With a good education, everything is WithinReach.
OUR MISSION
We provide last-dollar scholarships, academic support, and a strong community to deserving and economically disadvantaged students who have passed the High School Equivalency exam and are preparing to enter college.
Over the last 10 years, we’ve supported 36 recipients, awarding more than $280,000 in scholarships and stipends. Our scholars have earned 23 Associate’s Degrees, 9 Bachelor’s Degrees, and 3 Professional Nursing Degrees—proving what’s possible when opportunity meets determination.
“Leaving my family and the place where I was born was one of the hardest things I have ever done…but being able to go to college to get an education and make my family proud has helped me to keep going…going to college is not just an education for me, but it is my happiness.”
WithinReach scholarship recipient, 2023
Please join us in our mission and help us support underserved adult learners!
The WithinReach community
The WithinReach Foundation, a last‑dollar scholarship foundation, was founded with the belief that everyone deserves a chance at Higher Education. Students who come back to school fight against tremendous odds for higher education, and we are dedicated to making that process easier.
Our organization provides full and partial scholarships to highly deserving and economically disadvantaged adult learners who have passed the GED and received their High School equivalency diploma after studying at the BMCC Continuing Education Department for at least one semester.
We also provide community and individualized support for our scholarship recipients; nontraditional students who often are the first in their families to attend college and deeply value the friendships and mentorship of other recipients and the foundation.