Case | HBS Case Collection | February 2015

Abby Falik at Global Citizen Year

by Robert Steven Kaplan and Lauren Barley

Abstract

Abby Falik, founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year (GCY), quickly read through the most recent news updates regarding the Ebola crisis in West Africa as she prepared for her board call on July 31, 2014. Based in Oakland, California, GCY was a five-year-old not-for-profit with a fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget of $3.5 million. Its mission was to make it much more the norm for graduating high school students in the U.S. to choose a "bridge year." GCY believed this experience after high school, but before college, would help students build self-awareness, learn about the world, and develop grit. In turn, GCY felt these attributes laid the foundation for success in college, and beyond.

Keywords: not-for-profit; public service; developing countries; Secondary Education; Nonprofit Organizations; Higher Education; Developing Countries and Economies; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;

Language: English Format: Print 28 pages EducatorsPurchase

Citation:

Kaplan, Robert Steven, and Lauren Barley. "Abby Falik at Global Citizen Year." Harvard Business School Case 415-052, February 2015.

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