Programs

  • MoveUp Initiative

    Career Development, including vocational and entrepreneurship programs to foster students' careers as interpreters, nannies, business owners, and teachers, and mentoring. The third largest combined program service is our MoveUp Initiative, which includes BusinessUp/Pro and TeacherUp. Launched in 2023, TeacherUp recruited and assisted 40 community members in enrolling in college and provided them with wraparound support, including stipends, professional development, employer connections, grocery gift cards, and webinars. Through TeacherUp, Upward Scholars, and our partners prioritize increasing the Bay Area's early childhood education workforce, which predominantly comprises bilingual BIPOC educators.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    $305.2K

  • Holistic Student Support

    Holistic Support to foster students' physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being, including counseling, resource navigation, and written references.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    $224.6K

  • Student Safety Net Fund

    Financial Support to lessen the burden of attending college, including free textbooks, course materials, and laptops, transportation assistance, grocery gift cards, and support for other college costs, as well as a Safety Net Fund that assists students with basic living expenses. In 2020, we launched Student Safety Net, a new program to better meet the needs of the people we serve today and confront the future challenges of our changing economic landscape, particularly given the pandemic's direct impact on our students. We introduced our first-ever Student Safety Net Fund (SNF) to support students who were hardest hit by the pandemic. Students applied for assistance from the SNF to help cover expenses related to rent, medical care, childcare, utilities, and other emergency needs. This support ensured that, despite losing jobs and wages, they could continue their college courses. We have maintained this program as a means of retention, allowing our students to keep prioritizing their academic and career goals. In 2024, the high cost of living in the Bay Area significantly affected many Upward Scholars students. In response, we continue our Student Safety Net Fund and are extending our grocery gift card program, Healthy Scholars, to help students offset costs associated with lost wages. The Healthy Scholars program provides monthly grocery gift cards to students struggling to access food.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $205K