Empowering Students and Young Adults to Achieve their Academic, Professional, and Life Goals

Empowering Students and Young Adults to Achieve their Academic, Professional, and Life Goals

New Haven Promise is a commitment to our community, empowering young people by nurturing their talents, abilities, and ambitions. Through education and opportunity, we pave the way for our youth to thrive, shape the leaders of tomorrow, and strengthen our city and state for generations to come.

To. Through.  And BACK.

The Promise Journey is a student’s path to success. Our programs guide students and Scholars at every stage—from preparing them for college to thriving in their college experience, we launch our young adults in their careers upon their return to the greater New Haven region.

$38,100,000

Scholarship Disbursement

15,000 Semesters Paid

See Promise’s return of investment »

1,400

Earned Bachelor’s Degrees

Promise Grad Rate 65% vs. 51% National Rate

See our college graduation outcomes »

1,500

Promise-Brokered Internship & Job Placements

86% of Promise Alumni return to
Greater New Haven

See impact of Back New Haven Initiative »

Thank you to the many financial, community, and business partners who invest in the success of New Haven’s youth and young adults—including our core donors, parents, public schools, colleges, businesses, and nonprofit organizations.

Promise Community United at Fair Haven Snowball

Promise Community United at Fair Haven Snowball

Students, parents, city and state leaders, and university representatives came together at Fair Haven School for its 16th annual Snowball event—a celebration of college and career through music and dance, and an opportunity to learn New Haven Promise from an early age. This year’s featured speaker, Elisha Correa, first appeared in a 2014 Snowball video as a second grader, expressing her dream of attending Central Connecticut. Eleven years later, she returned to her alma mater, now as a high-achieving CCSU freshman, bringing her journey full circle.

read more
Internship Fair Kicks Off Promise’s Hiring Season

Internship Fair Kicks Off Promise’s Hiring Season

New Haven Promise’s 12th annual Internship, Job & Career Fair brought together 200 Scholars and college graduates with 60 hiring agencies from across the Greater New Haven region. The event highlighted the city’s homegrown talent while providing a vital pathway to paid internships and career opportunities in fields such as STEM, business, arts, and education. Promise believes that economic development comes from investing in people—not just in bricks and mortar.

read more