Dollars for College
This partnership with Communities Foundation of Texas expands access to affordable, long-term college savings accounts for low- and moderate-income families. Dollars for College seeds college savings accounts and provides students with in-class financial education, helping put them on a path to college attendance and completion.
Looking to sign up for a Dollars for College account? Click here.
With as little as $500 saved, children are three times more likely to attend college and four times more likely to graduate.
Results & Impact
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9
participating schoolsin Lancaster and Richardson ISD -
80%
of eligible studentsopted into the program -
992
college savings accountsopened last yearh -
$343,737
in depositsmade into accounts last year
9
participating schools
in Lancaster and Richardson ISD
80%
of eligible students
opted into the program
992
college savings accounts
opened last yearh
$343,737
in deposits
made into accounts last year
Dollars for College is a partnership between:
- Communities Foundation of Texas •
- Lancaster ISD •
- Richardson ISD •
- RAISE Texas •
- United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
And enjoys the support of these generous sponsors:
- Boone Family Foundation •
- Brennan Financial Services •
- W.W. Caruth, Jr. Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas •
- Lancaster ISD •
- Meadows Foundation •
- Social Venture Partners Dallas •
- United Way of Metropolitan Dallas •
- Wells Fargo
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Together, we can improve access to education, income and health so all North Texans can thrive.
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