A partnership between the Architectural League of New York and two community colleges in the city pairs students with local professionals, to introduce emerging designers to the broader professional community.

The national organization has offered free mentorship to high school students for more than 25 years, exposing them to a cross section of companies and jobs in design, engineering, construction, and the building sector.

A bastion of public arts education in New York for more than 50 years, "SatPro" has allowed some 15,000 high schoolers to engage with the arts, learning from—and alongside—undergraduate student instructors.

Founded in 2017, the non-profit mentorship organization provides on-demand design education to students and schools around the Windy City.

A free program founded by architectural designer Michael Ford invites young people to understand music as commentary on the built environment, then gives them the tools to respond architecturally.

Mentorship programs like the Atlanta Center for Creative Inquiry are taking steps to broaden and diversify the pipeline of young people interested in architecture.

To fight structural racism, “Mentor someone who doesn't look like you," says the Detroit-based founder of 400 Forward—an initiative that encourages Black women to enter the profession.

Brown, who was a finalist for a Knight Arts Challenge grant, founded 400 Forward to empower Black women in the profession.

Through corporate foundations, architecture firms are funding students' research travel. But does supporting design education require a nonprofit structure?