Blueprint for the Future

Since College Access Foundation of California was created, our grants to 100 community organizations around the state have enabled more than 10,000 young people to attend California's colleges and universities as well as schools throughout the country.  In late 2008, we began to refine the thinking behind our grant making, to determine ways that we could be more effective as an institution and a partner in the college access field.

Our Blueprint for the Future summarizes the strategies that will guide our work going forward:

1.     Support programs that offer college advice and academic support to young adults with significant need, including first generation college-goers and groups that have historically low enrollment or completion rates.

2.     Support and test new and innovative approaches to scholarship giving that have the potential to increase college enrollment and persistence in school.

3.     Foster greater networking and sharing of best practices among scholarship programs in the state, and offer evidence that will increase scholarship giving and promote a more effective public financial aid system.

We welcome your perspectives on our Blueprint, the challenges and opportunities to increase access to higher education, and how scholarships are used to foster college going in your community. Feel free to send us your comments at blueprint@collegeaccessfoundation.org.

Download "Blueprint for the Future" (PDF).