BOSS, Inc.

Access to opportunity -- not potential -- is what most often determines a young person's future

At BOSS, we believe that every young man deserves more than academic support--he deserves a community that believes in his potential, challenges him to grow, and prepares him to lead.  We create an environment where scholars are inspired to think bigger, work harder, serve others and become the drivers of their own futures.  Every experience in intentionally designed to strengthen individual excellence and collective success through mastery of our foundational pillars:  Economic, Emotional, Mental, Physical, Social and Spiritually BOSS.

Some BOSS facts, figures, and highlights:

• 99% of BOSS alumni are pursuing post-secondary education—at a time when three-fourths of boys in Southern California are exiting high school without meeting the requirements to even apply to a four-year college or university. Our scholars attend Stanford, UCLA, CSULB, San Diego State, and San Jose State, as well as HBCUs Xavier, Morehouse and Florida A&M, among other schools.
• BOSS scholars achieve a 63% higher math proficiency and a 20% higher reading proficiency than the LBUSD average.
• Students who meet our weekly usage target post 1.9 grade‐level gains in math—nearly double the progress of our casual users.
• BOSS students are regular recipients of the Posse Foundation Scholarship.
• Our student coders developed an award-winning, US-patented mobile app, Safe Encounter, during the 2020 MIT Global Appathon for Good.

But don't just take our word for it: hear directly from a BOSS Mom.

Case Studies: Two BOSS Scholars

JAYLIN FRANKLIN

JEREMIAH CAMACHO

When Jeremiah entered BOSS in 7th grade, he carried a fresh diagnosis of a learning challenge and the weight of adults’ low expectations. BOSS wrapped around him with weekly math labs that rebuilt his confidence, mentors who translated every stumble into a growth plan, and career labs that showed how numbers could open doors rather than close them. In 9th grade, a placement test forced him to repeat algebra despite his teachers’ belief that he was ready for geometry. BOSS tutors turned the setback into fuel. Two years later he was thriving in AP math, engineering, and honors physics. His most recent progress report features straight As. Today Jeremiah walks into classrooms—and boardrooms—knowing he belongs there. The boy once labeled lazy is now the young man who charts data, codes prototypes, and leads with quiet integrity. His journey is BOSS in motion: consistent coaching, culturally responsive STEM enrichment, and a brotherhood that refuses to let a label define a destiny.

Jaylin also entered the BOSS ecosystem as a middle schooler searching for direction, confidence and opportunity.  Through BOSS, Jaylin gained exposure to professional environments, leadership development and corporate spaces most young people rarely experience firsthand.  Jaylin carried that momentum to San Jose State, where he would graduate with a degree in Business.  After beginning a career in tech, first at NetApp and now Accenture, Jaylin began helping shape a formal BOSS alumni network...BOSS Connected...designed not simply to maintain relationships, but to institutionalize mentorship, professional networking, workforce exposure and leadership development.

In many ways Jaylin represents the next phase of BOSS itself.  He is no longer simply evidence of impact.  He is becoming part of the infrastructure that multiplies it.

Your generous gift today helps us continue building the developmental infrastructure that transforms the potential of area youth into academic achievement, economic mobility and lifelong leadership...by design and not by accident.