Summer Search Boston

Grant Size: $2,270,000 (1st grant $870k; 2nd grant $900k; 3rd grant $500k)
Grantee Since: 2005
Grant Objective: Scale organization and capacity building.
Through year-round mentoring and transformational summer experiences such as Outward Bound and foreign exchange, Summer Search supports low-income, at risk young people to graduate high school and college. All Summer Search students graduate from high school, 97% go to college, 89% of those who enroll in college graduate, and 93% are first-generation college graduates.