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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 2, 2014--The ALL WAYS UP Foundation, a national, public non-profit organization that focuses on disrupting cycles of generational poverty, has granted 21 non-profit organizations more than $350,000 through its 2 nd annual Bridging the Gap Awards, according to ALL WAYS UP founder, and CEO of GHC Partners, Gregory Perlman. Funding was achieved through a generous grant of $195,000 from the Perlman Foundation and a three-week crowdrise crowd funding campaign and focused on organizations with an operating budget of less than $500,000 per year.
Courtney Logie, a College Access Plan participant, is now a freshman at the University of California in Riverside. (Photo: Business Wire)
Through direct scholarships as well as housing, individual and non-profit youth organization grants, ALL WAYS UP helps ambitious low-income individuals achieve life’s milestone triumphs, including graduating with a college degree to owning a home for the first time. The organization cultivates and supports long-term relationships with its grantees, offering not only financial assistance but also critical support services that help to ensure their success.
“The Bridging the Gap Awards recognizes the vital work being done in communities across the U.S. by small-but-mighty community non-profit organizations creating an extraordinary social impact,” said Perlman. “Despite their limited financial resources, each one is helping to transform lives and creating a sea change in their communities.”
ALL WAYS UP Bridging the Gap Award winners include organizations like College Access Plan (CAP), a Pasadena-based non-profit serving more than 500 underserved students annually, many of whom are low-income and first generation college-going youth that attend Pasadena’s public schools. CAP ensures these students gain access to free college readiness advisement and workshops that help them to circumvent the serious problems of undermatching and uninformed college choice. Through holistic college and career literacy tools, entry test preparation, and application and financial aid support, CAP helps students attend colleges that increase their opportunities to reach their academic goals and achieve professional success. Of the 210 graduating seniors who consistently attended CAP’s programs from 2009-2013, 98% attended college, and 83% are attending four-year colleges and universities.
ALL WAYS UP Bridging the Gap Award Winners:
America SCORES - Cleveland, OH - $20,880 Capital City Intergenerational Care, Inc. - Dublin, OH - $16,339 Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Conference - Sacramento, CA - $31,514 Choice Group - Los Angeles, CA - $45,411 CLIMB - Los Angeles, CA - $21,354 College Access Plan - Pasadena, CA - $17,388 Diamond in the Raw - Los Angeles, CA - $6,134 Girl’s Today, Women Tomorrow – Los Angeles, CA - $23,334 Increasing H.O.P.E. Financial Training Center – North Charleston, SC – $8,183 Krimson & Kreme Foundation - Los Angeles, CA - $8,823 Minds Matter - Los Angeles, CA - $46,838 NRSMBC Community Support Corporation - Birmingham, AL - $13,088 On a Mission - Los Angeles, CA - $27,833 Read Lead Incorporated - Los Angeles, CA - $12,509 Restore Education - San Antonio, TX - $16,741 ScholarMatch - San Francisco, CA - $15,963 Tarrant Literacy Coalition - Benbrook, TX - $5,959 The Right Way Foundation - Los Angeles, CA - $12,598 Individual Community Builder of the Year – Erich Nall (Coach E) $5,000 The ALL WAYS UP Foundation previously conducted business as the Perlman Foundation, which was founded by Perlman in 2009. The Perlman Foundation continues to operate as a private foundation, funding annual grants and 100% of administrative expenses for the ALL WAYS UP Foundation, allowing 100% of ALL WAYS UP donations from other entities to go to programs that support disadvantaged youth, low-income families and the deserving organizations that serve them.
The ALL WAYS UP Foundation believes that poverty and other disadvantages are challenges, not roadblocks, on the path to a successful life. With good values, a strong work ethic and empowering financial and emotional support, no dream is out of reach. To learn more about how the ALL WAYS UP Foundation is bridging the gap between ambition and achievement, visit ALLWAYSUP.org.
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CONTACT: Pascal Public Relations for ALL WAYS UP Foundation
Kelly Pascal Gould, 303-324-6723
Kelly@pascalpr.com
KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: EDUCATION PRIMARY/SECONDARY UNIVERSITY OTHER EDUCATION PHILANTHROPY OTHER PHILANTHROPY FOUNDATION FUND RAISING
SOURCE: ALL WAYS UP Foundation
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