Making Waves Foundation

Founded in 1989, Making Waves was created to address the educational needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged youth with limited access to quality schools in Richmond, California. Today, the Foundation’s mission is to advance opportunities for underserved and historically underrepresented students who are college-bound and career-minded. The Foundation achieves this through supporting both Making Waves Academy (MWA), a 5th-12th grade charter school, and CAP, a college success program which coaches students until they graduate and helps them do so with minimal debt. We envision a society in which all youth–regardless of race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status–have access to high-quality educational opportunities and the tools to achieve success. Making Waves Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit private operating foundation.