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The Opportunity Network is an intensive, six-year program designed to equal the playing field for high-achieving, underserved high school and college students by creating access for them to career opportunities, professional networks and competitive colleges. The Opportunity Network believes influential networks are essential ingredients for success not emphasized in career development programs for youth, so we take an innovative approach by underscoring the power of personal connections and professional relationships as vital complements to skills and experience. Through interaction with executives, intensive networking training, coursework in careers, internships and college counseling, our students dramatically change the course of their futures.

The Parent-Child Home Program’s (PCHP) nationwide network of program sites provides under-resourced families with the necessary tools to ensure their children achieve their greatest potential in school and in life. We assist underserved communities in replicating and expanding our proven school readiness program that supports early parent-child verbal interaction and learning at home.The proven Program effectively bridges the achievement gap through its unique focus on intensive home visiting (twice a week over a two year period) with two and three-year-olds and their parents. Highly trained community based early literacy specialists model reading, play, and conversation activities using books and educational toys that are gifts to the family.

The Partnership for After School Education (PASE) is a child-focused organization that promotes and supports quality afterschool programs, particularly those serving young people from underserved communities.

Philadelphia Futures provides Philadelphia's low-income, first-generation-to-college students with the tools, resources and opportunities necessary for admission to and success in college. Working with volunteer mentors, donors, and school and college personnel in direct service to students, in partnership with educational institutions, and in advocacy activities in the broader community, Philadelphia Futures increases the percentage of Philadelphia graduates prepared for higher education, while simultaneously reducing the institutional barriers to their academic success. Our organization operates on the belief that a college education is the portal to economic self-sufficiency and a satisfying life.

At Prep for Prep, we envision a nation guided by ethical and effective leaders who reflect our diverse society. Through our education, leadership development, and professional advancement programs, we prepare New York City’s most promising students of color for success at top independent schools in the Northeast and support their academic and personal growth through their college graduation. Today, more than 5,000 students and alumni are leaders in almost every field imaginable.

Project GRAD Atlanta provides critical academic, behavioral, social services, and college access interventions for traditionally-underserved populations of students from economically-disadvantaged communities attending Atlanta public schools.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is the nation’s leading provider of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. As a nonprofit organization, PLTW’s mission is simple: prepare students for the global economy. To compete globally, the future U.S. workforce will require stronger skills in the STEM disciplines. It’s not about turning more students into engineers – it’s about building tomorrow’s problem solvers, critical thinkers, and innovators. This is where PLTW excels.  

PUENTE’s mission is stated within its name: People United to Enrich the Neighborhood Through Education. “Puente” is also the Spanish word for “bridge.” Since 1985, the organization has offered a bridge to opportunity by addressing barriers preventing individuals in its at-risk neighborhoods from building strong educational foundations and achieving financial self-sufficiency. PUENTE provides California Standards-aligned classroom instruction to more than 4,100 children, youth, and adults annually. Its tuition-free services address the needs of the entire family – enabling children to develop a life-long love of learning, helping parents to be their children’s first teachers, supporting youth as they move toward high school graduation, and assisting adults in need of English-language competency and workforce skills.

Our Mission.Rainier Scholars cultivates the academic potential and leadership skills of hardworking, under-represented students of color.By creating access to transformative education and career opportunities and providing comprehensive support to scholars and families, we increase college graduation rates and empower new generations of leaders.

RiverQuest engages students and people of all ages in hands-on science learning experiences that develop critical thinking skills and promote awareness of our river ecosystems.

The San Francisco Education Fund mobilizes the community to support equitable access to a quality education for public school students through tutoring and mentoring, scholarships, teacher grants, and corporate school adoption.