TLT-Tomorrows Leaders Today (TLT) was founded in 2019. Based on current data provided by zipdatamaps and the free and reduced lunch program Texas data, we served 972 individuals, 515 from the lowest income areas, deemed the poorest in the DFW, Austin and Houston areas, in one of our online, in-person and/or remote programs in 2023. This results in 52.98% of our participants coming from low-income communities. Including moderate income zip codes, TLT is at 59.26%.
TLT Online Learning Library was created to provide free online courses and has reached 169 zip codes as of December 2023, providing real-life skills, soft-skills, financial literacy, higher education and career readiness videos, presentations and surveys.
The TLT Leading Leaders Intern Program was established in 2020. We are working with 54 colleges/universities, and numerous high schools that have allowed TLT to advertise our 18 internship positions through their career tool Handshake or College Network Central. We have served 398 interns as of June 2024. This experience is earning participants real life work experience and, in many cases, educational academic course credit. Current positions include: Accounting/Business Services, Campus Liaison, Cyber Security, Data Research, Development, Digital Marketing, GIS Basics, Graphic Design, Grant Writing, Human Resource, Impact Management, Instructional Design/E-Learning, Marketing, Operations: Policies & Procedures, Program Coordination, Project Management, Social Media, Social Entrepreneur Project, Website Development, and Video Production. These are all remote positions which makes this opportunity accessible to all across Texas. We continue to add additional positions. Donations will help to provide facilitators who conduct one-on-one sessions and project reviews, and appropriate position specific software for each position and participant that we serve.
TLT Youth Leadership Academy is a three or four-week program presented by TLT- Tomorrow’s Leaders Today to any interested 5th-12th grade youth, who live in Collin, Dallas, Denton or Tarrant County, held three times a year. We bring the program to the youth. This educational program experience explores personal communication and leadership dynamics, community social service organizations, their community’s history and growth, higher education and career opportunities, resume creating/review, financial literacy, community safety & local government. Participants work with their class using their leadership skills to complete a class project that will benefit their community. Community focused sessions are 3 or 4 hours long, once a week ending with a certificate of graduation. Donations are used to provide in-person class materials for each participant that we serve.
TLT Veterans Gateway Program is designed to dive into problem solving skills, communication skills, teamwork, work ethic, digital application, leadership, career management and intercultural fluency. This program is six sessions built to prepare you for your next career move. Included is the Occupational Code Crosswalk that demonstrates how to translate military skills, training and experience into civilian credentialing appropriate for civilian jobs. Service members will document their military career experience and skills, translate their military occupation experience to civilian occupations and skills, and identify any gaps in their training and/or experience that need to be filled to meet their career goals. In addition, a variety of classes and seminars on topics related to transition, such as dressing for success, goal setting, change management and evaluating and negotiating job offers.
TLT's Unlocking the Future Program provides basic real-life, soft-skills, financial literacy, leadership, higher education, and career readiness sessions, at no cost, to underserved youth, eighth grade and older in their Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant and Parker County communities. Through group discussions, hands on exercises, speakers, and presentations about the civic, corporate, charitable, and educational opportunities right in their community we provide tools to become self-sufficient, community members. The classes each complete a community project. Donations are used to provide in-person class materials for each participant that we serve.
Small Business Entrepreneur 101 webinars and workshops. Youth (14-17) and Adults (18 and older) interested in starting a small business learn what steps are involved with taking their dream to the next level. Donations are used to provide in-person workshop class materials.
We are Platinum Seal GuideStar Transparency approved and could not have done this without our community partners and volunteers. In 2023, our volunteers, Board of Directors, and interns collectively contributed over 16,822 hours (valued at $534,940) to fulfill essential roles for TLT- Tomorrow’s Leaders Today. According to the Do-Good Institute, each volunteer hour is valued at $31.80.
Mission Statement TLT- Tomorrows Leaders Today, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to developing leaders through education, collaboration and mentorships with community & business leaders for the collective benefit of the community.
Our most critical need and hope, currently, is funding to provide each intern with access to the appropriate software for their remote position, a small stipend for their internship rotation and to raise additional funds so participants can continue to receive our in-person programs at no cost. We continue to reach additional junior high school and older students that need our programs, throughout these counties: Collin, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, and Tarrant.
TLT needs YOUR help. We are working to bring the program into each community, especially where foster care centers, youth aging out of adoption/foster care, homeless shelters and those individuals who are impoverished and otherwise economically underserved reside.
As of May 2024, there were 10,064 children reported to be in foster care by Texas DFPS across Texas, in Collin County 221, Denton County 208, Dallas County 638, and Tarrant County 531. Many others are homeless, aging out of adoption, and living below poverty. We have not stopped investing in these students, any way we can through online technology and limited in-person sessions during this unprecedented time. By helping TLT, you are investing in the young adults and the community.
We desire to work with Community Reinvestment programs, other non-profits and welcome community partnerships.
As of July 2024, our 6th fiscal year, we have one paid staff member. Our programs are growing and staffing is becoming a necessity. Your generous donations will help these programs continue for many more years.
We are honored to be a part of the 2024 North Texas Giving Day. Our organization serves students with the help of facilitators, mentors, and community partners. For other ways to help, please visit https://www.tltleaders.org/donations/other-ways-to-help
TLT- Tomorrow's Leaders Today, Inc. is a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace, one where all participants, volunteers, board members and/or staff whatever their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education, or disability, feels valued and respected. We are committed to a nondiscriminatory approach and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement in all our programs, and worksites. We respect and value diverse life experiences and heritages and ensure that all voices are valued and heard.
We are committed to modeling diversity and inclusion for the entire community of the nonprofit sector, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.
To provide informed, authentic leadership for cultural equity, TLT-Tomorrow's Leaders Today, Inc. strives to:
-See diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging as connected to our mission and critical to ensure the well-being of our staff and the community we serve.
-Acknowledge and dismantle any inequities within our policies, systems, programs, and services, and continually update and report organization progress.
-Explore potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusiveness.
-Advocate for and support board-level thinking about how systemic inequities impact our organization's work, and how best to address that in a way that is consistent with our mission.
-Help to challenge assumptions about what it takes to be a strong leader at our organization, and who is well-positioned to provide leadership.
-Practice and encourage transparent communication in all interactions.
-Commit time and resources to expand more diverse leadership within our board, staff, committee, and advisory bodies.
-Lead with respect and tolerance. We expect all to embrace this notion and to express it in workplace interactions and through everyday practices.
TLT- Tomorrow's Leaders Today, Inc. abides by the following action items to help promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace:
-Pursue cultural competency throughout our organization by creating substantive learning opportunities and formal, transparent policies.
-Generate and aggregate quantitative and qualitative research related to equity to make incremental, measurable progress toward the visibility of our diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts. Once the content is curated it will be added to our website so others can access.
-Improve our cultural leadership pipeline by creating and supporting programs and policies that foster leadership that reflects the diversity of American society.
-Pool resources and expand offerings for underrepresented participants by connecting with other leadership organizations committed to diversity and inclusion efforts.
-Develop and present sessions on diversity, inclusion, and equity to provide information and resources internally, and to participants, and the community.
-Develop a system for being more intentional and conscious of bias during the hiring, promoting, or evaluating process. Train our hiring team on equitable practices.
-Include a salary range with all public job descriptions.
-Challenge systems and policies that create inequity, oppression, and disparity.
Organization name
TLT-Tomorrow's Leaders Today, Inc.
Causes
Employment & Workforce Development
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Counties Served
Dallas, Wise, Tarrant, Rockwall, Parker, Kaufman, Grayson, Ellis, Denton, Cooke, Collin
BIPOC Serving
Native American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or African American
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
PO Box 5058