College Scholarship Initiative

The College Scholarship Initiative was established in late 2007 and ran through mid-2012. Its goal was to open the door to four-year colleges for promising youth. This nomination-only scholarship supported high-potential, motivated, low-income students from Greater Boston to attend and graduate from college with minimal educational debt. The Foundation committed about $600,000 to 18 high school students over the life of the Initiative. All 18 graduated from college within 5 years.

“In establishing our College Scholarship Initiative we wanted to build on the Foundation’s ongoing investment in community-based programs in the Greater Boston area. Many of our grantee organizations play a key role in helping to motivate their high school participants to prepare for and apply to college. We know, however, that even after these youth are admitted to college many do not attend simply because it is not affordable. We hope our scholarship money will allow promising youth to continue on their road to success by removing significant financial barriers to college.”
- Ronny Zinner, Former President, Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation
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