Company Profile
College Success Foundation
Company Overview
Since 2000, the Foundation has granted nearly 4000 scholarships and raised over $300 million, working with committed individuals and benefactors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Costco, Chateau Ste. Michelle, and additional private donors. CSF works with hundreds of hometown and college mentors who generously donate their time to help students prepare for college and succeed in baccalaureate programs.
Company History
The College Success Foundation (CSF) evolved from Governor Gary Locke's 2020 Commission of the Future of Post-Secondary Education which completed its work in October 1998. The last recommendation of the Commission was to "Establish an independent, non-profit organization to build and sustain public understanding of the need for higher levels of educational attainment and lifelong learning. This group should be both an independent advocate for post-secondary education, and an organization that urges the system to high standards of accessibility, quality, innovation, efficiency, and responsiveness to the needs of learners."
The Foundation was established in the spring of 2000 by Bob Craves and Ann Ramsay-Jenkins. In a climate where one-third of the state's 900,000 K-12 students are on free or reduced lunches, and where 17% of public high school students do not graduate, the founders wished to encourage scholarship philanthropy, and to significantly change the opportunity structure for disadvantaged students and their families.
Benefits
Flex plan (Section 125 Plan)
Costco Membership
Holidays
The Foundation observes the following fully paid holidays for all employees:
• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King’s Birthday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day and the
• Friday after Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day
• New Years Eve
• In addition, full time and ½ time employees receive 3 floating holidays.