Grants That Make a Difference
Every month, "Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Washington, DC area organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. "Grants That Make a Difference" profiles these important community success stories.
April 1, 2007
Grant amount: $122 million
Who got the grant:
DC College Success Foundation
1220 12th Street S.E., Suite 110
Washington, DC 20003-3722
Phone: 877/655-4097
E-mail: info@dccollegesuccessfoundation.org
Web site: http://www.dccollegesuccessfoundation.org
District of Columbia College Access Program (DC-CAP)
1029 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202/783-7933
Fax: 202/783-7939
E-mail: dccapcoff@aol.com
Web site: http://www.dccap.org
Who gave the grant:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
P.O. Box 23350
Seattle, Washington 98102
Phone: 206/709-3100
Fax: 206/709-3180
E-mail: info@gatesfoundation.org
Web site: http://www.gatesfoundation.org
Purpose of the grant:
To support a scholarship program designed to help increase the number of young people from the District of Columbia who graduate from high school and college.
Impact:
This grant will support a collaborative project from the DC College Success Foundation and the District of Columbia College Access Program to double the number of district students in the class of 2010 who successfully complete college within five years, and triple the number of those in the class of 2014 who complete college within the same time frame. To that end, D.C. Achievers scholarships will be awarded to more than 2,000 low-income students in Wards 7 and 8, where currently one in three students finishes high school within five years and only one in twenty high school graduates earns a college degree within five years. In addition, students in both wards will receive support over the next ten years to ensure they graduate ready to succeed in college.
Mission:
The mission of the DC College Success Foundation is to encourage scholarship philanthropy and to significantly change the opportunity structure for disadvantaged students and their families.
The District of Columbia College Access Program (DC-CAP) encourages and enables DC public high school students to enter and graduate from college by providing counseling, college application assistance, financial aid, and other support services.
"Grants that Make a Difference" is a rotating
feature profiling grants awarded to 501(c)3 nonprofit
organizations in the Metropolitan Washington,
DC area ONLY (the grantmaker doesn't necessarily
have to be local). The selection of grants for
"Grants That Make a Difference" is based on criteria
such as programmatic interests, geographic focus,
and size, to ensure the broadest possible representation
of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see a grant awarded to your NPO
featured here, e-mail a detailed description of
the grant (following the format below), to dclibrary@foundationcenter.org,
with "Grants Submission" in the subject line.
We welcome press releases in addition to, or as
a substitute for the description.
Here is what you need to include:
- Name of your funded program
- The amount of the grant (indicate if multi-year)
- Who received the grant - Your organization's name, contact person's name (if applicable), address, telephone and Web site (if applicable).
- Who gave the grant - Name of the grantmaker
- Community impact: A brief (250 words maximum) explanation of how this program is making a difference in the community.
- Your organization's mission and how it relates to this funded project.
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