The WTOP Charity of the Month for November is New Futures

 

Who We Serve:

New Futures is on track to serve 200+ young people in 2025.

A snapshot of our current Scholars:

• 100% come from households earning less than 80% of the Area Median Income
• 96% identify as Black, Latinx, or Asian; 62% are immigrant
• 90% are the first in their family to attend a postsecondary institution

Why We Serve:

The DC area has some of the greatest income disparities in the country among demographic groups. Our program puts Scholars on a path to in-demand careers that lead to financial security.

Our Impact:

Read our 2024 Impact Report! (Link: https://newfuturesdc.org/wp-content/uploads/New-Futures-2024-Impact-Report-Digital.pdf) 

• $7.8M awarded in scholarships
• 420 Alumni have earned 509 degrees
• 79% of alumni score at or above the medium-high level of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Financial Well-Being Scale, an increase from 61% in 2020
• 90% success rate in 2024 (percent of Scholars who persist in or complete their degree)
• 58% of New Futures Scholars graduate with zero educational debt.

Support Us:

This GivingTuesday, New Futures will launch its Opening Doors to Pathways to Possibility Campaign. We invite you to be a vital part of our next chapter of doing good in the DMV!

New Futures plays a unique role in breaking cycles of inequity and injustice and in changing trajectories for young people in the Washington, DC region. 

How do we do it? 

We believe firmly that community college can be the best first step toward dream careers and financial security. We pave the way for our future leaders to earn the shorter-term credentials that lead to strong degrees and great jobs more quickly, more affordably, and more flexibly, disrupting the so-called “traditional,” one-size-fits-all approach. 

By leveraging community college as a launching point to further education and career, and by opening access to in-demand fields like IT, Construction, and Health Sciences, we partner with our Scholars as they forge their paths to financial security, as they strengthen our communities, and as they take part in a changing workforce.

Learn more about our Scholars, get involved, and donate, at newfuturesdc.org.

Our Impact in Their Words: