Igniting Community Transformational Change through STEM

Creating opportunities for experiential hands-on learning, R&D Impact is sowing the seeds of community transformational change.

Focusing its programmatic support on children and their families in under-resourced communities in the New Kensington / Arnold area of Western Pennsylvania — R & D Impact Foundation is creating multiple on-ramps for engagement in STEM. Through its STEM programs, R&D Impact seeks to spark curiosity and increase the capacity and confidence of young people in science, technology, engineering and math.

NEW KENSINGTON STEM PROGRAM

The New Kensington Program creates opportunities for kids in the New Kensington Arnold community in Western Pennsylvania to explore STEM after-school and during the summer. LEARN MORE

 

TENDERLOIN SCIENCE PROJECT (2022-2024)

Launched in Fall 2022 and completed in Summer 2024, the Tenderloin Science Project (TSP) created opportunities for kids in the Tenderloin neighborhood in downtown San Francisco to explore STEM in school and in afterschool and summer spaces.