Why Hope Horizon
The gap in East Palo Alto is real. So is the way out.
Talent is everywhere in this neighborhood. Opportunity is not. For 40 years, Hope Horizon has been the place that closes the distance between the two.
The stakes
This is what a student here is up against.
80%
of local Ravenswood district students qualify for free or reduced lunch
12%
of district students met state English standards
93%
of the students we serve are Hispanic or Black
3 PM
when school lets out and, without us, the gap gets wider
These are the odds. The next numbers are what we do about them.
The proof
And this is what happens when a student has us.
80%
of our students improved in reading during the school year
21 → 36
growth in our robotics team in a single year, nearly 70%
12
of our students are in college right now on Hope Horizon scholarships
40
years showing up in the same neighborhood
"I give because I've watched these kids grow up. The ones who came in shy in third grade are walking across college stages now. That's not luck. That's this place."Hope Horizon monthly partner
One student
She started in afterschool tutoring. She is studying engineering in college now.
She came to Hope Horizon in elementary school. We helped her read at grade level, then build robots, then fill out college applications. An Open Door scholarship helped close the gap. Today she is at a four-year university, and she is not the only one.
Be the reason the next student gets her shot.
Give as an individual, or partner with us as a company. Either way you open a door for a young person here, and help build the local talent the Bay Area keeps saying it wants.