Educate America Right Now Inc

Educate America Right Now, Inc. (EARN) supports these hardworking adults who are returning to college to obtain their first degree, in a manner consistent with academic excellence and personal responsibility.

EARN provides a multitiered solution to help hardworking adults graduate with the high grades and sound work ethic that all of the best employers want. We provide an academic merit-based grant model combined with enthusiastic academic support and a group forum, each these geared to the unique challenges faced by adult students returning to school.

EARN is a small 501(c)3 education charity that offers a uniquely personalized service model. Between them, EARN's Board members bring a lifetime of entrepreneurial expertise, a deep understanding of business and scientific research, 44 years of combined teaching and administrative experience in top-ranked New York State school districts, and professional experience in areas as diverse as pharmaceutical drug safety and quality control, utilities data analysis, secondary school leadership, and science research education. EARN has worked in alliance with Westchester Community College in NY since 2014 and hopes to expand to include Suffolk Community College on Long Island in 2021. EARN currently has five EARN Grant Scholars and over a dozen qualified students who have submitted applications to become EARN Grant Scholars as funds become available.

EARN helped one our first Grant Scholars to leave a shelter while completing his first degree with honors. Another student was a police officer and father who's son was reluctant to go to college. He wanted to show his son the value of a college degree. With the support of EARN, he graduated with excellent grades and is now pursuing a four year degree in law. A current Grant Scholar who lost her father before she discovered the value of education is now completing her degree with just under a 4.0 GPA in order to honor her deceased father's belief in the power of college. Still another Grant Scholar has overcome a lifetime of socioeconomic adversity and is now on her way to becoming a certified counselor. A construction injury had sidelined the ability to work for one of our Scholars, who returned to school to find a way to a new life. He graduated in June of 2019 after earning a 4.0 in calculus and physics and discovering a passion for engineering! Every adult student brings a personal story worth honoring. EARN is looking for increased donor support and corporate assistance, so that we can expand and service the large number of applicants that we are now receiving.