• Academically at-risk
• Academically high-performing
• Average Academic Performers
• First generation to attend college
• High school students
• Students/families with limited financial resources
• Underrepresented minorities

• Academic enrichment/tutoring
• College admissions guidance and counseling
• College campus visits
• College success and retention support
• Early college awareness and prep
• Experiential Learning
• Financial aid counseling
• Leadership development
• Mentoring
• Parent/family services
• SAT/ACT and other test prep
• Scholarships & last dollar grants

Herbert Tillery
Executive Director
htillery@dccollegesuccessfoundation.org

The District of Columbia College Success Foundation (DC CSF) is a non-profit organization created in 2006 to expand the pipeline of low-income and underrepresented students who complete a baccalaureate degree by providing students the educational and financial incentives, mentoring, and other supports necessary to gain admission to the colleges and universities of their choice. 

 

To meet this goal, DC CSF has partnered with organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the District of Columbia College Access Program (DC-CAP) and other local organizations on initiatives and programs that provide scholarships, mentoring support and high-intensity college access services to DC students. Find out more about our programs.

 

The District of Columbia College Success Foundation was created in 2006 to expand the pipeline of low-income and under-represented students who complete a baccalaureate degree by providing students the educational and financial incentives, mentoring and other supports necessary to gain admission to the colleges and universities of their choice. The desired long-term outcome is to sustain the efforts of this program by building support from families, communities and especially the DC Public Schools administration, high school principals and teachers for all students. The combined effect of this belief is the realization of a college-ready culture in the high schools where overall student achievement is boosted and the previous gaps in achievement between and among different groups of students are eliminated.

 

Primary funders: 

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 

Primary Partners:

DC - College Access Providers (DC _CAP)

DC Public Schools

Office of the Mayor

Office of the Chancellor

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