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OPPORTUNITIES THAT CHANGE LIVES

Making Waves was founded more than 25 years ago when an investment fund manager worked with a local pastor in one of the most underserved cities in California to offer low-income students the same academic and developmental supports that families in the nation's most affluent communities enjoy.
"Throughout the history of the organization, our mission has been to save lives by giving our most challenged citizens an educational pathway to success," says Making Waves co-founder John H. Scully, who has seen the program grow from an after-school tutoring and mentoring program serving 46 students in Richmond in 1989 to a multi-city initiative that is serving nearly 1,200 "Wave-Makers" annually, with more than 300 of them currently attending hundreds of top colleges and universities nationwide.
Today, Making Waves Academy is a thriving charter school in Richmond, California, with both Middle and Upper schools on campus. Simultaneously, we continue to fulfill our original after-school program in both Richmond and San Francisco, Making Waves Education Program. Making Waves has also established a College and Alumni Program to support our Wave-Makers throughout their college journey and beyond, as they ultimately become valuable contributors to the workforce and their communities.
MISSION

Making Waves commits to rigorously and holistically preparing students to gain acceptance to and graduate from college to ultimately become valuable contributors to the workforce and their communities.