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HOW CAN YOU HELP

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OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS

BECOME A GAPBUSTER HERO TODAY!

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GAPBUSTER EVENTS

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Special Announcement:

GapBuster, INC. was selected for the Salesforce Volunteering Impact Rewards!

This is a donation of $20,000 thanks to the help of John Orr!

“Our Volunteering Impact Awards program celebrates the global impact our employees have through volunteer engagements in the areas of education and workforce development. In FY23 we received more than 100 applications from passionate employees across the globe.

From this amazing pool of applicants, we are proud to award ten organizations with a USD $20,000 donation, recognizing their commitment to creating positive change in the world.”

GapBuster is excited to announce that we are now an approved WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) occupational program. For more information about WIOA, click these links below. Participants will need to register on the Maryland Workforce Exchange and Employ Prince George’s County sites to access the WIOA program.

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GAPBUSTERS MATTERS

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Gapbuster in Ghana After 20 years of service, GapBuster, Inc. is Coming Full Circle!

GapBuster, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, minority-founded educational organization dedicated to empowering the community through education. By promoting higher levels of achievement, and by enriching and supplementing students’ learning experiences, GapBuster aims to close the educational performance gap.

Our programs educate, enrich, and empower the tens of thousands of children that have passed through our programs to believe that they can live whatever dreams they can envision for themselves. Our results are impressive and have proven that every child can learn and succeed in the right environment.

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GAPBUSTER IMPACT & SUCCESS

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“Over the heads of students, GapBuster holds a crown that she challenges them to grow tall enough to wear.”

~ Inspired by Dr. Howard Thurman

+75%

More than seventy-five percent of our students are breaking barriers as the first from their families to attend college.

+95%

More than ninety-five percent of our students attend college and over 98% of these students are graduating

+750

More than seven-hundred fifty of our students have traveled abroad (South Africa, Bahamas, Mexico, France, Holland, Indonesia, Ghana, and Ethiopia).

>$1M

Over one million dollars in scholarships awarded to GapBuster students

5

Of our students received the Gates Millennium Scholarship and 3 are recent Posse Foundation graduates.

>$500K

Over five-hundred thousand was collected to produce these ‘Change Agents’ for the future.

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GAPBUSTER ALUMNI

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“Gapbuster was instrumental in building up my confidence as a student and as a person. It gave me a community where I felt safe enough to grow and explore different passions while also being engaged with my community. I was supported through high school and college and still feel like I have a place with GapBuster because it feels like a bit of home.”

Tiffany Pauls

“Malcolm Clyburn graduated from Morehouse college with a major in International Relations and a minor in Public Health.

Malcome then went to Mozambique for Peace Corps. When he returns to the U.S., he hopes to continue his education through graduate studies.”

Malcolm Clyburn

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JAZMYN MCKOY

ALUMNI

TIFFANY PAULS

ALUMNI

ROBERT RAMEY

ALUMNI

LUIS ROSALES

ADVISORY BOARD/ALUMNI

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