Tees at Risk LLC

Tees At Risk 

Tees at Risk is a social-entrepreneurial venture that produces and sells inspiring and thought-provoking t-shirts designed by artistic teens at risk. A portion of the sale of each shirt benefits a different non-profit of their choice that assists youth at risk.

Their triple-bottom-line approach creates a unique “cycle of benefit” whereby the young, at-risk artists find an outlet for their unique artistic expression and also help to generate funding that Tees at Risk distributes to at-risk youth nonprofits.

Their primary goals are to give current and former at-risk youth a positive outlet for their creativity, and to distribute as much money as possible to selected charities that focus on helping troubled or disadvantaged youth.

We became a B Corp because empowering at-risk youth and giving back are not just our personal goals but are our corporate missions and we wanted our missions to be part of our corporate DNA. B Corp certification helps us communicate our unique business model and corporate purpose.

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The Change We Seek®

Many at-risk youth are troubled because they have lost self-confidence and the people around them don’t help to restore it or worse, contribute to damaging it further. Simply lacking self-confidence or positive self-expression can unfortunately lead troubled kids down a path or dangerous behavior, drugs, and crime.

Tees at Risk works with youth centers and individual kids from all over the world who express their angst through their incredible art. Tees at Risk can be the “big break” for a young woman who dreams of being a fashion designer, or just help a kid by cultivating and providing an outlet for his artistic talent that he can be proud of. Further, they enable their young artists to feel good about themselves for being the catalysts, through their designs, of donations that flow back to nonprofits that service at-risk youth.

Tees at Risk LLC

  • Industry: Apparel & Footwear
  • Product/Services: t-shirts
  • Location: Allentown, PA
  • Ownership: Private
  • http://teesatrisk.com

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Summary:

Certified: April 2011
  Points Earned % Points Available
Accountability » 10 67%
Employees » 0 0%
Consumers » 0 0%
Community » 66.4 60%
Environment » 4.9 25%
Composite B Score 81.3
  • >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
  • >60% points available = Area of excellence

Highlights:

From B Impact Assessment

• All art designed by at-risk youth

• 10% of all sales goes back to organizations that support troubled or disadvantaged youth

• Each shirt comes with a QR code, which tells the story of the art and artist