JA Worldwide

📍 Boston, United States🗓 Founded 1919👥 547 employees💰 Last funded Apr 2025
As one of the world’s largest and most impactful youth-serving NGOs, JA Worldwide delivers hands-on, immersive learning in entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial health. Reaching more than 19 million young people each year through over 730,000 teachers and business volunteers, JA Worldwide is one of few organizations with the scale, experience, and passion to build a boundless future for the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders. JA Worldwide is a network of teams: Each JA entity has its own board of directors and staff and each operation, whether large or small, works with young people, has an online presence, raises funds, manages finances, delivers programs, organizes events, collects/shares data, and handles diverse legal and compliance issues. In addition to working with young people of all ages and a vast alumni community, JA is in contact with volunteers, teachers and nearly 100,000 schools each year. JA Worldwide has been selected as one of the top ten NGOs in the world in annual rankings since 2019 and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 and 2023.
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1919
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Investor geography5 countries
United States
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Paraguay
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Mexico
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Brazil
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Lithuania
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Investor activity2007–2025 · investors recorded per year
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Frequently asked questions
Who invested in JA Worldwide?
JA Worldwide has 5 investors on record on gritt.io.
When did JA Worldwide last raise funding?
The most recent investment in JA Worldwide recorded on gritt.io was in April 2025.
When was JA Worldwide founded?
JA Worldwide was founded in 1919.
What industry is JA Worldwide in?
JA Worldwide operates in Non-profit Organizations. Find similar Non-profit Organizations investors on gritt.io.
Where is JA Worldwide based?
JA Worldwide is headquartered in Boston, United States.