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- EIN 26-4526707
- (312) 999-9360
- 17 N State St Fl 3 Chicago IL 60602-3598 USA
- www.circlefound.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Education, Educational Services, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Employment Preparation & Procurement, Job Training, Literacy, Youth Development Programs
Mission: Circle foundation is an institution that facilitates innovative educational experiences, inspirational leadership development, insightful guidance opportunities, and dutiful support service programming. The foundation is a non-discriminatory, non-sectarian and non-political organization that focuses on preserving and encouraging the heights of human potential, in order to contribute to the advancement of individual, group, and societal progress.
Programs: Innovations high school is a campus of the youth connection charter school, focused on arts integrated project-based learning, which provides high school study in a small school setting, for students age 16-21. Innovations high school primarily works with students who have had difficulties in a traditional public school setting and are at risk of academic failure and/or dropping out.
ys3 (dcfs) mentoring program provides educational, social and work related services, in order to provide the necessary social and educational skills that at-risk youth need to earn a high school diploma and transition to employment, college or vocational training programs.
yes (cys) program is a school-based program that offers a variety of supportive mentoring services. Each participant receives a full-time mentor who provides daily services in a holistic approach to support youth in attending school regularly, building social and academic skills and transitioning successfully, post-graduation.
other program services consisted of an arts program ($1,061), mayoral youth mentoring intiative ($11,880), and other miscellaneous programs ($449)