Target Evolution Inc. is deeply committed to uplifting students and families in low-income households and underserved communities, ensuring they receive dignified support, resources, & opportunities during times of financial hardship. We can provide Teen Biz Boxes to schools at no cost and partner directly with schools to host collaborative Teen Biz Pop-Up Shop Marketplace Events that integrate seamlessly into your existing student support and enrichment efforts. These initiatives give students the opportunity to generate immediate income while developing real-world transferable career skills, financial confidence, and long-term economic resilience. By working with school leaders, we strengthen your campus’s capacity to uplift families, enhance student engagement, and expand pathways to economic mobility within your community.
The Crisis
No Child Is Born a Criminal.
No child is born intending to fail. They don’t dream of jail cells or a life on the streets. Every single child is born creative and curious, but when they’re trapped by circumstances and the only options they see are bad ones, they are forced to do the best they can with what little they have.
They are not the problem — the lack of opportunities and resources is.
We see this tragic outcome every day: a generation of bright minds that are disengaged, unmotivated, and facing a future that feels hopeless. As adults, we complain about the crisis, but now is the moment to move from complaint to action.
The Solution
Give Them Hope, Not Handcuffs.
Instead of Just Teaching Kids How to Fish, Give Students a Fishing Pole and the Lake. The Fishing Pole is a Teen Biz Box, and the Lake is Teen Biz Pop-Up Marketplace Events.
We have a shared responsibility to give kids hope for the future. We must expose them to something different. The Teen Biz Box is that bold, innovative solution.
This isn’t just a fun box — it’s an escape route. It’s a resource that teaches youth to channel their creativity and curiosity into entrepreneurship, small business, and legitimate opportunity.
Let’s give them a business and an opportunity to earn income instead of judgment or a label.
Let’s give them a path to success instead of a stereotype and a dead-end street.
Make a Personal Impact
When you give a kid a Teen Biz Box, you’re not just helping your kids or a stranger; you’re healing a community’s generational wounds.
You’re giving the opportunity that you or your family member who ended up in jail never had.
You’re protecting a nephew or niece who’s currently bouncing in and out of trouble.
You’re honoring the memory of those you grew up with who may have ended up dead or incarcerated because they lacked a real way out.
For every child we failed, this is a solution for every child we can still save.
Help us change the world one Teen Biz Box at a time.
Help us give a creative, curious child — who’s smart and just needs an opportunity to show it — the only thing we all really need right now: Hope.
Host Teen Biz Pop-Up Events at Your School with the Teen Biz Box!
APPLY NOW Are you a school that wants to impact students and families financially? Host a Teen Biz Pop-Up Event by partnering with us to mobilize your community to support the local families you serve! Title I Schools can apply for free Teen Biz Boxes and other schools can get Teen Biz Boxes in bulk at a discounted rate! We provide the Teen Biz Boxes & Pop-Up Toolkit You Spread the word and Volunteer to support youth and families! Each youth will earn a minimum of $180 at the event! Serve 100 youth, make $18,000 immediate family impact!
“When a family is hurting, relief should restore dignity—not diminish it. Every Teen Biz Box we give and every Teen Biz Pop-Up we host is a reminder that resilience grows when a community believes in the brilliance of its youth.”