
Beyond 12 is a tech-enabled nonprofit that partners with educational institutions to provide first-generation students with personalized coaching and support, helping them navigate the challenges of higher education. Founded in 2009, the organization aims to increase the graduation rates of under-resourced communities by offering tools and resources that empower students to succeed academically and personally. Their innovative approach combines near-peer coaching with an AI-powered analytics engine to deliver tailored support, ensuring that students receive the right help at the right time. Beyond 12's mission is to close the economic divide and transform lives through education, making them a key player in the nonprofit sector focused on educational equity.

Beyond 12 is a tech-enabled nonprofit that partners with educational institutions to provide first-generation students with personalized coaching and support, helping them navigate the challenges of higher education. Founded in 2009, the organization aims to increase the graduation rates of under-resourced communities by offering tools and resources that empower students to succeed academically and personally. Their innovative approach combines near-peer coaching with an AI-powered analytics engine to deliver tailored support, ensuring that students receive the right help at the right time. Beyond 12's mission is to close the economic divide and transform lives through education, making them a key player in the nonprofit sector focused on educational equity.
What they do: Tech-enabled nonprofit providing coaching and an AI-powered mobile coaching platform to increase college persistence and graduation for first-generation and under-resourced students
Founded / HQ: Founded 2009; headquartered in San Francisco, CA
Notable product: MyCoach (mobile coaching platform) and MyCoach AI (generative-AI conversational coach)
Recent recognition: Winner of Robin Hood's AI Poverty Challenge (awarded $1M) and selection in a 2025 tools competition cohort
Higher education access, college persistence and graduation for first-generation and low-income students
2009
Education; Nonprofit / EdTech
Most recent disclosed funding event recorded as a grant from Google.org
1000000.00
Awarded $1 million as winner of an AI Poverty Challenge to scale MyCoach AI
“Has received grants and philanthropic/investment awards from organizations including Google.org and Robin Hood”