Breakthrough Houston is an educational program that places motivated students from underserved areas on the path to college. Why? Because at Breakthrough, we envision a day when all children have equitable access to quality education and teachers committed to their success.
The Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation is to ensure that every such child receives all necessary college funding. We are dedicated to serving the families of combat casualties and military training accidents as well as other duty-related deaths.
EMERGE empowers & prepares high-performing students from underserved communities to attend and graduate from selective colleges & universities across the nation.
KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a non-profit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students.
Project GRAD helps Houstonians get into and through college or career training. Project GRAD was founded on a vision of equity - that ALL youth deserve access to an education that leads to a rewarding future. GRAD's belief is that all individuals can improve their lives when they gain access to guidance, resources, and ongoing support to develop and achieve goals for the post-secondary attainment or workforce training.
For more than 65 years, we have worked to develop children into all God intends them to be. We are advocates for children, working to release them from the shackles of poverty. Through a holistic approach to child development, we carefully blend physical, social, economic, and spiritual care together...in Jesus' name. It is an approach that has been scientifically proven to be effective.
Since 2006, Kids' Meals has been making and delivering free, healthy meals directly to the homes of hungry children. Since inception, they have given more than 7.2 million free meals to food insecure children in 43 Houston-area ZIP codes.
NO CHILD SHOULD GO HUNGRY. At No Kid Hungry, that's our promise. If it sounds simple, that's because it is.
Preserving African American artistic expression and enlightening, entertaining, and enriching a diverse community.
Education and Community Engagement is committed to providing high-quality, community-sponsored educational programming to the diverse populations of Houston and its surrounding areas.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote and highlight the contributions of African Americans. To date, the Museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts and nearly 100,000 individuals have become members. The Museum opened to the public on September 24, 2016, as the 19th and newest museum of the Smithsonian Institution.
Social Justice
Equal Justice Initiative
The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
Poor People's Campaign
We rise to demand that the 140 million poor and low-income people in our nation –from every race, creed, color, sexuality, and place– are no longer ignored, dismissed, or pushed to the margins of our political and social agenda.
The Innocence Project
The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.