If you talk with people who coach women's self-defense classes or provide education & training; you'll discover something important: they often cover their costs for teaching out of their own pockets.

Reaching underserved communities means providing education & training for groups with little or no financial resources to pay for these vital services.

Among our professionals within the 500Rising community, many teach classes & workshops free of charge to ensure access otherwise prohibited by financial resource issues. The Grant and Scholarship fund helps offset costs for training & provides scholarship to training to help us help others reach underserved demographics.