OUR MISSION
We Eliminate Problems, We Don't Just Reduce Their Impact
Full S.T.E.A.M.E. Ahead, Incorporated (FSA), dba FSA Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics, and Education to help individuals and their communities become self-sustaining. We work to develop solutions that eliminate the underlying causes of community problems — not just their recurring effects. Our goal is not continuous intervention. It is empowerment.
OUR FRAMEWORK
The F.L.A.R.E. Model
Every FSA program is built on at least three of the five pillars of the F.L.A.R.E. Model — our framework for ensuring that everything we do is impactful, relevant, and worthwhile.
Food
Food is essential to survival. We believe every self-sustaining community must develop and maintain affordable,
quality, and sustainable sources of food for its members.
Learning
Education is a lifelong process that should be boundless in time, space, and subject matter. We meet
learners where they are and teach them what they want to learn, when they want to learn it.
Art
To neglect art is to neglect community safety, care, cohesion, and identity. Art preserves culture, inspires hope,
and brings people together across shared experience.
Research
Without proper and intentional research, meaningful adaptation is impossible. We define problems
thoroughly before pursuing solutions — because a poorly defined problem is impossible to solve.
Environment
If you take care of the environment, the environment will take care of you. For a community to be
sustainable, the environments where it exists must be sustainable too.
HOW WE WORK
Three Units. One Mission.
Education
From after-school programs and summer camps to tutoring and scholarships, our Education unit builds the S.T.E.A.M.E. pipeline from the ground up—meeting every learner at their level.
Research
We study the root causes of community challenges—from food systems and zero-waste models to community resource optimization and complementary medicine—to develop tools and knowledge that enable lasting change.
Outreach
Distribution, training, and counseling programs that address the immediate effects of systemic problems while our research works to eliminate their causes. We fight the war on all fronts.