September 2007 - June 2008 School
Year
10th Program
Statistics
266 Participating Schools
Over 4600 Students
In excess of $35 Million paid for scholarships
Key Points
- Started in 1998, only qualification is low-income
- Currently the only program providing a substantial amount
of new scholarships
- Currently funding ten programs
- Seeks four-year commitments, with one time gifts spread
over four years
- Currently supporting over 4600 children
- Attrition allows us to carry children through the eighth
grade
- Children attending 266 schools
- Paid $6.5 million to the schools for the 2007-2008 school
year
- We accept all siblings in the program
- The greatest percentage of our support goes to students
attending private school for the first time
- We have yet to turn away a new student to a private school
that meets the qualifying requirements
- The maximum scholarship is $1,600
- Non-Scholarship expenses are covered by
directors' contributions
- We currently have two matching gifts that convert
every $1 donated into $3 in scholarships
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