Simon Youth Foundation Inc

SIMON YOUTH FOUNDATION (SYF) IS A NATIONAL NON-PROFIT COMMITTED TO HELPING STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND PURSUE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. SYF EXECUTES THIS MISSION BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LAUNCH SIMON YOUTH ACADEMIES, THROUGH WHICH STUDENTS AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVE THE PERSONALIZED SUPPORT NEEDED TO EARN THEIR DIPLOMAS, AND BY PROVIDING RENEWABLE SIMON YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS WHO LIVE NEAR SIMON MALLS. TODAY, SIMON YOUTH FOUNDATION OPERATES 44 SIMON YOUTH ACADEMIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 29 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 16 STATES. SINCE ITS INCEPTION SYF HAS MAINTAINED A 91 PERCENT GRADUATION RATE AT ITS SIMON YOUTH ACADEMIES, HELPING THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS, AND AWARDED MORE THAN $1 MILLION ANNUALLY IN SIMON YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS.