Five tuition-free, 100% online career-training programs in digital and AI-enabled skills for young people ages 14–25 — including youth in and aging out of foster care — referred through partner organizations. Free to every participant. Always.
These young people are not short on talent or determination. What they're missing is what most working professionals started with: one steady adult in their corner, and a fair chance to learn skills that pay. The Foundation exists to provide both.
The Azgari Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity based in Austin, Texas (EIN 41-2896092) that provides tuition-free, 100% online workforce training in digital and AI-enabled career skills to young people ages 14–25 — including youth in and aging out of the foster-care system — referred through partner organizations. All programs are provided at no cost to the participant, financed by a party other than the student, and delivered through live, instructor-led online instruction with supervised hands-on labs.
Since January 2026 the Foundation has delivered scholarship-funded entrepreneurship education while building its five-program academy — eight scholarships awarded to date; two participants operate active businesses today as a direct result, and three more are employed while building toward ownership.
Every program maps to a real occupation, pairs live teaching with supervised practice, and ends with work a young person can show — a portfolio, a set of books, a live website, real support tickets, a running back office.
Participants learn to plan and deliver AI-enabled digital marketing for small businesses — tuition-free, 100% online, with live instruction and supervised hands-on labs.
Program details →Participants learn small-business bookkeeping and accounting fundamentals — tuition-free, 100% online, with live instruction and supervised hands-on labs.
Program details →Participants learn to set up, support, and troubleshoot the software systems and business tools a small organization depends on — tuition-free, 100% online, with live instruction and supervised hands-on labs.
Program details →Participants learn to design, build, and launch fast, professional small-business websites using modern AI-assisted web tools, then maintain and optimize them for search and performance. Each participant builds and launches multiple live sites, including their own, as portfolio pieces. — tuition-free, 100% online, with live instruction and supervised hands-on labs.
Program details →Participants learn the back-office systems and routines that keep a small business running — tuition-free, 100% online, with live instruction and supervised hands-on labs.
Program details →Each program aligns to an occupation on the Workforce Solutions Capital Area Approved Training Occupations list (effective May 5, 2025).
Delivered 100% online — participants attend from anywhere with reliable internet and a computer.
Live, instructor-led online sessions on each module, supervised build labs for hands-on practice, and supervised internship-style projects that produce real work product.
Enrollment is closed — participants are referred by partner organizations under written agreements. Programs are not advertised or open to the general public.
$0 to every participant — financed by a party other than the student. Participants ages 14–17 enroll with parental or guardian consent.
A seven-member instructor team from industry, academia, and clinical practice, led by founder Azgari Lipshy and anchored by university faculty — at zero cost to the student.
25 years building and operating small businesses. Business development, general management, and sales.
15+ years in software. AI website creation, business software systems, AI content tooling.
Professor & Chair of Mathematics and Computer Science, Southern Arkansas University. AI fundamentals; AI agent development.
Carnegie Mellon University computer science / AI. AI content creation, social media, SEO and AI-search.
Co-delivers programs, refers eligible young people, and provides wraparound support drawing on their community-based youth services network.
Founded by retired NFL player Stephen Braggs, this Austin-area 501(c)(3) supports foster youth ages 13–22 with housing stability, financial literacy, and mentorship — contributing referrals and organizational capacity.
A wellness-focused live-and-learn campus where opportunity youth spend up to a year building a business, a body, and a future — cottages, a learning hall, a working greenhouse, and a network of adults who show up.
CONCEPT RENDERING — PLANNED EXPANSION, CONTINGENT ON GRANT AND CAPITAL FUNDING
Structured to receive workforce agency contracts, federal and state grants, foundation awards, and individual philanthropy. Determination letter and financials available on request.
