Through collaborations with education programs, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations at the intersection of education and equity, the Deloitte Foundation helps prepare students for the future of work and meaningful careers in business, accounting, and STEM.

The Foundation is collaborating with a national nonprofit organization that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science through a self-paced program designed to help high school students gain foundational technology skills and explore the possibilities of a STEM career.

The Virtual Mentoring Program leverages an online platform hosted by a college and career readiness nonprofit organization that connects Deloitte professionals with high school and college students with financial need to help them prepare for college, careers, and a world of opportunity.

The program, which is funded by the Deloitte Foundation, helps students prepare for and persist through high school and college and then transition to a career. Students who qualify for financial assistance can opt into free, one-to-one virtual mentoring to help them navigate the college application process and provides broad guidance on their college and career paths. To date, Deloitte professionals and retired Deloitte Partners/Principals/Managing Directors have mentored more than 13,000 students.

The Deloitte Foundation supports high school students from under-resourced or historically underrepresented communities matriculating to two or four-year colleges and universities to pursue degrees in business, technology, engineering, and other related fields.

For example, the Foundation provided grants totaling more than $5 million to fund college scholarships for graduating seniors from a select network of high schools across the country to help students stay on track with their career journeys.

To help diversify the workforce of the future, the Foundation collaborates with two-year and four-year colleges to support programming and scholarships to assist students working toward degrees in accounting, business, and STEM. Grants have included support to establish a fund for students from diverse backgrounds pursuing associate degrees as well as scholarships for community college students from under-resourced or historically underrepresented communities transferring to four-year institutions to pursue bachelor’s degrees in business, accounting, and STEM.

The Deloitte Foundation provides support to help prepare two-year college students as they transition to four-year accounting programs. For example, the Foundation hosts a symposium designed to help these students during this critical period and promote awareness of education and career pathways in accounting.

The DFASP works in parallel with Deloitte’s Making Accounting Diverse and Equitable (MADE) commitment. The Deloitte Foundation expects to fund $25 million in scholarships for students over the next several years, including students interested in pursuing a fifth-year master’s degree in accounting, master’s of tax or master’s of accounting with a concentration in audit, advisory, or tax, through the Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholars Program.

Deloitte Foundation funds scholarships for HBCU undergraduate students majoring in accounting, business, and STEM to help build pathways to opportunity and diversify the workforce in these fields.