NextPhase Foundation is a U.S.-based 501c3 nonprofit organization seeking to leverage responsibility-based partnerships among educational, governmental and industry stakeholders for the benefit of marginalized and/or developing global economies. Our mission is to position NextPhase functions as a pipeline between governmental agencies, private citizens, corporations and various sources of funding with interconnected goals toward: • Stimulating high tech industry growth in marginalized and developing populations • Enriching specialized compulsory education programs through real-life development and application of multidisciplinary skills toward STEAM-centric creation and entrepreneurship • Facilitating the pipeline between applied and proven skills & knowledge and the global industries which seek them MISSION STATEMENT Believing that every act of advocacy has a ripple effect inside our economy and on behalf of future generations, our missions are organized and intersected to assure the most effective enhancement of leveraged benefit toward education, technological development & collaboration and effective & sustainable regional growth. Our missions are: • to foster the open collaboration of people and ideas, regardless of race, age, gender, socio-economics or official educational status • to sponsor, generate and nurture entrepreneurial and startup opportunities from all walks of life • to catalyze effective development and retention of STEAM-centric entrepreneurial opportunities in marginalized and/or developing populations around the globe • to build bridges facilitating the transfer of product for commercial development between government entities and private citizens developing novel business enterprise • to provide vital educational, intellectual growth and networking opportunities to schools with presences serving marginalized and/or developing populations