Building Futures Now (BFN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to opening the doors of the Bay Area’s top private and public schools to high-potential, under-served students from East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park. Through year-round, individual mentoring, tutoring and scholarship support from third grade through college, Building Futures Now empowers students to develop the skills to succeed academically and socially. The program’s focus on the “whole child” emerged from what we learned over 18 years working with low-income youth through the East Palo Alto chapter of the “I Have a Dream”® Foundation. Programming includes an after-school program, summer program, monthly field trips, and a one-on-one mentoring program as well as additional support provided through collaborations with other organizations. We currently have 50 students in 4th - 7th grade.