Where hard work meets opportunity
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Learn about our programs
We are a San Francisco based foundation providing underrepresented youth with grants to pursue music & science.
Now taking applications for the music program.
Explore our programs
Music Program
Year-long grants for music lessons aimed at elementary and middle school students.
Apply today
Science Program
Research grants and mentorship for high school students with a scientific question.
Learn more
About us
The idea for Celeste was born from witnessing the same pattern over and over: young people full of talent and drive, held back by circumstances beyond their control. A child with perfect pitch who couldn’t afford a violin. A teenager with brilliant research questions but no lab access, no mentor, no budget for materials. These stories aren’t rare—they’re structural. We started Celeste to rewrite that story.
Meet our team
“Give ordinary people the right tools, and they will design the most extraordinary things.”
Neil Gershenfeld
American physicist, inventor, and professor at MIT
Where hard work meets opportunity
Submit Your Application
Learn about our programs
We are a San Francisco based foundation providing underrepresented youth with grants to pursue music & science.
Now taking applications for the music program.
Explore our programs
Music Program
Year-long grants for music lessons aimed at elementary and middle school students.
Apply today
Science Program
Research grants and mentorship for high school students with a scientific question.
Learn more
About us
The idea for Celeste was born from witnessing the same pattern over and over: young people full of talent and drive, held back by circumstances beyond their control. A child with perfect pitch who couldn’t afford a violin. A teenager with brilliant research questions but no lab access, no mentor, no budget for materials. These stories aren’t rare—they’re structural. We started Celeste to rewrite that story.
Meet our team
“Give ordinary people the right tools, and they will design the most extraordinary things.”
Neil Gershenfeld
American physicist, inventor, and professor at MIT
Where hard work meets opportunity
Submit your application
Learn about our programs
We are a San Francisco based foundation providing underrepresented youth with grants to pursue music & science.
Now taking applications for the music program.
Explore our programs
Music Program
Year-long grants for music lessons aimed at elementary and middle school students.
Apply today
Science Program
Research grants and mentorship for high school students with a scientific question.
Learn more
About us
The idea for Celeste was born from witnessing the same pattern over and over: young people full of talent and drive, held back by circumstances beyond their control. A child with perfect pitch who couldn’t afford a violin. A teenager with brilliant research questions but no lab access, no mentor, no budget for materials. These stories aren’t rare—they’re structural. We started Celeste to rewrite that story.
Meet our team
“Give ordinary people the right tools, and they will design the most extraordinary things.”
Neil Gershenfeld
American physicist, inventor, and professor at MIT