By supporting the people and ideas that have the greatest ability to positively impact our world, the Young Leaders and Whole Community Programs at Greenhouse are building blocks in pursuit of lasting community change. We provide direct support for early-stage ideas and connections to funding for different life stages.

Ginelle Akoto Bamfo

(Class of 2025)
Young Leaders Program

The Hunt
New York, NY

The Hunt is a short film about Amber, an unemployed recent graduate searching for purpose after repeated setbacks in the job hunt. Inspired by her own post-grad experience, the film reflects the frustration of sending applications into a void, being ghosted by companies, and seeing opportunities disappear. With the job market especially challenging for Black women, she wants to put a human story behind the statistics and show the resilience it takes to keep going.

Jessica Moore

(Class of 2021)
Young Leaders Program

Pawfessional Access Fund
Washington, DC

The Pawfessional Access Fund is a grantmaking nonprofit that helps young professionals with disabilities afford medically necessary service dogs so they can work, study, and live more independently. It covers costs not typically supported by insurance or employers, including training or placement fees, travel, and essential first-year expenses. Funding comes from individual donors, corporate sponsors, and grants, and impact is measured through grant placements and outcomes like job retention and degree completion.

Sanah Ahmed

(Class of 2023)
Young Leaders Program

Ilmra Community Diabetes Lab
Chicago, IL

Ilmra Community Diabetes Lab partners with community health clinics to analyze de-identified patient data and better understand diabetes within the populations they serve. By organizing longitudinal datasets, the project identifies patterns in disease progression and treatment response—especially among marginalized populations—to help clinicians improve care and understand why some patients decline faster or respond differently to treatment.

Alexandra Martinez Lopez

(Class of 2022)
Young Leaders Program

InspiraSTEM
San Salvador, El Salvador

InspiraSTEM is an annual conference founded by Salvadoran scientists living abroad to empower Salvadoran college students in STEM disciplines through high-level training workshops and academic seminars. This initiative seeks to foster the development of future scientists and professionals in El Salvador who might otherwise lack access to high-quality scientific training, with the ultimate goal of driving positive changes in modern Salvadorian society. The inaugural conference in 2025 served 100 university students in STEM fields from across El Salvador.

Kaylee Zilinger

(Class of 2024)
Young Leaders Program

Yale VIBES
New Haven, CT

Yale VIBES (Virtual Internship in Biomedical Education in Science) is a paid, two-semester virtual internship designed for undergraduate students from historically marginalized and underrepresented backgrounds, particularly those attending non-research-intensive universities. The program pairs students with Yale faculty to work on data analysis, research, and writing projects while also providing mentorship, professional connections, and exposure to graduate school pathways, helping participants build skills and see themselves in academic research environments. In it’s third year, the program has significantly expanded its reach and has been instrumental in helping students build professional connections that lead directly to employment and publication outcomes.