Round Two Catalyze Birmingham Challenge Winners

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Round Three Catalyze Challenge Winners

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Round One Catalyze Birmingham Challenge Winners

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Round Two Catalyze Challenge Winners

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Learn from the Catalyze community

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Catalyzing the Journey at SXSW EDU 2025
Catalyzing the Journey at SXSW EDU 2025

What was the biggest takeaway from Catalyze at SXSW EDU 2025? Careers aren’t linear, and neither is learning. Career-Connected Learning (CCL) provides the roadmap that empowers all learners to design their own journeys.

Webinar Recap: Insights & Learnings from the Catalyze Community of Practice
Webinar Recap: Insights & Learnings from the Catalyze Community of Practice

Catalyze’s recent webinar Insights and Learnings from the Catalyze Community of Practice brought together leaders from CUNY, New Bridge Cleveland and nXu for an engaging conversation about social capital and a holistic approach to career-connected learning.

Join Catalyze at SXSW EDU 2025
Join Catalyze at SXSW EDU 2025

Catalyze can’t wait to see you at SXSW EDU 2025! We will host two sessions this year — both designed to strengthen the career-connected learning community and unlock insights and ideas that advance fulfilling career opportunities for learners around the country.

Driving Local Impact: Catalyze Birmingham's Place-Based Mission
Driving Local Impact: Catalyze Birmingham's Place-Based Mission

Birmingham emerged as the ideal location to launch the first regional Catalyze Challenge, embodying the transformative power of localized impact. These initiatives were so successful that Birmingham ran a second round of the challenge and recently announced grantees.

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