Breakthrough Impact Fund

TOGETHER, WE CAN REVERSE THIS EDUCATIONAL CRISIS

For more than four decades, Breakthrough Collaborative has been a national leader in education equity. 

But this summer the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to halt the momentum of our 10,000 students and permanently derail them from achieving their dreams in step with their peers.

Breakthrough’s students are dedicated learners who make a six-year commitment to working toward college success at our 24 local affiliates.  Right now, they face a new reality:  The gap between those with resources and those without is dramatically more pronounced than it was before this global health-turned-educational crisis.

Now is the time to step up for Breakthrough students.

The stakes are high: 

Researchers project that students could lose nearly half, or even ALL of the achievement growth expected in a normal academic year. Breakthrough students are in urgent need of our financial and moral support to succeed in this “new normal”. 

 We believe that access to educational opportunities, technology and college support should never be a matter of economic privilege, but one of educational promise. With your help, we can ensure that during this time of global challenge, our students continue their path to college success and our teaching fellows continue their path to the classroom.

Why Now: 

● The growing gap in resources: While many students transitioned easily to home-based online learning, the gap between those with access to technology and the internet has become even more pronounced as a result of the unprecedented and urgent mass transition to virtual learning by our schools.  

● A disruption in learning and progress: Summer has always been a crucial time for our students and with a large portion of 2020 already lost, we have to meet these students where they are, so they don’t fall further behind. This pivot requires additional resources of technology and staffing to ensure both students and teachers can maintain the momentum of learning over the summer months. 

● Inspiring teachers are more essential than ever: Because we focus on bringing diverse teachers into the classroom—teachers from the same under-resourced backgrounds as our students—we know that they are struggling amid the crisis too. That’s why we ask for your help ensuring they are able to overcome the barriers to their own distance learning, continue their studies and stay in the profession. 

● We need to support the foundation of their stability: Breakthrough recognizes how crucial it is to provide access to basic needs so our students can continue to focus on learning.

Call to Action:

 Any contribution to support our cause will have both an immediate and lasting impact on the diverse students and teachers we serve. The return on your investment will last far longer than this pandemic—it will last years, and even generations.