Maximizing Potential
Highly-motivated students from Essex County, NJ have dreams of college and career success.
We invest in their futures.
Opening the Door to a Brighter Tomorrow
Dorson Community Foundation enriches and develops the next generation of leaders and agents of change from under-served communities by emphasizing self-discovery and civic engagement to empower students on their path to and through post-secondary education and onto career success.
IN DEFENSE OF BLACK LIVES
“For newcomers entering this fight for racial justice, we ask that you join Dorson in the decades of hard work we’ve extended in the name of empowering students from the inner-city.”
-Natasha Scott, Executive Director
Our Mission
Providing inner-city youth with creative outlets, college readiness skills, and career development enrichment.
Our Programs
Through our hallmark, tuition-free, four-year Dorson Scholars Program, we support highly motivated high school students with intimate, high-impact college and career readiness enrichment.
Our Impact
This year, Dorson took great strides toward ensuring its sustenance and increasing its impact in Essex County, NJ and surrounding communities.
2000
students served since 1992.
33
students awarded scholarships to Cornell University Summer College since 2016.
98%
of Dorson graduates have continued on to earn a postsecondary degree.
Top 10
colleges attended by Dorson graduates include Georgetown, Princeton, NJIT, NYU.
In Their Own Words
Since 1992, Dorson Community Foundation has touched the lives of countless inner-city youth in Essex and surrounding countries.
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280 South Harrison Street, Suite 300
East Orange, New Jersey 07018
P (973) 280-9565