A foundation that connects
universities, students and business
We have run the programme since 2017 and set up the foundation in 2026 to give it a permanent frame. The goal has not changed: a hundred people a year should leave university with experience no lecture hall provides.
Why we do this
Every year we give a hundred ambitious students the chance to step into real business and to plan and build a deliberate career path while they are still studying.
Companies need people who can measure the consequences of their own decisions. Universities teach methods, business looks for practice, and between the two sits a gap that a whole year group falls into every summer.
Top Young 100 closes that gap with a project: a student gets a real company challenge and time to solve it, the company gets a result and people it has seen at work, the university gets a record that is visible beyond campus.
We build the competences of future leaders and experts that matter in any industry — managerial, leadership, analytical and digital. We are not a recruitment agency and not a careers-fair organiser: we run a programme in which all three sides have something to do, and something to lose if they do not.
The programme in numbers
- editions since 2017
- 10editions since 2017
- projects for companies
- 300projects for companies
- graduates in the market
- 615graduates in the market
- partner companies
- 78partner companies
- universities in the network
- 39universities in the network
How we got here
2017
The first edition
The programme starts at the Polish Association of Logistics Managers, answering a question from companies: where do we find students who understand operations?
2017–2025
Nine editions
The network grows to 39 universities and 78 partner companies. 615 graduates complete the programme, most of them staying in the industry.
2026
The foundation is created
The Top Young 100 Foundation is entered into the National Court Register on 27 January 2026. The programme gains its own legal identity, budget and accountability.
2026–2027
The 10th edition
The anniversary edition, now run by the foundation, follows the same rhythm: university nominations, company challenges, a year of team work.
Principles we do not change
The university nominates
Students apply themselves, but no application goes further without a recommendation from an academic tutor. The faculty knows who actually works and who merely has a good average.
The challenge must be real
We only take problems a company genuinely has and is ready to share data on. An exercise without consequences teaches nothing.
Students never pay
Partner companies cover the cost. Taking part never depends on what a participant can afford.
Certificates can be verified
Every certificate carries a number an employer checks on this site. A document nobody can confirm is worth nothing.
The foundation core team
The four people who run the foundation and the programme: three board members entered into the National Court Register, and the project manager.
Teodor Kula
Chair of the board
A managing leader with nearly 25 years of international experience in logistics and supply chain management. Specialises in joining a strategic vision with its effective delivery inside an organisation. Initiator of Top Young 100.
Mariusz Gerałtowski
Board member
A chief people officer with 30 years of experience in international business. Initiator of the Top Young 100 programme.
Monika Głębocka Poks
Board member
An organisational development leader, part of the Top Young 100 community for eight years. Runs the key projects of the foundation, business relationships above all. Co-author of a series of studies on the behaviour and outlook of the young generation entering the labour market.
Magdalena Bielikow
Project manager
A manager who has been building the main axis of the Top Young 100 programme for five years. Coordinates the key threads of the project across the university, business and student sides. Member of the research team studying the young generation.
Technology partner
The technology behind the programme is run by a studio that designs and builds digital products from strategy to release — from websites to internal tools. At Top Young 100 it maintains the whole digital layer and grows it with the programme, edition after edition.
The Creative Collective
Visit the studioQuestions about the foundation
How does the foundation differ from the programme?
The Top Young 100 programme has run since 2017, initially at the Polish Association of Logistics Managers. The foundation was created in 2026 to give it its own legal identity, budget and accountability — the programme itself did not change because of it.
Where does the money come from?
From the fees partner companies pay to take part. Students and universities bear no cost.
Can I donate 1.5% of my tax to the foundation?
No. The foundation does not hold public benefit organisation status, so it neither collects the 1.5% tax donation nor runs public fundraising.
How can I support the foundation without being a partner company?
Sharing expertise helps most: mentors running workshops, practitioners reviewing projects, universities nominating students. Write to us and we will tell you what the next edition is short of.
Where can I check the registry details?
The KRS, NIP and REGON numbers are listed below on this page, and the full extract is available in the National Court Register search run by the Ministry of Justice.
Registry details
The foundation is entered into the Polish National Court Register. The details below come from the current extract.
- Legal name
- Fundacja Top Young 100
- KRS
- 0001219309
- Tax ID (NIP)
- 5273201964
- REGON
- 543822820
- Address
- ul. Żelazna 51/53, 00-841 Warszawa
- Registered on
- 27 January 2026
The foundation does not hold public benefit organisation status, so it neither collects the 1.5% tax donation nor runs public fundraising.
Want to work with us?
Companies set the challenges, universities nominate the students. Write and tell us which side you are on.