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Current Black Boys College Bound Initiative Grants

2008

	100 Black Men of the Bay Area Oakland $50,000 100 Black Men of the Bay Area will work with 35-50 high school sophomores through seniors from Oakland, Richmond, and San Francisco to implement the Junior 100 program. They will build on their strong already-existing mentoring program by adding ongoing academic enrichment and college readiness workshops. The 100 aim to create a model that can be replicated in other 100 Black Men chapters throughout the nation.
	Bayview Association for Youth San Francisco $50,000 Bayview Association for Youth runs the 100% College Prep Institute, working with 75 middle and high school boys/young men predominately from Bayview/Hunters Point. They will continue to provide tutoring, college preparedness workshops and advising, college tours. 100% CPI prides itself on its grassroots origins in the Bayview community and high degree of parental involvement (through their Parent Academy), which it will continue to draw upon for organizing and fundraising support.
	Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools Oakland $40,000 BAYCES works in an executive coaching and advocacy capacity with East Oakland School of the Arts, whom the Foundation supported in December with a kickoff grant for the 100 Black Boys program. This grant will enable them to build on the initial work EOSA has done to match students with community-based services, mentors, tutoring and academic enrichment, and mental health services. Their goal is to double their college enrollment rate (to 75% of male students).
	InnerWorks/Berkeley Tech Berkeley $40,000 Berkeley Technology Academy, the district’s continuation high school, currently offers the Step It Up program to create college-bound expectations and readiness for students through intensive small group mentoring/counseling, tutoring and a Saturday School for 18 sophomore boys.
	M3 Education Foundation Berkeley $50,000 The M3 Academy works with 50 boys at three Berkeley middle schools, who participate in after-school tutoring and a Saturday Academy. The program uses sports and fitness as an enticement and module for learning about health and well-being, and focuses on mathematics excellence and English proficiency as college gateway subjects. UC Berkeley students serve as mentors, tutors, and coaches.
	Reality Mentor Inc. Hayward $50,000 Reality Mentor, Inc. has established a solid mentoring program for students in Hayward and Fremont schools. Through BBCBI, they will focus on 23 high school freshmen and sophomore boys through implementing a new college readiness curriculum and utilizing assessment tools to monitor student academic progress and social development.
	Southern Alameda County Regional Educational Alliance Hayward $50,000 SACREA and primary partner R.T. Fisher & Associates will collaborate to implement My Brothers Keeper, a math-centered college readiness program for 25 ninth grade young men from Hayward, San Lorenzo, and San Leandro schools. Each year they will add an additional 25 participants to the program. My Brothers Keeper will offer a summer algebra academy (non-residential), monthly academic enrichment seminars, quarterly mentoring activities, and individual and group tutoring through partnerships with Cal State East Bay and Chabot College.
	YMCA of San Francisco $50,000 The YMCA of San Francisco will create a cohort of 15 high school young men recruited from YMCA and Beacon Centers throughout the City, providing centralized case management, group and individual mentoring, and college readiness activities that leverage the services that students receive at their respective branches.

2007

	Building Diversity in Science $10,000 for support of the 2008 Scientific Empowerment Movement conference Building Diversity in Science serves as the umbrella organization for the Scientific Empowerment Movement, which exposes high school youth of color to science-related career possibilities.
	East Oakland School of the Arts $10,000 for general support of the 100 Black Boys program East Oakland School of the Arts matches each of the school’s African American male students with volunteers and services.
	Young Scholars Program $15,000 for event expenses Young Scholars Program will host a college fair and kickoff of a leadership/mentoring program for young black men, What If the Prince Dared to Be King.

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