Clearing the Path
2020 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY CLEARING THE PATH LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND CEO College Now’s mission is to increase postsecondary educational attainment hen students first start working with College Now, many cannot envision their postsecondary pathway. Everything MISSION in Greater Cleveland through college and career access advising, financial Wfrom applying to a college, university, or certificate program to thinking about a major and eventual career path aid counseling, and scholarship and retention services. can seem like a daunting task, with obstacles to overcome and challenges to face. Sometimes, those challenges seem insurmountable and their dreams unachievable. At College Now, we work diligently every day to educate our students – of all ages – on the opportunities available to them in postsecondary and beyond. Through our traditional high school advising, scholarships and financial aid, adult programs FINANCIAL RESULTS and services, and the College Now Mentoring Program, we help students navigate the often-complicated path to achieve Operational Revenue Operational Expenses their goals. Ending July 31, 2019 Ending July 31, 2019 College Now has been doing this – clearing the path – for students for over 50 years, starting in 1967 with a small group Foundations $4,203,039 Advising and Counseling Services $7,512,452 of students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD). What started as small scholarships for this group (one Corporations $2,211,369 Scholarship Awards $3,775,735 of whom, Philip Thompson, you will read more about later in this report) quickly grew into advising services for students Individuals and Organizations $416,688 Scholarship and Retention Services $1,172,417 throughout the CMSD, then the suburbs and parochial schools, followed by adult advising.
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