Who We Are

The Success Institute is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and/or scientific purposes within the means of Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). The mission of the organization is to provide skills and literacy by expanding the knowledge of immigrants and refugees through teaching them the financial, social, and cultural skills that provides a foundation to attain self-sufficiency including

1. (a) ) To provide educational services to private or public educational centers including schools, school districts, preschools, childcare centers, afterschool centers, community centers, elderly care centers, and all organizations that offer educational training to individuals, urban communities, and local neighborhoods within Minnesota.
2. (b) To provide supportive services to youth, at-risk youth, elderly, disabled, and other persons as its designed to meet their physical, social, and psychological needs, as well as to promote their health, security, happiness, and daily practicality in living to be predicated upon the provision, maintenance, and operation thereof on a non-profit basis.

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide a haven to all persons regardless of their background or color without prejudice or discrimination. Our objective is to assist those very people in pursuing their educational and career goals. We do so by establishing focused programs geared towards providing the necessary workplace and developmental training tools for success. Additionally, we assist the youth by offering dynamic mentoring and academic afterschool tutoring programs. Successful outcomes will be measured by the establishment and fulfillment of our community enrichment initiatives.

What We Do

Summer Food Service Program:The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides nutritious meals at no cost to children in low-income communities when school is not in session. All children and teens (age 18 and under) who visit the organization’s approved SFSP feeding site can receive meals at no cost. No registrations or applications are required. Meals are also available for people with disabilities who are over age 18 and participate in school programs for the mentally or physically disabled.

Additionally, we have a host of other program offerings available through our partner networks.

Strategic Program Goals

Our goal is to help ensure and protect the continued growth of the youth within our various immigrant communities nationwide by addressing the issues they face directly. We will strengthen the family bond by promoting open family communication which will make the youth less susceptible to bad influences that may prevent them from success academic and lifelong success. By supporting strong, lasting relationships based on trust and integrity we will enable our youth to effectively compete on the global platform. In order to achieve these goals we feel it is crucial to help families focus on:

• Academic Success, self confidence and self esteem
• Job training, career planning and skill pathways
• How to establish measurable, meaningful and motivational goals
• Enhancing leadership and interpersonal skills
• Managing conflict resolution and social responsibility