LEADERS WHO IMPACT + INSPIRE
Formally nominated, rigorously vetted and annually reviewed, our City Scholars® Foundation Fellows inspire us with their passion and commitment to helping each other and the education nonprofits they lead positively transform the lives of more than 50,000 predominantly low-income youth each year.
Raise your hand for education
100% of online donations fuel the impact of our City Scholars® Fellowship for Education.
This is the most powerful learning community for taking strategic leadership to the next level. By utilizing what I’m learning, we now serve 29% more girls, having expanded our Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program to include incarcerated girls, caregivers and foster youth; and, we have a more engaged board and higher-quality, more stable staff and volunteers.
Cynthia Breunig, CEO
Girls Scouts of San Gorgonio Council
City Scholars® Foundation Fellow
7,300 youth served/year (80% low-income)
Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
MEET OUR FELLOWS
Bill Thompson
President
Young Storytellers
Literacy & the Arts Enrichment
3,650 youth/year (75% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Charity Chandler-Cole, Ed.D.
CEO
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Los Angeles (CASA)
Advocacy & Education
1,100 foster youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Chloe Oliveras
Executive Director
Reading Partners LA
Literacy Enrichment
683 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Cynthia Harnisch Breunig
President & CEO
Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio
Leadership Development & Entrepreneurship
8,183 youth/year (80% low-income)
Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
Dynasty Taylor
Founder & CEO
Dynasty’s United Youth Association (DUYA)
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
250 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Eric Moore
Founder & CEO
Educate California
College Prep, Life Skills & Parent Engagement
400 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Erica Rosales
Executive Director
College Match
College Prep & Career Readiness
1,150 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Everett Glenn
Founder & CEO
BOSS, Inc. (Business of Student Success)
Leadership Education & Enrichment
550 youth/year (67% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Franco Vega
Founder & Executive Director
The Right Way Foundation
Workforce & Life Skills Development
121 youth served/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Johng Ho Song
Executive Director
Koreatown Youth & Community Center (KYCC)
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
750 youth/year (80% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Kyle Denman
Executive Director
Arts Bridging the Gap
Creative & Performing Arts Enrichment
1,900 youth/year (94% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Lindsay Elliott, Esq.
Executive Director
Happy Trails for Kids
Outdoor Education & Enrichment
500 foster youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Michelle Freridge, Esq.
Executive Director
Asian Youth Center
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
4,845 youth/year (95% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Nikia Richards
Co-Founder & President
S.T.R.E.A.M. Global Innovations
Career Exploration Enrichment
2,726 youth/year (100% low-income)
Greater Los Angeles
Patricia Siqueiros
Executive Director
Variety Boys & Girls Club
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
1,800 youth/year (97% low-income)
East Los Angeles
Regan Williams
CEO
Seen&Heard
Performing Arts & Work Skills Training
108 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Roberto Martinez
CEO
Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
1,091 youth/year (85% low-income)
Ventura County
Scott Mosher
CEO
Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark & Simi Valley
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
1,430 youth/year (68% low-income)
Moorpark & Simi Valley
Shimica Gaskins, Esq.
President & CEO
GRACE/End Child Poverty CA
Youth Advocacy
1, 100,000 youth impacted/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County & Statewide
Syd Stewart
Founder & CEO
Better Youth, Inc.
Mentorship & Media Arts Enrichment/Training
300 youth/year (97% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Tige Charity
Executive Director
Kids in the Spotlight, Inc.
Youth Development & Media Arts Training
359 foster youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
OUR IMPACT DEMOGRAPHICS
Together, our Foundation Fellows lead 21 out-of-school time and school-based nonprofits that each year help 56,896 predominantly low-income, pre-K to college, ethnically diverse youth succeed in school and in life.
Youth served by our Foundation Fellows are 49% Latino, 11% Black, 18% White, 4% Multiracial, 15% Asian, 1% American Indian/Alaska Native, 2% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; and, 92.8% qualify for the federally subsidized public school lunch program and/or attend Title I public schools in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino or Ventura County.
50% of our Foundation Fellows lead nonprofits with annual revenues less than $1 million.
37% of our Foundation Fellows have served as a CEO less than 5 years; and, 21% have served as a CEO more than 15 years.
I love the amazing community of people involved with the City Scholars® Fellowship for Education. I look forward to each session knowing that I get to network with these individuals, brainstorm and come back with new ideas. The energy in the room is huge.
Jan Marholin, CEO
Boys & Girls Club Santa Clara Valley
City Scholars® Foundation Fellow
354 youth served/year (100% low-income)
Santa Paula, Fillmore, Piru
