Extra Mile Education Foundation

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Extra Mile Education Foundation
Formation1989
Type 501(3)(c)
PurposeInner city education
Headquarters Pittsburgh, PA
Parent organization
Catholic Church
Website http://www.extramilefdn.org

The Extra Mile Education Foundation is a privately funded, non-profit charity 501(3)(c) based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1989. [1] [2] [3] The money raised by the charity is used to subsidize the tuition of low income students who attend several K-8 Catholic schools in the Pittsburgh area. Most of the students are African American. As of January 2011, five Pittsburgh schools are currently enrolled in the program. [4]

Contents

Statistics

A January 28, 2007 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cites the following information about The Extra Mile Education Foundation [5]

Mission statement

The following is an excerpt from their official mission statement: "Extra Mile Education Foundation supports the education of urban children in select Pittsburgh parochial elementary schools ... The schools – identified by the Diocese of Pittsburgh – are in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, and students are primarily African American and non-Catholic. Extra Mile is dedicated to sustaining these schools for their communities on an ongoing basis..." The entire mission statement can be read on the Foundation website. [6]

Donors

Donors include: [5]

Board of directors

Notable members of the foundation's board include: [7]

Notes

  1. "Charity Navigator-Extra Mile Education Foundation" . Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  2. Gregory A. Morris; et al. (2000). "Listening to Student: Voices from the Inner City". Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice. Chesnut Hill, MA: Boston College Roche Center for Catholic Education. 4 (1): 7. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  3. Preserving a Critical National Asset America’s Disadvantaged Students and the Crisis in Faith-based Urban Schools (PDF) (Report). The White House Domestic Policy Council. September 2008. p. 31. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  4. "Extra Mile Education Foundation-The Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  5. 1 2 "Program goes extra mile for Catholic education-Extra Mile Education Foundation reaches out to mostly black families in low-income areas". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-08. Retrieved 2007-06-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Extra Mile Education Foundation Board of Directors/Staff". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-01-25.

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