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- EIN 54-1440734
- (757) 962-6113
- 2555 Ellsmere Ave Ste 110 Norfolk VA 23513-2417 USA
- www.accesscollege.org
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Causes: Education, Scholarships, Scholarships & Student Financial Aid
Mission: The purpose of the foundation is to provide students, who may not have the opportunity, the path to attend and complete college. The foundation provided postsecondary education planning to more than 12,000 high school juniors, seniors, and college students during 2017 and 13,000 in 2016. Of those students, 5,900 families disclosed their income and more than 77% were verified to be low-income. Based on federal free and reduced lunch statistics, other families were likely low-income as well, but did not officially disclose their information. The access college foundation will eliminate barriers to postsecondary education for underrepresented and low-income students who are less likely to attain higher education because of socio-economic factors and lack of information about the college admission and financial aid processes. The access college foundation is committed to the betterment of our students and to providing them with the tools necessary to be successful in their educational ende
Programs: The purpose of the foundation is to provide students, who may not have the opportunity, the path to attend and complete college. The foundation provided postsecondary education planning to more than 12,000 high school juniors, seniors, and college students during 2017 and 13,000 in 2016. Of those students, 5,900 families disclosed their income and more than 77% were verified to be low-income. Based on federal free and reduced lunch statistics, other families were likely low-income as well, but did not officially disclose their information. Postsecondary education planning: school-based advisory services for college preparation and success; college application/testing fee payments; guidance through the admissions process; college tours to prospective campuses; and the leveraging of financial aid, scholarships, and grants needed to attend college. While our mission is to serve low-income students, we know that in the process of providing postsecondary education planning to these low-income students, another 7,000+ juniors and seniors of unknown family incomes receive information; some also benefit from the activities and services provided in group settings in the schools. Supplementary to the educational planning provided, 533 students received an access scholarship. In addition to high school upperclassmen and college students, approximately 23,000 students in grades 7-10 attending a high-need middle or high school participated in early college awareness/readiness informational sessions and activities. In the high-need middle and high schools that access serves an average of eight out of every ten families have income at or below 300% of the federal poverty guidelines.