Resources for First Gen Students: Support for Student Success

From Rise First. Filter by student level and more.

The Collective Success Network is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit* that supports first-generation and/or low-income (FGLI) college students to achieve their academic and career aspirations through empowering mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. We connect students with professional mentors and prepare them to enter professional career paths. In parallel, we collaborate with the wider business community to create innovative solutions to increase college success rates and build a socioeconomically diverse talent pipeline.
(From the organization website)

FirstGen Forward fosters success for first-generation students through our collaborations with higher education, philanthropy, business, government, and individuals to eliminate the completion gap and broaden post-college opportunities.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Scholarships offered include the Young Scholars Program, College Scholarship Program and an Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship for community college students seeking to complete their four-year degrees.

Empowering first-generation, low-income students and professionals nationwide.to achieve their full potential by providing life and career advice, lists of support resources and mentorship opportunities through a technology platform with online tools. (From the Rise First website)

I’m First! was created in 2013 to provide students who lack a family history of higher education with inspiration, information, and support on the road to and through college. I’m First! is an initiative of UStrive—a national nonprofit that also runs an online college and career mentoring program by the same name.