Transforming Lives Through Higher Education

Post-secondary education can be key in breaking the generational poverty cycle .

Project One provides scholarships and individualized mentoring to help Mecklenburg County students from under-resourced, single-parent families successfully graduate from college.

 
 
 
 

Help us Support Tomorrow’s Leaders

Project One provides funding of up to $25,000 and tailored mentorship programs to eligible high school students who need support the most.

Your donation ensures that we’re able to help as many scholars as possible, helping create the leaders of the future.

 
 

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We each have something important to contribute – something that can possibly make a difference in the world.
— Neal Emmons, Project One Founder