African-American Education Fund
Fresno Regional Foundation offers a diverse range of Special Interest Funds. The African-American Education Fund (AAEF) is the newest one to join that list. AAEF was established with the goal to advance educational aspirations of African-Americans in the Central Valley, with a focus on higher education and workforce development that will lead to gainful employment in the global economy.
African Americans Represent
- 12 Percent of the US Population
- 13 percent of US high school graduates (9,460 of the total 70,376)
But Numbers drop by almost 50 percent for College Graduates
- 7 percent of college graduates (3,291 out of 41,743 Bachelors’ Degrees attained)
- 3 percent for Post-Undergraduate Degrees
*Source 2010 Census http://www.census.gov/
Advancing the educational aspirations of African-Americans in the Central Valley
The Launch of the Fund
The chairman of the Fresno United Negro College Fund, Robert Mitchell, MD, along with local board members Richard Keyes and Eric Payne, approached FRF Board Member Allysunn Walker-Williams to create the African American Education Fund at Fresno Regional Foundation.
$25,000 Match from FRF by June 2013
The plan is to make $25,000 in education and job training-related grants to eligible students, and an additional $25,000 will seed the endowment of AAEF.
To donate to the African American Education Fund
Mail donations to Fresno Regional Foundation
5250 N. Palm Ave., Suite 424
Fresno, CA 93704
Please make all checks payable to Fresno Regional Foundation
Memo: African-American Education Fund
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