2011 College Bound grads from throughout the Bay Area
Through our College Bound Brotherhood, the Kapor Foundation offers $25,000 grants to nonprofit organizations that work on college readiness with young black men in Bay Area high schools, particularly in Oakland and San Francisco. We want to help build a strong college bound culture among black men in the Bay Area.
While we recognize and appreciate the importance of mentoring, we will support programs that also provide information and services that directly and explicitly prepare students for college: academic enrichment, meeting A-G requirements, tutoring, admissions and financial aid advising, test preparation, etc.
The College Bound Brotherhood seeks to expand the number of young black men in the Bay Area who are prepared for a college education.
For a list of the 2011 College Bound Brotherhood grants, please click HERE.
Selection Criteria
Applicant organizations should:
- Be a 501(c)3 organization (or have an appropriate fiscal sponsor) based in one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. San Francisco and Alameda County organizations are highest priority.
- Work with self-identified black male youth who attend public schools.
- Have an explicit program focus on college preparedness, academic enrichment, meeting A-G requirements, tutoring, admissions and financial aid advising, test preparation, etc.).
- Demonstrate evidence of organizational stability and program rigor.
- Commit executive/program staff to help build a college bound movement for Bay Area black men.
- Present a solid, sustainable, and culturally competent plan for reaching and working with young black men in the college bound pipeline.
Strong programs have:
- rigorous, interactive learning opportunities
- high quality instruction and guidance
- consistent and frequent interactions with students
- an adequate number of trained and experienced adult staff
- a culturally and age appropriate program design
- a progressive and positive program culture
Timeline
The College Bound Brotherhood grant application deadline for 2011 has passed. If you missed the annual deadline, we will have the next call for requests in May 2012 . Please let us know if you have questions.
Submit a Request
Before submitting a request, be sure to upload a profile for your organization on our public database, collegeboundbros.org. Then return to this page and click on the "Submit a Request" button below to start the application. (Unfortunately we couldn't link the two databases, so you'll have to complete some of the information twice - sorry!)
Unlike our other grantmaking processes, there is no need to contact us before submitting a Brotherhood grant request. We have a paper-free process, so all grant requests must be submitted using our online application. And no need to send additional materials!
The first few questions of online process will ask you about eligibility. You'll also need to create an account with a user name and password. Once you're logged in, you can begin the online application. You may want to type the answers in a Word document first, and then cut and paste them into the appropriate fields. We have an electronic sample application (MSWord) that you can use to craft your application responses prior to online submission. However, we will not accept email submissions of grant requests!
If at any point you have questions about the online application, please contact us or online support at CyberGrants.
Note: If you are grantseeker from a university-related or public entity and have trouble with the 501(c)(3) identification in CyberGrants, please contact online support directly!
The 2011 College Bound Brotherhood grant application deadline has passed. We will offer another round of grants in May 2012.
