OUR MISSION
Closing the wealth gap, one teen at a time.
MIT-WIT is a Los Angeles–based 501(c)(3) preparing teens 13–18 for the world they’ll inherit — through educating in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and personal development.
Status
501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Based in
Los Angeles, CA
Approach
Family-centered
We believe closing the wealth gap begins with education that connects the classroom to the living room — equipping underserved youth with practical skills while engaging parents through training and resources that reinforce learning at home.
See Why Others Love MIT-WIT
As a parent who grew up in the 70’s, I would have paid any amount of money for my child to attend a summer program similar to MIT-WIT. I recommend MIT-WIT because the lessons taught will be used as a lifelong advantage.
Wow.!Just learned about a wonderful opportunity for our youth. Financial Literacy Courses. This is a fantastic initiative. Financial Literacy is one of those “real world” skills that middle schoolers are surprisingly ready for.
I believe this is an absolute Game Changer!!
We are excited to Partner with Vante and his "MIT-WIT" Summer Program. It is important to develop and create opportunities for our Youth.
The Build Your Future Series is awesome!
Each book makes growth, money, and entrepreneurship easy to understand, engaging, and motivating, perfect for teens /students interested in learning how to take charge of their future.
2026 MIT-WIT
Summer Program
At the MIT-WIT summer program for teens every student gets to experience real world simulations — supported by mentors who’ve built businesses and managed real money.
What Teens Will Be Learning
PART 01
Personal
Development
Identity, discipline, communication, and emotional intelligence. The inner work that makes everything else possible.
Goal-Setting · Public Speaking
Leadership · Self-Management
PART 02
Financial
Literacy
Earn it, manage it, multiply it. Real budgets, real markets, real decisions – not theory from a textbook.
Budgeting · Investing
Credit · Wealth Building
PART 03
Entrepreneurship
Build something real. Pitch it. Sell it. Walk away with a real plan and the confidence to do it again.
Investing · Wealth Building · Real Estate · Building a Business
MENTORSHIP
Real Entrepreneurs.
Real Finance Professionals.
Real Mentorship.
Our students learn from people who’ve built companies, managed portfolios, and made the mistakes worth learning from. The kind of people most kids never get to meet — let alone be mentored by.
TRUST & SAFETY
Background-checked. Family-vetted. Mentor-led.
Every mentor and instructor passes a background check. Class sizes stay small. Parents have a direct line to program leadership throughout the summer. We treat your trust like the precious thing it is — because it is.
✓Background checks on every adult
✓Program sizes capped for attention
✓Direct parent-to-leadership line
✓Transparent curriculum & weekly recaps
Family-Centered by Design
Built for teens.
Designed with parents.
We don’t just teach your teen… Financial success and Entrepreneurship is a language. If you don’t speak it, how can you plan to do well with it. We give the family a shared language, a shared toolkit, and a shared roadmap to what’s possible.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Questions parents and teens ask us.
Don’t see your question?
Call us at (213) 705-3491 or email info@mit-wit.org.
MIT-WIT serves teens ages 13–18. Curriculum is calibrated to be challenging without being overwhelming, with cohort groupings that keep the experience age-appropriate.
Yes, MIT-WIT will cover lunch for the summer program.
Yes, there is a $100 discount for the second teen.
The $299 covers all 8 weeks, lunch, and all books (students keep books) and materials.
MIT-WIT will be launching several programs during the fall, winter, and spring seasons.
No, MIT-WIT will be designing programs for younger kids as well as adults in the next few months.
The MIT-WIT personal development, financial literacy and entrepreneurship workbooks are currently not for sale and only come with the summer program.
The first day is June 15th.
