Education Is Where Recovery
Becomes a Future
We are an independent community bound by shared values — standing behind every student at Peres Academic Center who needs more than an acceptance letter to succeed: academically, emotionally, and financially. Join Friends of Peres Academic Center, the community of donors who make it possible.
Overview
Our Students in Numbers
Our Story
More Than an Entry Ticket to Academia
Every year, the Peres Academic Center opens its doors to thousands of students. Of these, there are hundreds of students who do not fit the traditional degree track. For them, admission was never the hard part — staying and finishing their studies was.
Friends of Peres Academic Center exists to keep those doors open. Academia is not just a path to a degree, it is an engine of social mobility, resilience, and community. When you give to us, your gift goes directly to a person, not a line item.
"I had a dream: to build a different kind of academy. Social, accessible, inclusive, empowering. One that helps anyone who wants it to succeed and reach the finish line, whatever their status, their role, or their socio-economic background."
Ofra Elul, Founder & Director of Peres Academic Center
Our Mission
Four Ways to Get Them Across
the Finish Line
We fund the programs and people who walk beside every student, from the first day of class until they cross the finish line.
Academic Support
Tutoring, mentoring, and guidance to meet the demands of a degree.
Career Integration
Practical support entering the workforce and building a real path.
Emotional & Social Support
One-on-one and community care for the personal challenges of a degree.
Peer Support Groups
A community of students walking the same road, together.
Impact Stories
Adam's Success Story
Adam came back from reserve duty to a degree in information systems he had paused. "Strength in the Academy", a program of the Peres Academic Center, gave him the academic, emotional and social support he needed to finish it.
Designated Giving
Choose the Story Your Gift Tells
Every designated fund turns your gift into a specific, direct impact on one part of student life.
Student Support Fund
Fund a year. Choose the story: tuition, books, and the support that keeps someone in class.
Psychological Clinic Fund
$500 subsidizes one month of therapy, turning a place of pain into a place of healing.
Women's Scholarship Fund
Helping women over 35 earn their degree, re-enter the workforce, and build security of their own.
Your Gift Is Tax-Deductible
Friends of Peres Academic Center is a registered U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so your contribution is deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Registered U.S. nonprofit
Paid in staff salaries from donor gifts
Of every donation goes to student programs & welfare
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Ready to Make an Impact?
Every gift, of any size, moves a student, a family and a community forward.