Fast Facts for Jacob’s Ladder
438 students to date
55 Climbers in 2021
4-year commitment by families
50% rural, 50% urban areas of Virginia
20 teachers
15 Residential Advisors
$2,900, 4 weeks of residential camp
$1,325, Year-round advocacy/follow-up
$4,225 for one year, per child
$16,900 Total for a 4-year investment
94% of Climbers enter college
$14+ million in scholarships have been awarded to Climbers to date
Colleges and Universities that Climbers attend or are graduates include: Boston University, Brown, Christopher Newport University, College of William & Mary, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, James Madison University, Mary Washington, Old Dominion University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Smith College, Stanford, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, University of Richmond, University of South Carolina, University of Texas, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, and Yale