Summit Academy OIC

Our mission

Since 1996, Summit Academy OIC has empowered individuals to break the cycle of poverty through no-cost vocational training, fostering economic participation across all backgrounds. Your support fuels stability and prosperity, enabling families to thrive and contributing to a vibrant community where everyone can achieve their full potential. 

Our fundamental belief is the best social service program in the world is a job.  People like you make this happen.

Building strong communities 

As the only accredited, no-cost-to-student Career & Technical Education institution in Minneapolis, Summit primarily serves low-income people and people of color. Because of generous donors like you, more than 1,000 students receive training, mentoring, and career support at Summit each year with no out-of-pocket cost or debt. 

Summit offers 20-week training in the high-demand fields of construction, IT, financial services, and healthcare and a 10-week GED completion program. Graduates receive industry-recognized certificates and certifications in their fields of study and earn an average of over $43,000 a year after graduation. A Summit education is a path to the middle class.

Your gift changes lives! 

Every dollar counts. A donation to Summit Academy OIC of: 

• $125 pays for 1 GED Exam
• $275 buys a tool kit for a Construction graduate so they're ready for the first day on the job
• $350 purchases a membership to the American Health Information Management Association and the cost to take the AHIMA Certified Coding Exam Associate exam for a Medical Administrative Assistant student
• $500 provides transportation and a training field trip at a worksite for students 
• $2,000 provides transportation to and from the Steger Center in northern Minnesota for training 

                                                                         Learn more about Summit Academy OIC at saoic.org. 

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