The L.A.B. stands for Launching Access & Belonging — our monthly giving community for people who believe opportunity in STEM should never be determined by a family's ability to pay, keeping access open for every participant.

Where Your Money Goes

SCFG Lab members are the reason our programming stays free. Monthly gifts give us the steady, predictable funding we need to plan ahead. 

Science Clubs

  • Weekly, hands-on STEM programming for girls and gender-expansive youth in grades K–12, led by Mentors who look like the scientists our students are becoming.

Vacation Programming 

  • February Vacation Coding Club

  • AI/Robotics 

  • Summer Rocketry Program

STEM Kits & Materials

  • Funding the physical materials, glue, rocket kits, computers, that make hands-on possible, so no family ever pays out of pocket.

We Grow Curiosity & Confidence

We don't just run programs, we build a pipeline of confidence. Our impact shows up in the numbers.

SCFG reaches more than 1,250 young people each year, more than 80% of whom are underrepresented in STEM by race and/or socioeconomic background.

99% of SCFG alumni attended college, and 63% majored in STEM; that figure rises to 76% when economics and psychology are included. Year over year, participants keep coming back—proof that sustained mentorship and ongoing STEM exposure make a lasting difference.

How SCFG Lab supports this: these outcomes aren't built in a single session — they're built over years of relationship. SCFG L.A.B's recurring gifts are what let a participant stay in our continuum from her first Science Club through college and even returning as a Mentor. Our programs show up for her every year, not just once.
 

L.A.B. Member Benefits

  • Discounted tickets to the Science Club for Girls signature fundraising event in the spring, Catalyst
  • Exclusive invitation to a Rocket Launch during the Summer Rocketry Program
  • L.A.B. Membership Anniversary gift