Get Lit - Words Ignite fuses classic and spoken word poetry to increase teen literacy on the page and in visual media. They cultivate enthusiastic learners emboldened to inspire social consciousness in diverse communities.
 

Get Lit's poetry and film curriculum engages young people by providing a creative outlet, community, and real-life work experience, transforming students into activists, scholars, and stars.
 

Together, Vans is aiding Get Lit's ability to expand programming, reach more youth, and amplify the voices of spoken word artists

The Tegan and Sara Foundation -  was founded by Tegan and Sara in 2015 to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ women and girls. This mission is founded on a commitment to feminist values and racial, social and gender justice.
 

The Foundation raises awareness and funds, fights for equality and justice through our flagship programming and support of grassroots organizations, activists and communities that often go unrecognized by major funding institutions.
 

Vans is working with the Tegan and Sara Foundation to support LGBTQ+ youth across the U.S. and Canada with direct services and programming. Support from Vans will fund the fifth year of TSF's LGBTQ+ summer camp scholarships, as well as a round of Community Grants to grassroots organizations empowering trans youth.

STOKED is a community-focused nonprofit that combines one-on-one mentorship with the joy (and adrenaline) of action sports to help underserved BIPOC youth realize their potential.

Vans is a longtime supporter of STOKED's message of inclusion and community-first methods, serving as a proud partner and supporter of the organization for over 10 years. The latest chapter in Vans’ partnership with STOKED aims to achieve two main goals: growing BIPOC participation and representation in action sports and providing STOKED participants with access, resources, and educational programming. To achieve these goals, Vans is sponsoring skate activations at STOKED’s NYC and Chicago sites, supporting STOKED’s after-school leadership development programs and weekend skateboarding/snowboarding/surfing programs, and encouraging its employees to serve as STOKED mentors through a dynamic “Career Pipeline’' program that shows STOKED youth some of the career possibilities in the action sports world.

THE SKATEPARK PROJECT (TSP) helps underserved communities create safe and inclusive public skateparks for youth.

The Skatepark Project aims to increase efficacy and efficiency in providing access to free and safe public skateparks by supporting the creation of public skateparks and working to ensure their accessibility. Together Vans X TSP are looking to build and manage new skate park projects and multi-use shared skate spaces to provide access in New York City.

The Creative Sole Scholarship powered by Vans is awarded annually by the NAACP  - the largest and pre-eminent civil and social rights organization in the nation - to college students majoring in creative fields including art, architecture, English, journalism, music, communications, design, marketing, and photography.

As a way for Vans to continue supporting these students throughout their entire college education, Vans has awarded 50 selected students with $5000 scholarships each year that they are enrolled up until four years, which means one student could receive a total of $20,000 through the program, if eligibility requirements continue to be met. Vans hopes to incentivize the selected students to complete their full college education and graduate at the end of the four years, for a total investment of $1,000,000.