The Simmons Memorial Foundation, Inc.
1834 Wake Forest Road
Campus Box 7321
Winston-Salem
NC
27109
United States
Contact Name:
Omari Simmons
Contact Email:
Program Description:
The Simmons Memorial Foundation (SMF) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that provides high quality educational support programs for students who are members of vulnerable or at-risk groups. SMF offers a range of services including mentoring, college consulting, career seminars, scholarships, and standardized test preparation. In order to implement these programs, SMF partners with education-focused organizations. SMF partners include community organizations, colleges, state education agencies, school districts, standardized test preparation providers, parents, and local leaders.
Established:
1996
Number of Students Served:
200
Funding:
donor contributions
Mission Statement:
Potential on the Periphery - Empowering youth to participate in shaping a better world for themselves and others through academic achievement, leadership, and civic engagement.
Objectives:
Our goals as an organization include: increasing the number of college graduates from vulnerable and underrepresented groups, developing academic and non-academic student survival skills, creating an effective, permanent support network for students, raising community awareness of higher education and career opportunities and establishing a non-traditional feeder system for selective colleges and universities.
Specialty:
college counseling, mentoring, SAT prep
Academic Prep:
Yes
College and Postsecondary Planning:
Yes
High School (9-12):
Yes
Weekends:
Yes
Weekends:
Yes
Academic:
Yes
Other Requirements :
member of underrepresented minority group
Male:
40%
Female:
60%
First Generation:
65%
Four Year:
98%
Other (including military, workforce, vocational/trade school):
2%
Hispanic/Latino (including Spain):
15%
Asian:
5%
Black or African American:
80%