ECAP is organized and operated entirely through the efforts of dozens of volunteers, including the donated time of our speakers. We rely on monetary and in-kind donations from generous individuals and institutions to make our program possible.

Donations to ECAP cover the expenses of running our seminar, which this year will include approximately 200 families of San Francisco middle school students. ECAP's expenses include:

• Assembling resource packets and other materials for students.
• Providing all the materials needed for the day—invitations, event programs, translation services, name tags, etc.
• Supplying breakfast and lunch for students and their families at no cost to them.
• Arranging audiovisual support for the program.
• Maintaining our web site and other resources used by our participants and community partners on an ongoing basis.

Your monetary or in-kind donation can make a big difference in our success by allowing us to produce the ECAP seminar each year and to extend our offerings towards our goal of helping all San Francisco students and their parents consider and plan for a college education.

How to Donate

The ECAP Mission and Program

ECAP's mission is to inspire and empower middle school students to plan for and attain a college degree. Our program is an annual half-day seminar that addresses eighth grade students from San Francisco public and charter schools about the benefits of a college education. This year, we hope to present to more than 400 attendees, but we need your help! Even with the tireless work of our volunteers and extensive logistical support from SFUSD, we still need nearly $5,000 annually to produce our seminar. Your donation can make a big impact!

Just some of the things that make our program unique:

• We specifically target children who would be the first in their families to attend college, or who are unlikely to have strong support through the college preparatory process.
• We invite both children and their parents so that the entire family has an understanding of the resources available to them.
• We provide real-time translation into other languages (such as Mandarin and Spanish), since many parents are not native speakers of English.
• Our seminar involves community organizations with similar goals, such as the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco, First Graduate, and Summerbridge.
• We recruit motivational speakers who have overcome the same obstacles these children face.
• We enlist admissions officers and financial aid advisors from Bay Area universities as seminar speakers.

Please donate today to help us give motivated children the resources and information they need to succeed in college. Thank you for your support!