501(c)(3) Nonprofit • Charlotte, NC • Est. 2019
We use Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics, and Education to help individuals and their communities become self-sustaining.
We eliminate the underlying causes of community problems — not just their recurring effects.
Our Mission
Full S.T.E.A.M.E. Ahead, Incorporated (FSA Foundation) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit that works to develop solutions eliminating the underlying causes of community problems — not just their recurring effects. Our goal is not continuous intervention. It is empowerment. Every program we build touches at least three of our five F.L.A.R.E. pillars to ensure nothing we do is superficial.
Our Framework
Every FSA program is built on at least three of these five pillars. Nothing we do is standalone.
Every self-sustaining community must develop and maintain affordable, quality, and sustainable sources of food for its members.
Education is a lifelong process. We meet learners where they are and teach them what they want to learn, when they want to learn it.
Art preserves culture, inspires hope, and brings people together. To neglect art is to neglect community safety, care, cohesion, and identity.
We define problems thoroughly before pursuing solutions — because a poorly defined problem is impossible to solve.
If you take care of the environment, the environment will take care of you. For a community to be sustainable, the environments where it exists must be sustainable too.
How We Work
From after-school programs and summer camps to tutoring and scholarships, our Education unit builds the S.T.E.A.M.E. pipeline from the ground up — meeting every learner at their level.
We study the root causes of community challenges — from food systems and zero-waste models to community resource optimization and complementary medicine — to develop tools and knowledge that enable lasting change.
Distribution, training, and counseling programs that address the immediate effects of systemic problems while our research works to eliminate their causes. We fight the war on all fronts.