$18,275 raised by 114 donors
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$18,000 Goal
Help Us Tackle Critical Challenges:
Your Support Allows Us To Provide:
Educational Programming - Our programs guide participants from high school through postsecondary education programs. We want every North Texan to earn a high school degree or GED, a credential of value, and gain meaningful employment. Everyone should be self-sufficient and have the opportunity to advance themselves.
Individualized Support Services - We offer a wide range of services, including career guidance, GED support, tutorial services, college advising, financial aid counseling, scholarship application assistance, and financial literacy education. We tailor our approach and services to the needs of each person.
Mentorship and College Entry Assistance - Our dedicated team provides one-on-one career mentorship to help clients identify and connect to their best career path. We also help clients complete complex forms like college applications and the FAFSA, ensuring no participant navigates these processes alone.
Specialized Resources & Assistance - We provide year-round stipends and summer meals to address food scarcity among low-income teen participants. We also offer specialized college access and readiness services for individuals impacted by the criminal justice system, veterans, and military-connected populations.
No matter the starting point or situation, ORS is committed to helping the most vulnerable. Every North Texan should have access to earn credentials of value, secure gainful employment, and experience upward social mobility.
To disrupt generational poverty in Texas by empowering vulnerable teens and adults — especially first-generation college students, low-income individuals, and those involved with the criminal justice system — to attain higher education degrees of value, secure gainful employment, and achieve social mobility.
Our growing nonprofit incurs both operational and client expenses not supported by our Federally funding programs. The following are examples of how every precious donation contributed to ORS is used to support our programs:
1. Contracting with grant writers to develop proposals for serving new communities and for renewing our current programs.
2. Securing supplies to support clients that are not allowed to be expensed by the Federally funded programs. This includes bus passes, clothes, meal vouchers, and other similar items.
At ORS, we are intentional about considering equity in all we do. Every team member should apply an equity filter when making decisions, managing operations, and solving problems.
We seek to have authentic and honest conversations about equity to deepen empathy, expand understanding, and acknowledge each other's unique perspectives.
We want all team members to take ownership of equity throughout ORS and actively promote equity and justice.
We want ORS's policies, programs, and activities to identify and avoid discrimination and barriers to access, particularly for communities of color.
We are committed to the just and equitable disbursement of resources.
Organization name
Opportunity Resource Services
Causes
Economic/Financial Security/Poverty, Education - K-12, Education - Career Prep
Operating Budget
$1,000,000 - $2,999,999
Counties Served
Johnson, Dallas, Tarrant, Ellis, Hood, Parker
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, Native American
BIPOC Leadership
Executive Director/CEO
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
214 S. Ridgeway Dr.