Looking for a way to make a difference during the season of giving?
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BAYCAT is a local nonprofit that exists to end racial, gender and economic inequity by creating powerful, authentic media while diversifying the creative industry. Through the education and employment of low-income youth, young people of color, and young women in the Bay Area, and producing media for socially-minded clients, BAYCAT is changing the stories that get shared with the world.
GET INVOLVED TODAY
1. Contact us if you want to move forward and explore how we might partner with your organization on a giving campaign.
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2. Contact the person in charge of your employee giving program to introduce BAYCAT. Here is an email template.
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3. Point BAYCAT in the right direction. Contact BAYCAT here to share who we should reach out to within your organization about your giving programs.
Your company and your employees’ investment would:
Educate Youth
BAYCAT ACADEMY is an internationally-acclaimed media arts school. We provide free digital media education to 100% low income youth, ages 11-17.
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BAYCAT is a:
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- LBE certified
- Women & BIPOC managed
Provide a Pathway to Employment
We train, mentor and employ diverse transitional aged youth, ages 18-25, and place them in major San Francisco and Bay Area companies.
Diversify Creative
Media Industry
The industry isn’t diverse, but BAYCAT graduates are.
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40% of the US population are people of color. 12.6% of film directors are people of color.
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50% of the US population are women. 11.5% of advertising creative directors are women.
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Our young people identify as 95% BIPOC, 47% women, and 99% low income.
Learn more
BAYCAT Founder & CEO, Villy Wang, delivers a TED Talk sharing a revolutionary idea that storytelling can help end racism.
An overview of our mission/work.