Our Vision

EdOp seeks to help students with high motivation and limited financial resources, for whom a grant of $10,000 a year will have a critical impact on their ability to meet the goal of attaining a college degree. The young people helped by these grants typically have other loans and scholarships from conventional sources yet may still be unable to attend college without an EdOp scholarship.

Students apply for an EdOp scholarship through selected Dallas magnet high schools—Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, Booker T. Washington School for the Performing Arts, Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, and Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy. These schools provide administrative counseling while fostering a desire for higher education and encouraging family participation in the educational process. EdOp board members work closely with school counselors familiar with their students' academic records as well as their family and financial situations. Many of our scholarship recipients are the first in their family to attend college. Most come from homes with challenging financial stresses, and almost all have part-time jobs in addition to a full high school course load.

Every spring applications and transcripts from high school seniors are reviewed by a committee of board members. Candidates are personally interviewed by committee members and the full selection committee makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees at its spring meeting. In May 2024 fifteen students were offered scholarships for their freshman year in college.