The Renaissance Foundation

Since its inception in 2000, The Renaissance Foundation has primarily invested in educational access and services for those with financial need. The Foundation awards grants to organizations that share the same core values of education, social justice, equity and inclusion, environmental justice, and human service.

The Foundation’s signature program, the Renaissance Scholars Program (RSP) was created in 2005. RSP focuses on providing renewable college scholarships to talented students with significant financial need who will be the first in their family to earn a bachelor’s degree. Since the beginning of the program, our scholars have achieved great success. Eighty-nine percent of Renaissance Scholars earn their bachelor’s degree within six years, and 92% have graduated overall since RSP’s inception. In comparison, the national college graduation rate for first- generation, low-income students is less than 22%. RSP is fully funded by The Renaissance Foundation.