Some of the businesses who sponsor applicants may wish to have a closer relationship with the members they sponsor, which is something we encourage but will leave up to the business and applicant as to what works best for them. It could be an opportunity for a scholarship recipient to build a meaningful relationship with a local or national business that could create a ripple effect of better connecting scholarship recipients with businesses, with 100state being the conduit to make this happen. We are cautiously optimistic but anticipate jobs, internships, projects and attendance at events (held by the sponsors) being accessible to some of the scholarship recipients.

This will be an ongoing yearly program launching in 2022, with continued growth and innovation slated each year. Assuming the project progresses as planned we could see a fund setup in the future to potentially invest in the promising startups.

Sound appealing?