Greenwald Family Foundation Emergency Fund for PeerForward Alumni

Greenwald Family Foundation Emergency Fund for PeerForward Alumni

Status: Closed (for 2022-2023 cohort only)

Overview: Emergency funding provided by the Greenwald Family Foundation to College Summit/PeerForward alumni graduating with an undergraduate degree.

Eligibility

• Target: College Summit/PeerForward alumni graduating with an Associate or Bachelor's degree
• Graduation window: December 2022 – May 2023
• Applicant types: Former Peer Leaders OR students who graduated from a PeerForward high school

Eligible Schools

Active PeerForward teams during 2017-2018 through 2021-2022 school years in:
• California: Animo Venice Charter High School, Sylmar High School, Sun Valley Magnet High School, East Valley High School, Fremont High School, Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Sr. High, David Starr Jordan High School, Castlemont High School, Augustus Hawkins High School, Benjamin Carson School For Science And Medicine
• Florida: North Miami Senior High School, Miami Northwestern Sr. High School, Miami Jackson Senior High School, Miami Edison Senior High School, Lake Wales High School, Avon Park High School, Coconut Creek High School, Blanche Ely High School, Sebring High School
• Maryland: Bladensburg High School, Bowie High School, Crossland High School, Eleanor Roosevelt High, Fairmont Heights High School, Largo High School, Friendly High School, Gwynn Park High School, Laurel High School, Parkdale High School, Surrattsville High School, Suitland High School, Potomac High School, Oxon Hill High School, Charles Herbert Flowers High School, Dr. Henry Wise High School
• D.C./Virginia: Ballou STAY High School, Ballou Senior High School, American Sign Language & English Secondary School, Columbia Heights Education Campus, Channel View School for Research, Santee Education Complex, Crossland High School, Eleanor Roosevelt High, Dunbar High School, Tall Oaks High School, Friendship Technology Preparatory High School, Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School, High School for Law and Public Service, Luke C. Moore High School, Math, Science, Research and Technology, Central High School, Washington Metropolitan High School, Alexandria City High School, The Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, Booker T. Washington Sr. High School, Friendly High School, Teachers Preparatory High School, Thurgood Marshall Academy For Learning and Social Change
• New York: Brooklyn Preparatory High School, Cobble Hill School of American Studies, Channel View School for Research, Santee Education Complex, Columbia Heights Education Campus, El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, Green Design Community School, Friendship Technology Preparatory High School, Friendship Collegiate Academy, High School for Law and Public Service, Eagles Academy for Young Men Public Service Community School, The School For Human Rights, Queens Preparatory Academy, Queens Collegiate HS, High Point High

Funding Purpose

Last-minute costs including:
• Tuition
• Account holds
• Books
• Graduation fees
• Registration costs
• Supplies

Award Process

• Distribution: First-come, first-serve basis
• Total available: $50,000