Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Since 2000, the Foundation has awarded $190 million in scholarships to nearly 2,500 students from 8th grade through graduate school, along with comprehensive counseling and other support services. The Foundation has also provided over $100 million in grants to organizations that serve such students.
Impact
Why We Exist
RESEARCH SHOWS:
High-achieving students with financial need often exist in isolation.
High-achieving students with financial need are less likely to pursue rigorous coursework or to score highly on achievement tests.
THESE STUDENTS NEED:
To be academically challenged and inspired during school, after school, and in the summers.
Information about how to successfully navigate transitions to high school and college and prepare for, identify, and apply to competitive colleges.
Financial resources that enable them to develop their academic and artistic talents.