Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation Case Study

The YES Foundation currently provides teens with mentors, Helping Hand will provide teens with tutors. Currently only 51% of White center students go directly from high school to college. And 22% of White Center adults do not have a high school diploma. In order to reduce poverty we need to start investing more money in education. Teens and young adults will receive help with their homework and college readiness. Right now, the YES Foundation provides community member with the opportunity to win the Community Scholarships. This policy will ensure that scholarships for community members are permanently

I'm raising money for an underfunded K-8 charter school in Philadelphia called the Cornerstone Christian Academy, and I'd like to invite you to join me in my efforts. Cornerstone provides a safe and nurturing learning environment for students who often come from low income, at risk neighborhoods. It is an organization that I think really deserves our support. If you would like to donate to the students of Cornerstone or simply want to learn more about the cause, click the link listed below to see my fundraising page on the Cornerstone Christian Academy website. The smallest of donations can make a huge

“NCAN utilizes four strategies to assist states, schools, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropists provide better education access to low-income and underrepresented students. Their strategy of capacity building seeks to ensure that those who help students are well-trained and well-informed. By utilizing benchmarking, NCAN can standardize data that will help monitor, compare, and improve progress. Collective impact encourages groups that help support postsecondary completion rates. Lastly, their policy strategy fights to properly represent low-income and other disadvantaged students.” Another one called The Education Trust. “seeks educational justice for all students, especially low-income students and students of color. With its promise of being equality-driven, data-centered, and student-focused, EdTrust works with educators, students, parents, policymakers, and civic leaders to transform and better the school system. By analyzing local, state, and national data, EdTrust takes a hard look at opportunity gaps, and works diligently to close

Only four students went straight to the workforce, when a century ago, this was not the case. With students now consistently going straight to college after high school, state universities should be free to state residents since we have public high schools. In Kalamazoo, Michigan, students who attend high school in Kalamazoo starting in ninth grade, can have from sixty-five to one hundred percent of their tuition covered (Teicher). This is known as “The Promise.” The Promise guarantees any student from Kalamazoo a scholarship that pays either a majority or all of their tuition (Teicher). This scholarship can be used for any state school, fifteen private schools, and other state schools around the United States that are less than the highest tuition in Michigan (Teicher). Since The Promise’s first wave of scholarships, there has been definite improvements in college attendance. For black students, there has been a three percent rise in college attendance and overall forty-eight percent of scholarship recipients graduate college (Teicher). While this has shown an impact, there certainly are other factors that lead to the fifty-two percent that do not graduate, such as not being taught time management, academic skills, or how to take advantage of their sources (Teicher). Despite this fallback, “The Promise” has definitely started an era of higher college graduation rates and those who lack financial support a method of

According to Deborah Bailey, some of the ways these programs are getting funding currently are non-traditional. Funding is coming from the private sector because the public system is not completely on board with these programs at the present time and not as willing to experiment. The article ends speaking about how everyone is effected positively with these programs so far (Bailey p.28). These programs have started the conversation and will help build support for a universal model used by all communities just as the

This summer I worked in New York City at Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), which is a non-profit organization for poverty-stricken children and families in Harlem, providing free support in the forms of parenting workshops, a pre-school program, three public charter schools, child-oriented health programs that serve approximately 13,705 children and 13,784 adults. The Harlem Children’s Zone Project has expanded the HCZ’s comprehensive system of programs to nearly 100 blocks of Central Harlem and aims to keep children on track throughout college and into the job market. The organization is made-up of about twenty two programs in total that ensure there are no gaps in-between one phase to the next. For instance if a student needs to take a year off before attending college, HCZ has created programs that will stick with the student during this time frame, in other words providing these students with a strong support group so they are held accountable to attend college in the future. The HCZ is “aimed at doing nothing less than breaking the cycle of generational poverty for the thousands of children and

One prevalent issue among disadvantage students is that they lack resources or information on how to get into college. For instance, they lack knowledge on how to apply for financial aid, scholarships and other important sources for college admissions. Thus, one way that philanthropist can ensure that disadvantage students get into college is by creating workshops. In general, workshops are effective sources for learning because they are created to inform individuals and large audiences about the needed steps to address social problems. Even though, high schools nowadays have services aimed to educate our youth, we notice that most students who participate into these programs are already high achieving students and not the high-risk population. Thus, philanthropists can help our present youth by funding workshops in all low-income schools. The objective is to guarantee that our vulnerable population also have a chance to go to college. Lastly, another way that philanthropists can help the high-risk population is by funding scholarships. For example, despite that most disadvantaged students are getting into college, they still lack the resources and the financial stability to secure their positions at their schools. Therefore, scholarships are effective sources for philanthropists because they can identify and provide our least privileged students

The Ford Foundation was one of the very first institution of its kind dedicated to black men and boys achievement. The foundation continues to advocate through data collection and grantmaking the importance of create support systems for the most vulnerable communities. The foundation has supported research, numerous community foundations, higher education institutions and foundations to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families to the tune of nearly $9,000.000. Some of the foundation’s funding efforts include: Association of Black Foundation Executives, Inc. to provide funds to support the Black Male Funders Learning and Action Network, and the Southern University System Foundation, to improve education and economic outcomes for vulnerable children and families in New Orleans by affording at-risk males the opportunity to attain bachelor degrees, become teachers, and help eliminate the black male prison pipeline. The goals and accomplishments of the Southern University System Foundation model those of MMWEC making this a good grant opportunity for our

Their aspirations of being dentist, veterinarians, nutritious, etc. were being hindered by financial obligations outside of school. Some of the students are parents while others had to care for siblings causing them to have to work to offset the expense. This huge hurdle of funding for these students has now lessened with the help of the Cheyney Foundation.

The U.S. government has created a new strategy to make colleges more affordable for low income students. Federal student aid’s primary goal is to help as many students attend college as possible. Financial aid and Pell Grants help low income students who meet certain academic criteria cover the costs of tuition. Low income students are getting a chance to attend college and increase graduation rates from four-year institutions to help close the poverty gap. Colleges and universities should make low income high school students aware of programs that will help them enroll and afford their education. Schools teach low income students that college is a key to their financial independence and a better life. High schools teach Seniors that in order to improve your social standing, employment options and salary expectations, a college education is often necessary. Financial aid is central to the successful enrollment and retention of low-income students. The majority of these students (90 percent) getting financial assistance from government. By maximizing Pell grant award amounts for low-income students, reforming the student loan program, and eliminating bank subsidies, colleges and universities can be affordable.

I wish to talk about an organization which is currently in operation, and whose internal structures and staffs I have been very familiar with for the past twenty-six years. The organization is called Builders for the Family and Youth (BFFY). BFFY is a nonprofit organization which is owned by Catholic Charity. The organization owns several facilities which are homes to different population of people. Some facilities house a Mentally Ill Homeless (MIH) population; while other facilities house a Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser (MICA) population. Each facility owned by BFFY has its own Administrator. Each of BFFY's facilities provide specific services to its population. All of BFF's facilities have two specific goals in common, and they are:

Aspire must open enough schools in undeserved neighborhoods to provide real choices for families and demonstrate superior academic achievement in these schools. Aspire’s “Theory of Action” describes the activities required to achieve this direct impact in Aspire’s targeted communities.Then, Aspire must leverage its success to improve student achievement for all students in California. This impact would be indirect, but broader. The “Theory of Change” describes how Aspire plans to translate its direct impact into systemic change.

As a motivated learner, the core objectives of OSIF are of interest to me as they are the reasons I wish to be apart of the fund. KPMG’s foundations are a world leading example as their clients include ones such as governments and business corporations. I believe this is what attracted me to this corporation as it supports my belief system and integrity. I am confident

Domestic efforts within the United States were the original initiative of the foundation before it became a multi-national contributor. The main focus of this initiative is to improve school systems within the nation. They feel that “as a nation, we are failing to ensure that all our young people reach

*The company wants to help in the solution of complex social and environmental problems through its grants; which focus on six areas: conflict resolution, education, environment, performing arts, population, and U.S. Latin American relations. The foundation’s resources also focused on special initiatives in philanthropy, global affairs, and neighborhood improvement. To continue to support all the programs, the chief investment officer needs to make sure that their return on