Students building real stores for real causes.
Entrepreneurs United gives high schoolers the tools, mentorship, and platform to launch an online store — and every dollar raised goes to a cause they choose.
Three steps. One real business.
- 01
Apply & get approved
A short application — your story, the cause you want to support, and parental consent if you're under 18.
- 02
Launch your store
You'll choose from products supplied by approved brand partners. Design the storefront, write the copy, set the launch date.
- 03
Fund the cause
Proceeds from every sale support your chosen cause. You track impact, learn the business, and build something real.
Students choose the cause. Every store supports it.
Students choose from a curated set of vetted causes. Proceeds from every sale support the cause their store represents.
- Veterans
- Animals
- Literacy
- Mental Health Awareness
- Environmental Conservation
- Local Food Banks
- Cancer Research
- Youth Mentorship
Bring Entrepreneurs United to your students.
More than a fundraiser — this is a real-world entrepreneurship learning experience. Students operate actual online stores, learning marketing, customer service, fundraising, and financial literacy along the way.
The program runs in cohorts aligned with contest periods and is designed in partnership with educators. Built to support JAG (Jobs for America's Graduates) and similar school-based entrepreneurship programs.
Curriculum-aligned learning outcomes
Cohort-based, contest-driven structure
Cause-anchored fundraising with real impact
Cash prize incentives for top performers
Get your products into a growing network of student-run stores.
High school students operate stores within their school and home networks, distribution through trusted personal connections rather than ads. Reach extends to students, parents, and extended family.
Cause-aligned products perform especially well. Students promote your products in good faith because their fundraising depends on it.
Authentic distribution through student networks
Cause-aligned product placement
Vetted student operators, every applicant reviewed
Transparent reporting and clear commission structure
Turn your passion for a cause into real entrepreneurship experience.
Open to high schoolers (grades 9–12, plus recent graduates). Free to apply. Pick a cause you care about, run a real online store with products from approved brand partners, and have opportunities to earn cash prizes from the foundation. Parents are involved every step of the way — guardian consent for minors, and prize handling for under-18 winners.
Entrepreneurs United is a program of Enlight Unite Foundation.
The foundation's broader mission centers on storytelling, content, and positive social impact for young people. Entrepreneurs United is one specific way we pursue that mission.