Eastside College Preparatory School, Inc.
Eastside College Preparatory School, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
At Eastside College Preparatory School, we are committed to opening new doors for students historically underrepresented in higher education. Our challenging and engaging curriculum enables students to discover their intellectual strengths, sharpen their academic skills, and embrace new opportunities in a culture of learning that supports the potential of every student to enter and succeed in a four-year college and transition to a professional career. Eastside students who are the first in their families to go to college create a ripple effect, changing their own lives, the lives of their families, and the life of their community.
About
When East Palo Alto's only high school closed in 1976, all students were bused out of their own community to schools in neighboring, more affluent areas. Through the placement process, these students were assigned to non-college track classes. The results were dramatic: 65% of students from East Palo Alto dropped out of high school, and fewer than 4% went on to attend a four-year college or university. Stanford graduate Chris Bischof was convinced there was another way. As an undergraduate, Chris had started an after-school program for East Palo Alto elementary students that linked participation in basketball with daily tutoring. But Shoot for the Stars, as the program was called, could only take them so far. He and Helen Kim, who had been classmates at Stanford, began talking about how they could significantly improve educational opportunities for these students. In 1996, Chris and Helen welcomed eight ninth graders, some of whom had participated in Shoot for the Stars, to a new school they called Eastside College Preparatory School. They didn’t have a campus or even a permanent meeting space, so they met first at a picnic table in a park, and soon moved to a room at Plugged In, a computer learning center, then camped out at a local nonprofit, Families in Transition. The next year, a generous donor offered a 1.6-acre lot at Pulgas Avenue and Myrtle Street, and soon the school had grown to 20 ninth and tenth grade students. Interest in attending Eastside began growing quickly, and in 2001 we began construction on a larger campus with science and computer labs, our Center for the Arts, dormitories, and more. Then, in 2008, we expanded even further with a promise to support our students beyond their high school years, launching an alumni program to guide Eastside graduates through college and in their transition to professional careers. Our approach, requiring extraordinary dedication from both students and faculty, is geared toward the admission and success of every Eastside graduate in a four-year college or university. To date, over 99% of Eastside graduates have been admitted to four-year colleges, including Stanford University, Santa Clara University, Pomona College, Princeton University, UC Berkeley, Columbia University, UCLA, Occidental College, Emory University, Yale University, and MIT.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing sets forth the mission of the non-profit as “At eastside college preparatory school we are committed to opening new doors for students historically underrepresented in higher education. (continued on schedule o) our challenging and engaging curriculum enables students to discover their intellectual strengths, sharpen their academic skills, and embrace new opportunities in a culture of learning that supports the potential of every student to enter and succeed in a four-year college and beyond.eastside students who are the first in their families to go to college create a ripple effect, changing their own lives, the lives of their families, and the life of their community.”.
When detailing its responsibilities, they were listed as: “Prepare low income and first generation students to attend and succeed in 4 year colleges.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally permitted to operate is CA.
- The address of the non-profit for 2020 according to the filing is 1041 MYRTLE STREET, EAST PALO ALTO, CA, 94303.
- The number of employees reported by the non-profit on their form as of 2020 is 102.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $4,720,075.
- The organization has 8 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1993.
- The organization pays $6,108,203 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $647,797 in fundraising expenses.
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