The Academy Prep Foundation, Inc. was established in 1996 and is responsible for replicating Academy Prep Centers, overseeing Center and Graduate Support operations and serving as a funding vehicle for the Centers and the Graduate Support Programs. The Foundation is the custodian of all unrestricted and restricted funds for the benefit of the Centers, the Graduate Support Programs and the Foundation. The Centers operate according to an annual budget, and distributions are made from the Foundation to the Centers on a quarterly basis. Unrestricted contributions may be used to fund the operations of the Centers and the Foundation, and to replicate additional Centers.

Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg began in 1997 with boys in grades 5 and 6, and in the summer of 2000, on the success of the program for boys, launched its program for girls beginning with grade 5. The St. Petersburg program now serves boys and girls in grades 5 through 8 and currently supports graduates in high schools and colleges locally and around the nation.

Academy Prep Center of Tampa opened in the summer of 2003 to boys and girls in grade 5. A new grade was added each year and the school now hosts boys and girls in grades 5 through 8. The Tampa campus graduated its first class in the spring of 2007 and continues to provide support to graduates in grades 9 through 12.

Academy Prep's Graduate Support Program will support our students for their 4 years on campus, and is committed to helping our graduates earn full scholarships for college prep high schools and four year universities. We are dedicated to staying with our graduates, never losing sight of them and providing direct assistance throughout their educational careers.

The 2 campuses in St. Petersburg and Tampa and the Graduate Support Program are sustained through the support of the Academy Prep Foundation.

RESULTS THAT MATTER

95% of Academy Prep Alumni are in high school, college or have started their careers.

Many of our students come from single parent households and are the first generation in their families to graduate from college.

Many of Academy Preps students start significantly below grade level and typically advance two grade levels in reading and almost three grade levels in math within two years..

Our daily attendance rates surpass that of private or public middle schools in respective counties and exceed the percentages of minority students attending or graduating from college.