Contact YEI
Let’s open doors together.
Have a question, partnership idea, student referral, vending opportunity, media request, or way to support youth entrepreneurs? We’d love to hear from you.
Every connection can help create the next first.
A Quick Note
We are often teaching, traveling, vending, or working with students.
Please allow time for a response, especially during active program seasons, summer programming, KidBizCON, and weekend vending events. For time-sensitive matters, include the deadline or event date in your message.
Send a Message
Reach out and tell us what you need.
Use the form to contact YEI about programs, student opportunities, partnerships, donations, volunteering, press, youth vending, KidBizCON, Made By Youth, or general questions.
Summer Program Email
Service Area
Washington, DC with a focus on youth and families East of the River.
Contact Pathways
What are you reaching out about?
Enroll or Refer a Student
Reach out if you are a parent, guardian, school, or community partner interested in connecting a young person to YEI programming.
Bring YEI to Your School
Contact us about school-based entrepreneurship, STE(A)M, creative economy, business, vending, or youth development programming.
Book a Workshop
We partner with organizations to provide youth entrepreneurship, creative economy, BizBeauty, product-making, and business workshops.
Support KidBizCON
Contact us about workshops, sponsorships, judges, activations, youth marketplace support, and VIP/community participation.
Volunteer or Mentor
Share your time, career experience, creative skills, business knowledge, or network with young entrepreneurs.
Press or Media
Contact us for interviews, photos, stories, impact information, event coverage, or media requests.
Where We Work
Rooted in DC. Focused on access.
YEI serves young people through school-based programs, community partnerships, studio experiences, vending opportunities, youth markets, and signature events across Washington, DC.
YEI Ward 7 Studio
Made By Youth studio, creative production, social enterprise work, youth-made products, and community programming.
Bard High School Early College DC
High school entrepreneurship, STE(A)M, creative economy, summer internships, and work-based learning.
Ketcham Elementary School
Smart Hustle Jr., elementary entrepreneurship, creative learning, business activities, and youth confidence-building.
Markets & Community Events
Pop-ups, vending opportunities, KidBizCON, showcases, youth marketplace experiences, and partner activations.
A Quick Note
We are often teaching, traveling, vending, or working with students.
Please allow time for a response, especially during active program seasons, summer programming, KidBizCON, and weekend vending events. For time-sensitive matters, include the deadline or event date in your message.
Help create the next first.
Whether you want to donate, volunteer, partner, sponsor, shop youth-made, or connect a young person to opportunity, your next message can help open a door.