The organization provides students without a 4- year bachelor's degree with resources, training and corporate internships with the aim of improving their job prospects and social mobility.
The organization was founded in Boston in 2000 by Gerald Chertavian,[4] who worked as a banker on Wall Street and later co-founded a software company.
[11] They were also shown in a Netflix documentary, Untapped: Closing America's Opportunity Gap, which released in October 2024.
[12] Year Up United's program includes job skills training and internships in a corporate environment,[10] for underserved students who have a high school diploma or equivalent, but have not received a college degree.
[19] In 2022, Google announced it was working with Year Up United and two other job training programs to provide funding and course content.