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Our Partners

Upward Scholars' success depends on the close alliances we have forged with our community partners, including all of the adult schools and community colleges in San Mateo County and northern Alameda County and community-based organizations whose work is relevant to our mission.

Able Works
ACCEL New Future
AnewVista
Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA
Cañada College
Cañada College SparkPoint
Center for Excellence in Nonprofits
Centro Community Partners
Chicana Latina Foundation
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County (4Cs)
Child Care Partnership Council
Coastside Hope
College of San Mateo
Community Equity Collaborative
Congregational Church of the Peninsula
Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA)
Day Worker Center of Mountain View
Ecumenical Hunger Program
El Concilio of San Mateo County
Elevate Community Center
Family Connections
Foundation for a College Education
Fresh Approach
Friends for Youth
Good 2 Know Network
Grassroots Ecology
Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley
Harvard Business School Association of Northern California Community Partners
Hidden Villa
HIP Housing
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
Jefferson Union High School District Adult Education
JobTrain
La Costa Adult School
Lewis & Joan Platt East Palo Alto Family YMCA
Merit America
Multicultural Institute
One Life Counseling Center
PAL Center
Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC)
Puente de la Costa Sur
Redwood City Public Library
Redwood City Together
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
Rosalie Rendu Center
San Mateo Adult & Career Education
San Mateo County Libraries
San Mateo County Office of Education
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Community Alliance to Revitalize Our Neighborhood (CARON)
Sequoia District Adult School
Sequoia YMCA
Skyline College
Social Justice Collaborative
Sonrisas Dental Health
South San Francisco Adult Education
St. Francis Center of Redwood City
Stanford Code in Place
Stanford Haas Center for Public Service
Tax-Aid
The Institute for Families and Nannies
Vegan Outreach

Our Supporters

In addition to contributions from more than 200 individual donors, Upward Scholars receives support from the following private foundations, corporations, and community groups.

Foundations, Community Groups, and Local Businesses