AdvanceEDU: AdvanceEDU is helping Coloradans who want to earn a career-relevant degree and start a meaningful career do so affordably with personalized coaching, academic support, and career connections from a team focused on helping students succeed. Funding to support Success Coach programming and goals related to program persistence and completion.
Aurora Public Schools Foundation: The Aurora Public Schools Foundation provides supplemental funding and resources to support possibility becoming reality for every Aurora Public Schools student. Funding to support expanded work-based learning opportunities for through the addition of a College and Career Center Secondary Pathway Specialist with Gateway High School, Aurora Hills Middle School and Mosely P-8 School students.
Café Momentum: The Café Momentum restaurant and 12-month paid internship program provides a lifechanging curriculum for justice-involved youth through a youth services center and management of a fine dining restaurant. Funding to increase support avenues for justice-involved youth in Colorado through Café Momentum's Denver expansion.
College Track: College Track works to support predominantly first-generation scholars in various phases of their academic and professional journey from 9th grade through and beyond college graduation. Funding to support Colorado scholars in the College Thrive phase as they matriculate to college and persist to earn a bachelor's degree.
Colorado Youth for A Change: Colorado Youth for a Change partners with school districts to identify and focus efforts on the most at-risk students and those who have left school, providing individualized support and case management with the ultimate goal of ensuring students earn a high school diploma or GED. Funding to increase support for Corps for a Change and Reengagement program youth to identify and mitigate barriers to program completion and educational advancement.
Denver Scholarship Foundation: Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) is a nonprofit helping to make college possible and building the educational and economic future of Denver by collaborating with Denver Public Schools high school students, families, and partners. Funding to increase the number of students served and college enrollment rate at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College Future Center through an additional DSF Scholarship Advisor.
Dress for Success Denver: Dress for Success empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Funding to support growth of Butterfly Bus site program with visits to local high schools, colleges and organizations to increase young women's access to career readiness programming.
Emily Griffith Foundation: Emily Griffith Foundation provides educational and charitable funding for the support of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and programs of Emily Griffith Technical College, whose mission is to prepare students for today's workforce and tomorrow's opportunities. Funding to increase college access and remove barriers to persisting in and completing education through emergency stipends.
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver: Girls Inc. of Metro Denver's Career and College Success program provides year-round academic support and programing focused on college and career exploration, planning and successful transitions, with the goal of helping girls learn skills to be healthy, independent, and successful adults. Funding to enhance out-of-state college tours focused on HBCUs and HSIs and expand externship program through new business and entrepreneurship pathway.
In! Pathways to Inclusive Higher Education: In! Pathways to Inclusive Higher Education aims to create inclusive college opportunities in Colorado for students with intellectual disability to foster academic growth, social development, greater independence, and career advancement. Funding to support programmatic expansion into targeted middle schools to prepare students earlier for inclusive higher education and pilot the expansion of the Inspiring Futures College Mentorship Program.
Junior Achievement: Junior Achievement believes any young people can succeed with the right tools and works to inspire and prepare young people to succeed. Funding to support career exploration programming for students working to identify a career that pays a living wage and is fulfilling.
Mile High United Way: Mile High United Way's Bridging the Gap is a program serving young adults experiencing homelessness, the majority of whom have transitioned out of the child welfare system. Funding to provide programmatic support via direct-to-client assistance and wraparound services and create a dedicated program services center.
Mile High Youth Corps: Mile High Youth Corps connects young adults with opportunities to earn while they learn and develop skills in meaningful career pathways. Funding to underwrite support services and increase BIPOC Corpsmember representation.
Minds Matter Colorado: Minds Matter Colorado connects driven and determined students from low-income families with the people, preparation, and possibilities to succeed in college, create their future, and change the world. Funding to expand access to College Access Mentoring Program, ensuring more youth will have access to a four-year college degree.
Urban Peak: Urban Peak's Education and Employment support services program provides youth experiencing homelessness with the skills and support they need to persist in school, find and maintain employment and progress toward self-sufficiency. Funding to support Education and Employment programming and wraparound services.
Young Americans Center for Financial Education: Young Americans Center for Financial Education's Young AmeriTowne is an immersive, hands-on program that instills crucial financial skills and workplace readiness aptitudes as students grow competencies in money management, economics, civics, ethics and philanthropy and develop positive financial habits, attitudes and sense of self-worth. Funding to support Send-A-School program to ensure low-income schools and students can access Young AmeriTowne programming and field trip.