If you're not sure how much to contribute to our program, you can use these giving levels as a guide. Of course, if you'd like to give any different amount, you may enter a custom amount at the bottom of the page. Thank you!
Sponsor a Student: $288
For $288 you can sponsor a student through the entire Dream Project process. This amount covers such things as weekly high school visits, a Student Workbook, events like Admissions Workshop Weekend, and more.
Provide a Student Workbook: $10
A student uses his or her workbook the entire time they are in the Dream Project. It is used every week during visits and contains vital information about the college application process. See it for youself here .
Send a car of mentors to a high school: $29
One of our biggest expenses is sending our mentors to the high schools weekly. We usually send 3–5 cars full per visit.
Purchase an "Event Pass" for a student: $47
This amount covers the cost for one student to attend all major Dream Project events. Events offer unique opportunities to bring a student onto a college campus for the first time at the Spring BBQ, or help a student start and finish a college application in two days at Admissions Workshop. Visit our Upcoming Events page to see what is coming soon for our students.
Sponsor a student for one quarter: $96
Instead of a full year, you can sponsor a student for one of the three quarters that they will participate in the Dream Project.
Sponsor a single high school visit: $124
This amount covers the transportation and materials cost for one of the many weekly visits the Dream Project makes to its partner high schools.
Sponsor all annual visits to a high school: $2221
This amount covers the Dream Project transportation and materials cost of a high school for one full year.
"Live the Dream" Scholarship: $1000
Every spring, UW-bound Dream Scholars from each partner high school are honored for their outstanding achievements with a gift basket, an official induction into the Dream Team and a $1,000 scholarship.
Bring a school to the UW campus: $550
This amount covers the cost to rent a bus and bring one of our high school cohorts onto campus for an event.
Sponsor the Spring BBQ: $3000
The Dream Project brings more than 500 students onto the UW campus every May to experience a college lecture, follow a campus tour, and meet their fellow Dream Scholars from other schools.
Sponsor Admissions Workshop Weekend: $7500
Students can appear on Day One and, in two days, complete the entire college admissions process.