We are City Scholars® Foundation.
We believe every child deserves a quality education regardless of their zip code or family income.
Our passion for equity in education drives everything we do.
Our MISSION
We help education nonprofits thrive to give thousands of low-income youth, particularly those of color, a better chance to learn and achieve against the odds.
Raise Your Hand for Education
Our Work Matters
In high-poverty, under-resourced neighborhoods, quality education nonprofits help young people succeed both in and out of the classroom.
To survive and thrive, education nonprofits depend upon resourceful and resilient leaders who need more than heart to keep the lights on and the doors open.
Partnering with executive donor volunteers, we sponsor the City Scholars® Fellowship for Education, a collaborative, high-impact leadership and capacity building institute that provides ongoing, tuition-free
Executive Education, Leadership Coaching, Networking, Resource-Sharing + Accountability
to help highly-motivated nonprofit CEOs, who are distinguished as City Scholars® Foundation Fellows, grow critical education nonprofits from survival to success to significance serving thousands of low-income youth.
The City Scholars® Fellowship for Education teaches what defines an effective nonprofit, gives leaders concrete strategies to implement and holds us accountable to take action. Since 2014, when I was first selected as a Foundation Fellow, we’ve increased our annual revenues from $350,000 to over $1.7 million and now educate 2,500 more youth each year.
Bill Thompson, Executive Director
Young Storytellers
City Scholars® Foundation Fellow (Since 2014)
Literacy & the Arts for 4,000 youth/year (94% low-income)
Los Angeles, Culver City and Hollywood
