Uncovering Brilliance.
Building Pathways.
Innovators for Purpose (iFp) is a BIPOC-led design and innovation studio that uncovers and showcases the brilliance of young people. Through hands-on projects at the intersection of design, STEM, and social impact, we build long-term pathways from curiosity to college and into meaningful careers.
Talent is Everywhere. Opportunity Still Isn’t.
Too many talented young people are excluded from the spaces where ideas are tested, careers are launched, and futures are shaped.
iFp bridges that gap by transforming proximity into access and access into opportunity, ensuring students are not just prepared for the future, but positioned to shape it.
“I came to iFp with a portfolio of posters and logos. Soon, I learned that design was so much more. iFp opened worlds I never knew existed.”
- Maxwell iFp’21, UX Designer at TD Bank
We Build Pathways - Not Programs
Most programs are transactional. You attend. You complete. You leave.
iFp is different. We build long-term relationships that begin with curiosity and extend through college and into careers. Our students don't just participate. They become part of a community that opens doors and puts their brilliance on stage.
How We Work
Students build skills and mindsets, develop agency, and showcase their brilliance.
Master the Craft
Students build technical skills and creative mindsets through hands-on work in design and STEM.
Build Your Voice
Students develop agency by exploring issues that matter and learning to lead with purpose.
Command the Stage
Students showcase their brilliance through public platforms, portfolios, exhibitions, and real-world presentations.
Where iFp Alum Go Next
Our commitment is not to prestige, but to best-fit pathways where brilliance can thrive.
Joseph iFp’22
University of Toronto ‘26
Computational Biology
Jennat iFp’24
Northeastern University ‘28
Public Policy & International Affairs
Tony iFp’22
Wentworth Institute of Technology ‘26
Information Technology
Sabrina iFp’24
UMass Amherst ‘28
Biology
Ashi iFp’25
Harvard University ‘29
Chemistry & Integrative Biology
Matias iFp’23
UMass Lowell ‘27
Computer Science & Applied Math
Jeremiah iFp’25
UMass Lowell ‘29
Mechanical Engineering
Henry iFp’24
UMass Boston ‘28
Engineering Physics
What We’re Working on Now
Transforming AI
AI is being built fast, but not always for us.
iFp Innovators are questioning who builds AI, who benefits from it, and who gets left out. They are learning how AI actually works and reimagining what it could look like if AI served everyone.
Through AI convenings and student research, including AHA Moments in AI (an educational resource selected for NeurIPS, one of the world’s premier AI conferences), iFp Innovators are not only studying the future of AI but also shaping it.
A different AI future is not theoretical. It is already being built.