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.

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With as little as $500 saved, children are three times more likely to attend college and four times more likely to graduate.

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Results & Impact

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  • 9

    participating schools
    in Lancaster and Richardson ISD

  • 80%

    of eligible students
    opted into the program

  • 849

    college savings accounts
    opened

  • $212,400

    in deposits
    made into accounts

  • 2,100

    students
    have received financial education

9

participating schools
in Lancaster and Richardson ISD

80%

of eligible students
opted into the program

849

college savings accounts
opened

$212,400

in deposits
made into accounts

2,100

students
have received financial education

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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