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At Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders (ITL), we believe everyone deserves the chance to move from hidden potential to thriving professional. Since 2011, we’ve helped individuals overcome barriers to employment by offering credentialed training, career readiness, and mentorship at no cost to participants.
We currently provide property & casualty insurance training, and are expanding into sales training for insurance professionals and AI certifications, meeting the high-demand fields that will define the jobs of tomorrow. ITL also delivers a strong career development program that integrates directly into the programming of our nonprofit partners, ensuring that participants not only gain skills but also have the support, guidance, and pathways to succeed.
Your investment helps ITL open doors to careers with living wages, benefits, and economic mobility — turning opportunity into lasting change for families and communities.
To date, ITL has trained 660 participants and placed 200 individuals in jobs paying above the minimum wage with an 80 percent job retention rate. ITL's main program is Property and Casualty Insurance Training (for adults ages 18 and older). ITL partners with IMPACT Institute, which is a Texas Workforce Commission-approved training provider, to offer this 60-hour training that is led by industry professional trainers and utilizes a state-approved curriculum to prepare students for licensure and a career in the insurance industry. Participants also receive leadership training and financial empowerment education. After passing the certification exam, ITL connects program graduates with employment at Allstate Insurance.
Our mission is to inspire tomorrow’s leaders for today’s workforce to create generational legacies of education, job security and retention, and financial stability in our communities.
Imagine being a mother working long hours, dreaming of something more — but every time you try, cost or lack of training stops you. In Dallas, nearly half of single mothers live in poverty, and 35% of households with children are headed by a single parent. These aren’t just statistics; they represent women striving every day to build stability for their children while facing barriers to advancement.
In Dallas, economic mobility remains out of reach for too many families. Women with children often face fewer opportunities to move into careers that provide a living wage, benefits, and long-term security. These barriers create ripple effects — fewer resources to save, pay down debt, or achieve financial goals like homeownership — which in turn limit opportunities for the next generation.
At the same time, the demand for skilled professionals is rising. The insurance industry grew by 8.3% last year, outpacing all other financial services, and Texas ranks #1 nationally for insurance sales employment. Dallas–Fort Worth ranks second in the nation for the highest concentration of insurance agent jobs. Beyond insurance, high-demand roles in sales and AI/data certification pathways represent powerful opportunities for families to step into living-wage jobs with room for advancement.
At Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders (ITL), 85% of those we serve are mothers — women eager to provide stability for their families. We remove barriers by offering no-cost credentialed training, mentorship, and career development, including programming embedded within nonprofit partners to meet people where they are. With access to training and support, participants gain not just jobs, but careers that unlock benefits, security, and true economic mobility.
Your support helps mothers turn dreams into opportunity — and opportunity into brighter futures for their families.
ITL recognizes that historical factors, including systemic racism and sexism, segregation and redlining have adversely affected the communities it serves and require an intentional approach. By prioritizing inclusion, diversity, equity and access, ITL seeks to mitigate the impact of these factors on students’ economic mobility and success. ITL also recognizes that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace is a more innovative and successful one. For these reasons, ITL’s staff, volunteers and board members have shared lived experiences with the students. The organization prioritizes maintaining a leadership that is a reflection of the communities served.
In 2018, ITL was selected as one of six High Impact Nonprofits of Color in Dallas by Prosperity Now and JP Morgan Chase to participate in a three-year, capacity-building cohort and provide insights into bridging the racial wealth gap. ITL and the other cohort members were chosen for demonstrating cultural competency and knowledge of economic trauma affecting communities of color. As such, ITL incorporates an intentional approach to cultural self-reflection among staff to highlight how an individual’s background shapes their engagement with the agency.
This year, ITL will create a new position on its Board of Directors for a program graduate. The process will begin with an orientation for interested members and will be followed by an application and interview process. This will ensure participant experiences are reflected at the highest level of leadership.
Organization name
Inspiring Tomorrow's Leaders, Inc.
Causes
Economic/Financial Security/Poverty
Operating Budget
$100,000 - $249,999
Counties Served
Erath, Tarrant, Rockwall, Parker, Navarro, Kaufman, Grayson, Fannin, Ellis, Denton, Dallas, Collin
BIPOC Serving
Hispanic or Latinx, Black or African American
BIPOC Leadership
Executive Director/CEO
Address
3560 W Camp Wisdom Rd Suite 200