Donley Foundation

To promote self-sufficiency and achievement by providing educational skills and resources that help young people and families reach their potential.

How We Fulfill Our Mission
There are pivotal moments in life when many people do not have access to resources that will enable them to reach their potential. To improve opportunities at these moments, our Foundation focuses on:

Early Childhood
Activities supporting early childhood education and family literacy
Primary and Middle School Years
Programs that improve grade-level reading proficiency by fourth grade and provide quality out-of-schooltime activities
Post-secondary Success
Programs enhancing post-secondary opportunities such as college readiness and vocational education
For example, we support the following proven approaches:

Early childhood education (quality child-care and pre-school programs, parent education)
Social/emotional learning
Teacher training and support for effective teaching
Libraries (key educational resources in their communities)
Non-traditional secondary education and vocational training
Programs that support the journey to post-secondary success (tutoring, mentoring, enriched after-school and summer learning opportunities, college access programs, college persistence programs)