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Investing in STEM education
ExxonMobil works with local educators, universities, nonprofits and global academic leaders to address the STEM education gap.
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We invest in communities with the goal of bolstering community and business needs while also supporting effective risk management.
Our primary focus on STEM education helps meet this goal.
ExxonMobil Foundation Teen Engineering & Tech Centers
In the fall of 2024, the ExxonMobil Foundation launched two pilot Teen Engineering and Tech Centers in Spring and Houston, Texas. The state-of-the-art centers provide innovative, hands-on after-school programs that engage hundreds of underserved high school students in STEM education. We look to help them to harness this education as a launch pad for success in STEM careers and economic opportunity – all while strengthening the industry’s talent pipeline.
Khan Academy
Through a $17 million grant, the ExxonMobil Foundation and Khan Academy launched the Open Doors Project in 2024 to bring free, high-quality education to students and teachers across Texas. Khan Academy is developing free learning resources for anyone aspiring to be or teaching the next great scientist or engineer in Texas. The program includes courses for 3rd-12th grade math and science students, as well as teacher resources aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards.
ExxonMobil Foundation STEM Africa
In 2024, with support from the ExxonMobil Foundation, JA Africa launched the ExxonMobil Foundation STEM Africa competition – a philanthropic initiative that promotes STEM education to more than 3,000 students in Angola, Nigeria, Namibia and Mozambique. The program helped inspire students to pursue STEM careers through hands-on STEM competitions and innovation camps. National winners competed at the final regional competition held at an Africa energy conference to showcase their enhanced engineering skills.
Beaumont, Texas - Leaders Inspiring the Faces of Tomorrow (LIFT)
ExxonMobil, in collaboration with 100 Black Men of Greater Beaumont and the Beaumont Independent School District, funded and launched the Leaders Inspiring the Faces of Tomorrow (LIFT) program in January 2024. Fifty sixth graders were selected to participate in the year-long program, which provides weekly support in math and science as well as life skills through volunteer mentors.
New Mexico, Texas, North Dakota - Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation
Through funding from ExxonMobil, the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation provides science equipment access to nearly 5,500 elementary and middle school students and STEM education in underserved communities across New Mexico, Texas and North Dakota. Eighteen state-of-the-art STEM centers have been completed including 13 elementary school STEM centers, 1 middle school STEM center and more.
Singapore – Empowering STEM Education Professionals Program
With support from ExxonMobil, the National Institute of Education enabled more than 80 teachers from 15 schools across the country to participate in the second installment of the Empowering STEM Education Professionals Program in 2024. The program, which is held over a series of workshops, seeks to enhance the quality of STEM teaching, build a community of STEM educators and encourage a more pervasive adoption of STEM education in schools.
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