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TEAM WETHRIVE INC
NEW YORK, NY · EIN 463341254 · Form 990 · FY2023 · NTEE N99 · Recreation & Sports · Small ($100K-$1M) · teamwethrive.org
revenue
$352K
expenses
$746K
net assets
$259K
employees
3
volunteers
86
program ratio
77%
mission · from form 990

WETHRIVE EQUIPS AND EMPOWERS LOW-INCOME YOUTH BURSTING WITH IDEAS TO RISE AS ENTREPRENEURIAL ECONOMIC LEADERS AND BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. WETHRIVE REACHES MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, GIVING THEM AN ENCOURAGING YES TO THEIR DREAMS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP - ALONG WITH THE TOOLSET TO MAKE THEM REAL. WETHRIVE STAFF MEMBERS TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE VOLUNTEERS TO BECOME MENTORS, WHO GUIDE STUDENTS THROUGH AN AFTERSCHOOL CURRICULUM CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO REACH THOSE LEFT BEHIND IN TRADITIONAL CLASSROOMS. WITH ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FROM THEIR MENTORS, EACH STUDENT CREATES THEIR VERY OWN COMPANY, EARNING REAL REVENUES AND DONATING PROFITS TO A CHARITY OF THEIR CHOICE. STUDENTS GAIN CRITICAL LIFE SKILLS, USING LEARNING LOGS, METACOGNITION, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES TO BUILD ENTREPRENEURIAL HABITS THAT LAST A LIFETIME. LEVERAGING THE BEST DIGITAL TOOLS, WETHRIVE IS DESIGNED TO DISRUPT AN INDUSTRY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION THAT HAS LEFT TOO MANY STUDENTS STILL IN NEED.

profile · synthesized from sources

WeThrive equips low-income middle and high school students with entrepreneurial skills by guiding them to create real businesses that generate revenue and donate profits to charity. The organization provides a digital platform with curriculum, business templates, and training used by schools and community organizations. Undergraduate volunteers and educators serve as mentors, helping youth develop economic leadership and life skills through hands-on venture creation.

named programs · 3 · from sources

What they call their work

Mentor Training for Undergraduates
Trains college volunteers to serve as mentors who guide youth through venture creation and entrepreneurial skill-building.
School Store & Pop-Up Market Support
Enables schools and community organizations to host student-run businesses and pop-up markets as culminating experiences.
Youth Entrepreneurship Program
Guides middle and high school students to create real businesses using a structured curriculum, business templates, and mentorship; students earn revenue and donate profits to charity.
activities · 1 group

What they do

  • Youth Entrepreneurship & Financial Literacy Education 2 activities
    • School and organizational partnerships for entrepreneurship education
      Delivers youth entrepreneurship programming to over 200 schools, organizations, city agencies, and school districts, providing structured curricula and support systems for student venture development.
    • Youth entrepreneurship programming with venture creation and mentorship
      Operates a digital platform and afterschool curriculum that supports youth, particularly middle school students, in creating real ventures that generate revenue, with mentorship from undergraduate volunteers and access to seed funding. The program includes leadership development, life skills training, and charitable giving components.
financials · form 990 · fy2023
revenue
Total revenue$352K
Contributions & grants$283K80%
Program service revenue$69K20%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$746K
Program expenses77%
Admin / overhead8%
Fundraising14%
Salaries & benefits$341K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$271K
Cash$14K
Investments$0
Liabilities$13K
Net assets$259K
Liquid reserves0.2 mo
3 years on record · 2020–2023 · YoY revenue -57.7%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2023

Who runs it

paid leadership · 3
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
DAQUAN OLIVER PRESIDENT 40 $148K
KATHRYN DANIELLE ESPIRITU LEARNING SUCCESS DIRECTOR 40 $88K
ASHLEY PURYEAR ALUMNI PORTFOLIO PROGRAM MANAGER 40 $60K
relationships · 6

Who they work with

  • Buffalo Public Schools Partner — Public school district using WeThrive's program in its schools.
  • Calista Phair Partner — Entrepreneur and facilitator involved in the program
  • Children of Promise NYC Partner — Partner organization implementing WeThrive's entrepreneurship program.
  • District of Columbia International School Partner — School implementing WeThrive's entrepreneurship curriculum.
  • Undergraduate Volunteers Partner — Trained by Wethrive staff to serve as mentors for middle school students in the entrepreneurship program.
  • Validus Prep Academy Partner — School partner using WeThrive's program to build student confidence.
strategies · 1

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Youth Economic Agency through Entrepreneurship
    methodology: entrepreneurship-education
    By guiding youth to create real ventures with seed funding, mentorship, and community-responsive design, we build economic leadership and self-efficacy because tangible economic outcomes reinforce belief in personal agency and scalable impact.