Mission: Founded in 1999, Futures and Options fills a critical need, providing our low-income, minority youth with the training and access they need to compete for jobs. By partnering with New York's business community, Futures and Options opens doors for underserved youth to build meaningful professional careers. We also provide businesses with a trained, educated, and diverse young workforce. Futures and Options offers three key programs: Career Essentials, The Internship Program and The College Guidance Initiative. Futures and Options' mission is to empower New York City's underserved youth to explore careers and to guide them to further their education. (Less)

Futures and Options is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 2000, and donations are tax-deductible.