Building pathways to work, ownership, and what comes next.
Project BLOOM creates paid pathways to economic mobility for justice-impacted adults and Tulsa youth. Through social enterprise, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and mentorship, participants gain real-world experience, practical skills, and support to earn, grow, and lead.
Project BLOOM Fellowship
Paid work and a pathway forward
A 12-month paid workforce-development experience for justice-impacted adults, beginning with Bloom Fuel Bar.
Explore the FellowshipYouth Summer Sales Program
A summer job with skills that last
Paid entrepreneurship experience for Tulsa teens through Bloom Juice Room.
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Our mission
Opportunity changes everything.
Our mission is to cultivate pathways to economic mobility through meaningful employment, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and mentorship. By investing in people and creating real-world opportunities to learn, work, and lead, we empower individuals to build thriving futures, strengthen their families, and create lasting change in their communities.
Our Programs
Two programs. One shared purpose.
Project BLOOM transforms opportunity into paid, hands-on experiences that help justice-impacted adults and Tulsa teens build practical skills, confidence, and pathways to economic mobility.
For justice-impacted adults
Project BLOOM Fellowship
A 12-month paid workforce-development program that combines W-2 employment, hands-on business experience, coaching, professional development, and individualized transition planning. Bloom Fuel Bar is the first social-enterprise training track.
For Tulsa teens
Youth Summer Sales Program
A paid summer entrepreneurship experience where teens sell Bloom Juice Room products at markets and community events while building skills in sales, customer service, marketing, money management, teamwork, and leadership.
HOW PROJECT BLOOM WORKS
Four elements. One commitment to lasting opportunity.
Across both programs, Project BLOOM combines paid experience, practical learning, mentorship, and next-step planning so participants can build skills, confidence, and pathways to economic mobility.
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Earn
Participants gain paid, hands-on work experience through Bloom Fuel Bar or Bloom Juice Room.
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Learn
Professional, financial, and business skills are taught through coaching, workshops, and real-world practice.
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Lead
Participants practice teamwork, decision-making, ownership, communication, and leadership as their confidence grows.
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Thrive
Participants leave with experience, skills, relationships, and support they can carry into employment, education, entrepreneurship, and future leadership.
Intended Fellowship outcomes
Impact that reaches beyond a paycheck.
The Project BLOOM Fellowship is designed to create lasting change for Fellows, their families, and their communities. These outcomes will guide our program design and evaluation, and we will publish what we measure and learn as cohorts progress.
Independence & Economic Mobility
Fellows build income, savings, professional experience, and pathways toward stable employment and greater financial independence.
Family Stability
Greater economic stability helps Fellows strengthen their households, support their families, and contribute to improved outcomes across generations.
Advocacy & Leadership
Fellows can transform their experience into leadership through peer mentorship, community advocacy, and restorative-justice work.
Reduced Recidivism
Stable employment, individualized support, and strong community connections are intended to reduce the likelihood of future justice-system involvement.
Our Social Enterprises
Businesses designed to create opportunity.
Bloom Fuel Bar and Bloom Juice Room transform everyday business operations into paid, hands-on learning experiences. Together, they create jobs, build practical skills, generate earned revenue, and extend Project BLOOM's impact throughout the community.
Bloom Fuel Bar
Bloom Fuel Bar produces and supplies wellness-forward bottled beverages for gym and wellness partners. Fellows earn W-2 wages while gaining experience in production, packaging, inventory, fulfillment, delivery, and partner support.
Fuel Better.
Powering the Project BLOOM Fellowship
Explore Bloom Fuel BarBloom Juice Room
Bloom Juice Room brings colorful packaged beverages to farmers markets, festivals, campuses, and community events. With guidance from a Youth Business Coach, teens gain paid experience in sales, customer engagement, merchandising, inventory, and money management.
Bloom Responsibly.
Powering the Youth Summer Sales Program
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Build opportunity with us.
Foundation, corporate, community, and individual partners help Project BLOOM create paid jobs, provide coaching and supportive services, equip our social enterprises, and expand opportunities for Fellows and young people across Tulsa.
Stay connected
Stay close to what's growing.
Receive occasional updates about Fellowship and youth-program milestones, community events, partnership opportunities, and ways to support Project BLOOM.