Empowering Newark Youth, Building Generational Wealth

Legacy Builders equips Newark youth with trades, mentorship, and financial skills, offering real-world alternatives to violence while fostering community growth and generational wealth.

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About Legacy Builders

Legacy Builders is a youth development organization dedicated to transforming the lives of Newark’s under-resourced young people. By providing hands-on training in scalable trades, life skills, and financial literacy, we empower youth to envision and achieve positive, self-sustaining futures.

Our responsive approach addresses the root causes of violence by strengthening confidence, fostering entrepreneurship, and promoting economic stability. Core to our mission are mentorship, community collaboration, and partnerships with agencies like the Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery, ensuring our programs are integrated into Newark’s public health and safety ecosystem.

Our Core Programs & Services

Offering skill-based training, financial literacy education, and mentorship for Newark's youth; real alternatives and paths to lifelong opportunity.

Hands-On Trades Training

Practical training in scalable trades, sustainable career paths, and economic mobility within and beyond Newark.

Financial Literacy & Life Skills

Youth learn vital financial concepts, credit management, entrepreneurship, healthy habits, and economic independence.

Mentorship & Community Engagement

Mentorship, outreach, and support personal growth, resilience, confidence, and community connectedness.

Our Mission

Legacy Builders' mission is to replace cycles of violence with cycles of empowerment, wealth, and self-determination among Newark youth. By providing practical skills, mentorship, and culturally relevant support, we foster self-reliance, entrepreneurial spirit, and economic stability. Our vision is a future where every young person in Newark has access to the resources and opportunities needed to break barriers and build lasting legacies for generations to come.

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