Vanguard Student Success Fund – Unlocking Potential for Generations

What Your Gift Supports
The Vanguard Student Success Fund fuels life-changing opportunities for SR1 CPSA students now and as they grow into future graduates. These are gift-based awards—never loans, never something families have to pay back. Your support can carry a child from early learning through 5th grade and set them on a path toward college and career success.

At the K–5 level, Vanguard Student Success support can:

• Cover school day, extended day, and summer learning programs

• Provide access to specialized STEM, reading, and math academies

• Fund enrichment clubs and leadership programs

• Make transformative field trips and early college exposure visits possible

When you give to the Vanguard Student Success Fund, you are not just donating—you are opening doors that might otherwise stay shut: the robotics camp for a curious 3rd grader, the college visit that inspires a 5th grader, the future college classroom where a first-generation student takes their seat.

Why It Matters
For many SR1 CPSA scholars, financial barriers show up early and quietly. A “small” fee for a STEM club, a science fair trip, or a summer learning program can be the line between a child stepping into their full potential and never getting the chance to try. Without help, too many bright children miss out on the very experiences that build confidence, skills, and ambition.

The Vanguard Student Success Fund removes those barriers, so opportunity is determined by a child’s talent and effort—not by their family’s income. Students who access high-quality learning and enrichment early are more likely to stay on grade level, graduate from high school, and pursue postsecondary education. Over a lifetime, a college degree or technical credential can translate into hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional earnings compared to stopping at a high school diploma. That difference can mean stability instead of struggle, choices instead of limits.

When you invest in this fund, you are not just helping one student “get ahead.” You are lifting entire families. A single award can change how younger siblings see their own future, how parents talk about school at home, and how a community understands what’s possible for its children. Your gift creates a ripple effect of hope, opportunity, and economic mobility that can last for generations.

Stability and Protection for the Future
Gifts to the Vanguard Student Success Fund are carefully stewarded through a nonprofit structure with clear donor intent and student success at the center. That means your support is designed to be stable and protected, even when policies or funding streams change.

If external regulations or charter funding ever shift, these student success funds remain focused on children—helping SR1 CPSA scholars access strong educational options, advanced learning experiences, and, eventually, college or career training. In practice, your gift functions like a trust for a child’s education: shielded from political swings and budget battles and devoted only to creating opportunity.

By investing in the Vanguard Student Success Fund, you help ensure that talented, hard-working SR1 CPSA students can continue to learn, grow, and shine—no matter how the education landscape changes around them. Your generosity today becomes a steady stream of possibility for countless children tomorrow.