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 55,000 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
Amy Ludwig
Executive Director
MOSTe (Motivating Our Students Through Experience)
College Readiness Enrichment
225 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Bill Thompson
Executive Director
Young Storytellers
Literacy & the Arts Enrichment
3,000 youth/year (94% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Charity Chandler-Cole
CEO
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Los Angeles (CASA)
Advocacy & Education
1,136 foster youth/year (90% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Chloe Oliveras
Executive Director
Reading Partners LA
Literacy Enrichment
567 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Cynthia Harnisch Breunig
President & CEO
Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio
Leadership Education & Enrichment
7,300 youth/year (80% low-income)
Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
Eric Moore
Founder & CEO
Educate California
College Readiness Enrichment
100 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Everett Glenn
Founder & CEO
ESP Education & Leadership Institute
Leadership Education & Enrichment
500 youth/year (60% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Franco Vega
CEO/Founder
The Right Way Foundation
100 youth served/year
(100% low-income)
East & South Los Angeles
Jan Marholin
CEO
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley
354 youth served/year
(100% low-income)
Santa Paula, Fillmore, Piru
Jennifer Jovanovic
Executive Director
GrowingGreat
STEM-focused Garden Education
17,973 youth/year (90% low-income)
Greater Los Angeles
Jessica Faddis
Executive Director
Carmel Youth Center
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
488 youth/year (41% low-income)
Monterey County
Jimmy Wu
Executive Director
InsideOUT Writers
Literacy & the Arts Enrichment
200 youth/year (90% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Johng Ho Song
Executive Director
Koreatown Youth & Community Center (KYCC)
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
500 youth/year (93% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Kimberly Small
Executive Director
NFTE (Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship)
Entrepreneurship Education & Enrichment
6,000 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County
Lindsay Elliott, Esq.
Executive Director
Happy Trails for Kids
Outdoor Education & Enrichment
400 foster youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Michael Truong
Executive Director
Chinese American Museum
Cultural Education & Enrichment
21,000 youth/year (80% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Michelle Freridge, Esq.
Executive Director
Asian Youth Center
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
1,932 youth/year (79% low-income)
Greater Los Angeles, Antelope Valley
San Fernando Valley
Nikia Richards
President/Co-Founder
S.T.R.E.A.M. Global Innovations
Career Exploration Enrichment
1,100 youth/year (89% low-income)
Greater Los Angeles
Patricia Siqueiros
Executive Director
Variety Boys & Girls Club
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
2,000 youth/year (97% low-income)
East Los Angeles
Roberto Martinez
CEO
Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
500 youth/year (85% low-income)
Ventura County
Scott Mosher
CEO
Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark
Afterschool Education & Enrichment
714 youth/year (54% low-income)
Moorpark
Seth Eklund
Seth Eklund
Executive Director
Bresee Foundation
1,000 youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Shimica Gaskins, Esq.
President & CEO
GRACE/End Child Poverty CA
Youth Advocacy
470 youth/year (97% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Tige Charity
Executive Director
Kids in the Spotlight
Creativity & Career Enrichment
80 foster youth/year (100% low-income)
Los Angeles & Pasadena
OUR IMPACT DEMOGRAPHICS
Together, our Foundation Fellows lead 18 out-of-school time and school-based nonprofits that each year help 55,000 predominantly low-income, pre-K to college, ethnically diverse youth succeed in school and in life.
Youth served by our Foundation Fellows are 54% Latino, 17% Black, 15% White, 7% Multiracial, 4% Asian, 1% American Indian/Alaska Native, 1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; and, more than 78% qualify for the subsidized public school lunch program and/or attend Title I public schools in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino or Ventura County.
47% 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
600 youth served/year (100% low-income)
Santa Paula, Fillmore, Piru
