My LA2050
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Southern California College Access Network
SoCal CAN is a network of 85 organizations working together to increase the rate at which low-income students access and complete college. We provide direct support to 150,000 students and families in Los Angeles County.
2020 Winner
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Central American Resource Center-CARECEN-of California
CARECEN's mission is to promote the human and civil rights of Central Americans and all immigrant communities through educational services, legal services, advocacy and organizing to transform educational, immigration and labor policies.
2020 Winner
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Rise, Inc.
Rise is a student-led nonprofit organization advocating for policies that make public higher education free and accessible to all.
2019 Winner
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Fulfillment Fund
Fulfillment Fund’s mission is to make college a reality for students growing up in educationally and economically under-resourced communities. Our vision is that all students, regardless of circumstances, have the opportunity to attend college, g...
2019 Finalist
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Santa Monica College
Santa Monica College (SMC) is a leader and innovator in learning and achievement. SMC provides a world-class education emanating from its core values: open dialogue, intellectual inquiry, academic integrity, ethical behavior, democratic processes,...
2019 Finalist
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles provides professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring for underserved children and youth throughout Los Angeles County.
2018 Finalist
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EveryoneOn
EveryoneOn is dedicated to creating social and economic opportunity by connecting low-income families to affordable internet service and computers, and delivering digital skills trainings. Since 2012, we’ve helped connect more than 784,000 people ...
2020
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West Valley Boys & Girls Club
The mission of the West Valley Boys & Girls Club is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible adults.
2020
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Operation Jump Start
The mission of Operation Jump Start (OJS) is to help low-resourced, high-potential first-generation students get in, stay in, and graduate from a four-year college. We do this by providing academic support, mentoring, and exposure to a broader wor...
2020
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New Village Girls Academy
Our mission is to provide a high quality, engaging educational opportunity with integrated support services for young women, especially those for whom the challenging circumstances of their lives have led to previous school failure and alienation.
2020
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MOSTe MOTIVATING OUR STUDENTS THROUGH EXPERIENCE
The mission of MOSTe is to mentor and empower girls from underserved areas of Los Angeles County to become the next generation of college-educated women. Our vision is to encourage girls to graduate from college and develop into confident, career-...
2020
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Los Angeles Room & Board
Our mission is to ensure LA’s community college students achieve their college completion goals by providing affordable housing that ends homelessness, empowers them through our residential education program, and promotes completion from their cer...
2020
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Harvest All Resource Center (HARC)
HARC seeks to prepare urban youth for holistic health, career exploration, and purposeful living by increasing educational opportunities and promoting asset building opportunities. HARC promotes the acquisition of self-actualization and resilienc...
2020
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Everydae
We want every student to have access to college and the tools to help them get there. That’s why we’ve built a digital tutor that’s affordable and fun. It’s a game changer for the 85% of families who simply can’t afford traditional tutoring.
2020
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Ednovate
Ednovate prepares and empowers high school students to use their college degrees and careers to make a Positive Multigenerational Change. Our students have a 100% college acceptance rate and are graduating as self-aware, engaged young adults who a...
2020
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Dance Arts Foundation
The deep-rooted mission of Dance Arts Foundation is to provide young, proficient dancers access to first-rate educational experiences that prepare them to succeed in a professional dance career; and to provide this degree of education at no cost, ...
2020
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CostsBeyondTuition.org
CostsBeyondTuition.org’s mission is to connect college students to micro philanthropists aspiring to make a direct impact on college student's needs. Our goal is to close the inequality gap and encourage college students that are struggling financ...
2020
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Collegespring
CollegeSpring equips schools and their teachers with an SAT, ACT, and college knowledge curriculum to prepare students to succeed on the exam and enter college.
2020
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College Moms Project
Only 1.5% of women who give birth as teens ever graduate from college. The mission of the College Moms Project is to ensure that teen mothers finish high school and graduate from college at the same rates as non-parenting women, which is nearly 40%.
2020
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College Access Plan
CAP believes a postsecondary education is achievable for all students, and our mission is to prepare students who attend Pasadena Unified schools for college success.
2020
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CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts
CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts educates, guides, and inspires creative and critical thinking through artistic experience. We serve a socioeconomically diverse student body. Research shows that arts education increases high school graduati...
2020
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UNITE LA
UNITE-LA works to transcend silos/barriers between government, business & education systems to ensure all youth have access to high quality education and the next generation is prepared to succeed.
2019
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Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools’ mission seeks nothing less than to transform schools and revolutionize school systems to empower all students with a high-quality education.
2019
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson
Our mission is to offer our young people a safe environment where they can be themselves, dedicated adults who respect them, and outcome-based programs that empower youth to become lifelong learners.
2019
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College Track
From 9th grade through college graduation, College Track’s 10-year program empowers students from low-income communities to transcend the limits of their circumstance and earn a college degree.
2016
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College Bridge
College Bridge's mission is to increase college access and success for underrepresented students in Los Angeles County.
2016
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Wisdom Arts Laboratory
Wisdom Arts Laboratory encourages and nurtures the imagination, critical thinking skills, and citizenship of our students and instructors through art and science education.
2016
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Proyecto Pastoral
Proyecto is the backbone org. for Promesa Boyle Heights (PBH), a collaboration of families, educators & orgs working to ensure all children in BH have access to strong schools & support systems.
2016
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Los Angeles World Airports
Los Angeles World Airports Internship Program provides students opportunities to develop the skills to work in the aviation industry.
2016
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I Have a Dream Foundation
Provides at risk youth the education and enrichment to make it to and through college and find jobs
2016
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Future Fields
Future Scouts is a series of urban creative laboratories that prepare youngsters, teens and adults with tools, frameworks and models helpful to navigate an increasingly complex world.
2016
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ConnectEd
ConnectEd partners with school, district, and community leaders to transform education through career pathways so that all students, regardless of background, can succeed in college, career, and life.
2016
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MAPS 4 College
This organization maps the transitional process of students’ from college to the workforce by considering factors of college preparation, volunteerism, internships, and networking.
2015
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C5 Youth Foundation of Southern California (“C5LA”)
C5LA inspires high-potential youth from under-resourced environments in LA County to pursue personal success, prepare them for leadership roles in college, work and community, and to motivate them to become role models for others.
2015
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LA's Promise
Our mission is to graduate every student attending an LA's Promise neighborhood school college and career ready.
2015
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"I Have a Dream" Foundation - Los Angeles (IHADLA)
Since 1987, IHADLA has worked to break the cycle of poverty in Los Angeles’ most disadvantaged communities, working with the same students for 10+ years & providing them with a free, year round program of educational, emotional, & cultural support.
2015
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The Ripple Effect
The Ripple Effect is a nonprofit that assists youth in their educational and career endeavors despite their cultural, social and/or economic background.
2015
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Southern California College Access Network, a Project of Community Partners
SoCal CAN is an alliance of over 60 organizations that together make college graduation a reality for low-income, first generation youth in Los Angeles.
2015
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Career & College clubs
Career & College Clubs prepares middle students for success in high school, college, and life.
2015
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ApplicantLab
Leveling the admissions playing field via an online series of interactive tools that guides individual users through a customized path to write great college essays, get strong recommendations, etc.
2015
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i.am.angel Foundation
Founded by will.i.am, the i.am.angel Foundation aims to transform lives through STEAM education, inspiration and opportunity.
2014
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Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
Alliance is the largest charter school network in LA, providing a college prep education to 11,300 low-income students at 26 schools.
2014
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College Summit Southern California
College Summit is dedicated to transforming the lives of low-income youth by connecting them to college and career.
2014
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Pullias Center for Higher Education
The Pullias Center for Higher Education is dedicated to improving access to college for low-income and historically under-represented students. The academic arm of our Center has focused on: (1) researching how students, families and schools defin...
2013
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MUSEK
The program is fairly new and underfunded. However, all students who have been enrolled in the program for the 2012-2013 cycle- have been accepted to a 4 year university. These students come from diverse backgrounds. Some students were significant...
2013
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Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Incorporated
As a non-profit organization we cater to the female youth through our programming. Through our philanthropy "TIJERAS," cutting through to enhance education opportunities, we fundraise hundreds of dollars every year to donate to another non-profit ...
2013
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Educating Young Minds
EYM alumni are attending and graduating from colleges from around the nation like Stanford, Cal Tech, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Bakersfield, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Los Angeles, Cal State Northridge, Clark Atlan...
2013
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California Community Foundation (CCF)
Since implementation in May 2012, our five service partners have enrolled 105 BLOOM youth into their respective programs. We are planning to add at least four more service partners in June 2013. We will continue to add partners over the next coupl...
2013
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Bright Star Schools
Since opening, Bright Star's schools have earned some of the highest API scores in Los Angeles, making our organization one of the preeminent schools for any child in Los Angeles. It is the daily attention to our core values that has helped Bright...
2013
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Boys & Girls Club of Mar Vista Gardens
The Boys & Girls Club of Mar Vista Gardens has only just recently opened on January 28th. To date, 264 young people from the housing community have registered as Club members (out of 600 school age residents). Other highlights from the past two mo...
2013
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