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Our Impact

Twenty one years of improving the lives of teen girls

The Evoluer House has worked tirelessly to equip the most underserved and hard-to-reach girls in marginalized areas across America. We offer them the essential tools to become college-bound and career-ready, thus breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Here are some of our successes and accomplishments over the last 21 years.

How Evoluer Girls Measure Up

Since our inception, more than 3,000 disadvantaged teen girls have graduated from our Personal Development and our Youth Workforce Development programs.

The Evoluer House outcomes for its target population:

100%

FINISH HIGH

SCHOOL ON TIME

100%

GO TO A FOUR-YEAR

COLLEGE

51%

AWARDED FULL-RIDE 

SCHOLARSHIPS

51%

GRADUATE COLLEGE DEBT-FREE

Awards

Additional Organizational Awards & Accomplishments Include:

  • A recipient of the White House "Champion of Change" honor for her leadership and work in extracurricular enrichment for marginalized girls at Evoluer House

 

  • The Evoluer House recognized by GreatNonprofits as a "Top-Rated Nonprofit" in 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023

 

  • The Daily Point of Light Award for creating meaningful change in communities across America, 2021

 

  • L’Oréal Paris 2020 Women of Worth Award for extraordinary work with underserved communities: Evoluer House featured in the Women of Worth NBC Prime Time Special ~ 2020. 

 

  • The Evoluer House launched groundbreaking podcast, "Girl Truth: What Lens Are You Looking Through?" in 2019. Now in its fifth season, its podcast audience spans 6 continents, 32 countries, 35 U.S. states and the commonwealths of Puerto Rico and Washington, DC. It is one of the top 5% most popular shows out of 2,766,336 podcasts globally, ranked by Listen Score.

 

  • The Evoluer House launches nationwide online summer learning and enrichment series to help students most impacted by the pandemic. ~ 2019

 

  • President Barack Obama recognized The Evoluer House for 11 years of service to young urban girls ~ 2015

 

  • Evoluer House was recognized as an "everyday hero" in Black Enterprise's 2013 "Women of Power Special" for our outstanding work with girls, alongside the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls.

 

  • An International Center for Alleviation of Poverty and Republic of Kenya Kiambu County Assembly Acknowledgement, recognizing her contribution in making the Kiambu County Assembly 2014 USA exchange a success

 

  • The State of New Jersey Senate and General Assembly Citation for being named to the Trenton Public School Wall of Heroes in recognition of distinguished service to the community, which has provided a model of excellence that will encourage and inspire youth

 

  • A Philadelphia City Council Citation, honoring her excellent work on behalf of young people

 

  • The Evoluer House has achieved a wide range of media attention for its work, and continues to be featured in local and national media for improving the lives of girls and young women of color.

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