How this project is run.
Atlas of Opportunity is a student-led Washington nonprofit corporation, founded and primarily maintained by Nehan Hossain, a high school student in Bothell, Washington. It provides free tools that help high school students discover and organize academic, research, internship, scholarship, competition, and enrichment opportunities. This page explains how editorial decisions are made, how conflicts of interest are handled, and how corrections work.
Organization information
- Legal name
- Atlas of Opportunity
- Entity type
- Washington nonprofit corporation
- Incorporated
- August 6, 2026
- Washington UBI
- 606 266 796
- Federal tax status
- Not currently recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Atlas does not solicit donations, and nothing given to Atlas would be tax-deductible.
- Principal location
- Bothell, Washington
Incorporation is a state-level filing and does not by itself confer federal tax exemption.
Editorial decisions
Governance currently rests with the founder and incorporator, Nehan Hossain, who makes final editorial decisions using the published verification, correction, and conflict-of-interest standards. No additional directors, officers, or advisors have been appointed. If a formal board or editorial group is added later, it will be listed on the team page with member consent.
Editorial principles
- No paid rankings. Programs cannot buy placement, position, or removal.
- No payment accepted for preferred placement or listing priority.
- Any personal affiliation with a listed program is disclosed in the listing notes.
- User reports are reviewed and handled through the corrections process.
- Material corrections are documented in the public changelog.
- The official program source always remains the final authority on program details.
Listing lifecycle
- Intake. A listing enters through monthly automated discovery from curated sources, a community suggestion, or editorial research. Every path lands in the same pipeline.
- Verification. Before publishing, a listing must pass the public vetting rubric on the methodology page — real host, stated high-school eligibility, transparent cost, working link.
- Ongoing review. Links are re-checked automatically on a daily schedule; inconclusive results never hide a listing, and only three consecutive confirmed failures remove it from the Finder.
- Archival. Programs that end, go dormant, or fail re-verification are archived with a note — not silently deleted — and material changes are recorded in the changelog.
Final decisions at every step rest with the editorial lead named above, applying the published standards rather than ad-hoc judgment.
Corrections process
- Anyone can flag a listing through the “Report a problem” button on a program page.
- Reports are reviewed as capacity allows; the listing is updated, marked unverified, or archived based on what the source shows.
- Material corrections are recorded in the changelog.
Atlas is a small, student-led nonprofit — there is no fixed correction SLA and turnaround depends on availability.
Funding
Atlas runs on free or donated infrastructure and does not accept donations, sponsorships, or paid placements. See Support & funding for details.
Contact
Concerns or appeals: reach out through the contribute page.