Beyond100K Recognized by the Schwab Foundation as 2026 Award Winner for Collective Social Innovation
Honoring the power of networks to drive systems change in STEM education
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland — January 13, 2026 — Beyond100K has been recognized by the Schwab Foundation as a 2026 Award winner for Collective Social Innovation. The award names Beyond100K’s founder and executive director, Talia Milgrom-Elcott, and Chief Program Officer, Maya Morales Garcia, while celebrating the network they steward: hundreds of organizations working together to transform how STEM teachers are recruited, prepared, and retained across the U.S.
The Collective Social Innovation category exists to recognize a simple truth: some challenges are too complex for any single organization to solve alone. This honor reflects Beyond100K’s core belief that systems change happens through collaboration; when organizations align around shared goals, learn together, and design for collective impact.
This recognition affirms something we’ve long known: teachers are the key to solving some of our biggest challenges. Economic mobility, climate resilience, and AI readiness all run through STEM classrooms. Who teaches, where, and with what support shapes who gets to participate in the future.
While Milgrom-Elcott and Morales Garcia are named as the awardees, this moment belongs to the entire Beyond100K community, who have helped build this work together.
Beyond100K is grateful to the Schwab Foundation for lifting up collective social innovation and the power of networks to drive lasting change.
Read the full announcement from the Schwab Foundation here
