Progress To Date

Early Investors

Bill Draper, Chairman of Draper Richards Foundation

“Never before has it been so critical that young people develop global skills and perspectives. GCY is a powerful model and scalable solution which will give thousands of young Americans the opportunity to have firsthand exposure to poverty and development in countries less fortunate than their own.”

David Harris, President and CEO at The Mind Trust

“When you look around the country and see the initiatives that are really moving the needle in education, you see that they are almost always being driven by talented entrepreneurs with a vision for doing something dramatically different and the skill set to execute. That is why we invested inAbby Falik and Global Citizen Year.”

Kevin Starr, Managing Director at the Mulago Foundation

“The Mulago Foundation has invested in Global Citizen Year for three reasons: they have an innovative approach to realize the potential of future leaders, a unusual commitment to evaluate their results, and the leadership to carry it off.”

Andrew Zolli, Executive Director at Pop!Tech

“Abby is the right person, with the right idea, at the right time. She has the combination of vision, charisma, commitment and flexibility that are in the DNA of every breakthrough social entrepreneur, and GCY is a vital idea whose time has most definitely come.”

Other early institutional investors include:

• Peery Family Foundation
• Yahoo Employee Fund
• Harvard Business School

Press:

• GCY Fellows on Current TV News Blog (12/15/2009) Link
• “Nonprofit aims to give young people a global perspective,” SF Examiner (10/9/2009) Link
• “Global Citizen Year,” Dr. O on Social Edge (10/6/2009) Link
• GCY Launch Press Release (9/19/2009) Link
• Harvard Business School Social Entrepreneurship Fellow (7/21/2009) Link
• Draper Richards Foundation Entrepreneurship Award (1/26/2009) Link
• The Mind Trust Education Entrepreneur Award (12/11/2008) Link
• Change.org (11/24/2008) Link
• NY Times (9/16/2008) Link