NEXGEN Pathfinders
2× / week · 90 min · summer
Character, outdoor and service, built on the Scout Method. Five sections, from Sprouts to NEXplorers.
Ages 4–6Ages 7–10Ages 11–13Ages 14–17
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A program of UMMA Foundation
Our kids deserve serious
institutions. So we built one.
A youth and family center at 6 Arc Place, Staten Island. See what's happening on our calendar. Walk through all of it: nothing to sign, nothing to pay, and nobody will ask you to join anything.
Ages 4 and up · Background-checked mentors · Muslim-rooted, everyone welcome
Why it exists
Home. School. Masjid.
Then where?
School ends at three. Then what? Most kids end up on a phone, or nowhere. NEXGEN is the third space. After home. After school. The one they pick.
Built for Muslim families · Welcoming to all
01Home
Where values take root.
02School & Masjid
Where structure and knowledge grow.
03NEXGEN
The third space: where they choose to grow, lead, and belong.
What's on
What the first weeks look like.
Real dates from our calendar, not a sample timetable. Most of what runs here is free to visit, you do not need to join anything first.
Ways to grow
More than somewhere to drop your kids off.
The same building holds a study hall, a gym, a recording room and a Friday night. It is built for a nine-year-old and for the twenty-four-year-old they turn into.
Faith and character
Growing up Muslim without having to explain yourself. Faith is part of how the place runs, not a subject slot on a timetable.
Programs that do this: Pathfinders, Mentor Conversations
Friends and belonging
Somewhere your kid wants to go back to, with people who already know them. Most of what lasts here comes from turning up to the same room on the same evening.
Programs that do this: Friday Nights, Saturday Sessions
Skills and what comes next
For teens and young adults: making things, running things, and meeting people who do the work you are curious about — media, business, and trades among them.
Programs that do this: Studios, Workshops
Health and movement
Training for women, men and kids, in the building, with coaches. The part of the week that is easiest to drop and hardest to do alone.
Programs that do this: Wellness
Family and community
Things you do together rather than drop off. Parents get somewhere to be, not just a car park.
Programs that do this: Family Sundays, Homebase
Programs
Something for every stage of growing up
Pick your child's age and see what fits. From first steps at four to paid work at eighteen.
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NEXGEN Homebase
Mon–Fri · 8am–3pm
You homeschool. We provide the Homebase. Mon–Fri, 8am–3pm.
Ages 11–13Ages 14–17Learn moreNEXGEN Studios
By reservation · 7 days
Podcast, video and content studios. Tell your story. Run your show. Learn how media works.
Ages 7–10Ages 11–13Ages 14–17Ages 18–29Learn moreNEXGEN Wellness
Weekly classes
Three tracks, three rooms: women, men, and 10 to 17s. Each coached by people who do it properly.
Ages 11–13Ages 14–17Ages 18–29Ages 30–59Ages 60+Learn moreFriday Nights @ NEXGEN
Fridays · 4–8 PM
The best night of the week to be young. Board games, food, real talk, mentors who get it.
Ages 11–13Ages 14–17Learn moreFamily Sundays
Last Sunday monthly · 11 AM–2 PM
One afternoon a month for the whole family. Parents included, not just drop-off.
Ages 4–6Ages 7–10Ages 11–13Ages 14–17Ages 18–29Learn moreSaturday Sessions
Saturdays · 1–5 PM
Saturday afternoons your kid will ask to go to. Workshops, games, projects, friendships that stick.
Ages 7–10Ages 11–13Learn moreWorkshops & Events
Rolling calendar
Short-run workshops, speakers, family nights and skills crash-courses.
Ages 4–6Ages 7–10Ages 11–13Ages 14–17Ages 18–29Learn more- Featured
Mentor Conversations
Weekly · By appointment
A place to ask real questions. One-to-one and small-group mentor chats for teens.
Ages 11–13Ages 14–17Learn more
Inside
One building. Walk through all of it.
116 seats across 4 rooms on Staten Island. Not a campus, not a chain, one room your kid can learn the name of.
The main hall
Friday Nights, Saturday Sessions and Family Sundays all happen in here.
Seats 70
The podcast studio
Four mics, lights and an edit bay. Free to book, by reservation.
Seats 6
Program room one
Homebase mornings, workshops and small-group sessions.
Seats 20
Program room two
Study hall, tutoring and breakout groups.
Seats 20
Who it's for
Built for the whole family
Different people, one place. Here's where you fit.
Become a mentor
Have a skill worth passing on?
Doctors, engineers, huffaz, artists, athletes, founders, bring what you know to the next generation and the wider community. Mentor through a program, a podcast, a workshop, or a way you invent.
Mentor a programGuest on a podcastRun a workshop1:1 mentoringBring your own idea
Explore mentoring
Two minutes to apply · no account needed
Membership
Membership pays for the room. The door stays free.
Friday Nights and Family Sundays are free whether you join or not. That is deliberate and it is not changing. Membership is how families who can afford it keep the building open for families who cannot.
If the price does not work for your family, say exactly that. “The price does not work for us” is a complete request. You do not need to show income to start.
Up to five people, one monthly price. Family and Family+ cover up to five people in your household, for one price. No per-child fees inside that. Bigger household? Talk to us; we will sort it out rather than turn you away.
Founding families
Help build the first NEXGEN home.
We're seating 150 founding families toward a $350,000 goal, the capital to open our flagship space and run it right. Staten Island is the first one; the model is being built so other cities can run it.
Seed · $5KImpact · $10KVision · $15KLegacy · $25K
Good questions
Everything a parent asks first
Still curious? We'd love to show you around in person.
Get in touchYes, and we would rather you did. Friday Nights and Family Sundays are free, take no membership and no account, and you can reserve a place in about a minute. If you would rather see the building quietly first, ask for a look around and we will walk you through it, at 6 Arc Place, Staten Island.
Come and see it. Bring your kid.
Friday Nights and Family Sundays are free: no membership, no account. Reserving a place takes about a minute.