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Established | 2000 |
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04-3730980 | |
Headquarters | 11 E Adams St Ste 800 Chicago, Illinois |
Chairperson | Jane Genster |
President | Kelby Woodard |
Affiliations | Catholic, Jesuit |
Revenue | $3,025,815 (2016)[1] |
Website | CristoReyNetwork |
Remarks | Foundations have contributed over $25 million to the Network, especially the Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation along with the Walton Family Foundation and W. Sheehan.[2][failed verification] |
The Cristo Rey Network is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2000 to increase the number of schools modeled after Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, which was founded in 1996 to prepare youth from low-income families for post-secondary educational opportunities.
Schools within the Network integrate four years of college preparatory academics with continuous professional work experience that pays most of the cost of a student's education. The Network is compiled of 38 high schools delivering a career focused, college preparatory education in the Catholic tradition for students with limited economic resources, uniquely integrating rigorous academic curricula with four years of professional work experience and support to and through college.
Cristo Rey partners with educators, businesses and communities to enable students to fulfill their aspirations for a lifetime of success: students are three times more likely to complete a bachelor's degree by age 24, compared to the total U.S. low-income population.[3]