GOALS
Our over-arching educational goal is to increase socioeconomic advancement for disadvantaged and low-income youths by:
1) increasing college affordability for low-income students, minorities and undocumented students primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area.
2) supporting and working collaboratively with organizations that provide a measurable increase in high school graduation, college
enrollment, college persistence and college graduation rates for low-income students, minorities and undocumented students.
3) collaborating with organizations and businesses that create innovative learning opportunities through extra-curricular activities, such as work-study, leadership, and internship programs.
4) committing to each Bella Scholar/Grantee‘s personal and professional growth and academic success by providing a support system for that growth. Our secondary goals are to:
1) Improve the lives of global citizens and their families through education, problem solving and action.
2) Support education in the arts, health and environment.
3) Provide operational transparency and maintain strict compliance to State & Federal regulatory practices.
