Raise The Nation
Make Raise The Nation the organization you support. Education for single parent women and their children is the best investment we can make.
Raise The Nation® celebrates independence through education by awarding grants and scholarships to single parent women and their children.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
03-18-08: We are no longer accepting applications for the following year due to funding constraints. We hope to be able to offer scholarships next year. Please DO NOT send applications. We do not have the staff or resources to return applications that are received.

01-31-08: Congratulations to our Spring 2008 Scholarship and Grant recipients!

Jessica Neal, $300
Earl Stewart Jr., $300
Colleen Butler, $300
Katrina Stubbs, $300
Rebecca Busch, $200
Darci Lee, $200
Rasheedah Phillips, $500
Laura Brielmeier, $500
Torianna Williams, $500
Toni White, $500
Renee McClellan, $500

We had so many wonderful applicants this year, choosing recipients was especially difficult. We appreciate and support all of you who working so hard to continue your educations or fighting to repay your educational debt.

This will be our last national disbursement as we no longer have the staff or funding to continue on this scale. We will be refocusing our efforts on the state level, in New Mexico, to hopefully rebuild our organization so that we can again host a nationwide fundraising and disbursement campaign. Thank you for all of your support and good luck to you.

01-11-08: We will be announcing the January scholarship and grant recipients by January 30th - please keep checking back.

01-11-08: IMPORTANT NOTICE: We will not be accepting applications until we announce the next deadlines, hopefully sometime in May. DO NOT send an application as we will not consider it or return it as we do not have the staff or funding to return them.

10-19-07: Tonight, October 19th, we're hosting our first ever silent art auction "Art for Independence Silent Auction". If you're in or around Albuquerque stop by between 6 and 9pm at 508.5 Central Ave. SW to participate! Drawings will be held on the half hour for products donated by local businesses and the art work is amazing! We hope to raise $5,000 from this event to continue supporting our community of single parent women and their children.

09-05-07: Hello Raise the Nation Community! Here are our September 2007 Scholarship and Grant recipients!

Continuing Education Scholarship
Ellyn Santiago $500
Anne Arendt $500

Student Loan Grant
Mari Gallion $500
A. Dickerson $500

Child of a Single Parent Woman Scholarship
T. Rice $250
Kristen Ahonen $250

We had so many wonderful applicants, it was very difficult for our Board of Directors to choose the final six recipients. Remember that your applications are still good for another semester. Our next disbursement will be in January 2008. We are so proud of all of your accomplishments and goals!

09-01-07: Scholarship and Grant Recipients will be announced September 4th!

06-27-07: We've received several inquiries regarding where to find the new application supplement needed for those applicants who have already applied. Please see the "Apply for a Scholarship" page on our website for information on how to set about getting those in by the deadline, August 1, 2007.

05-20-07: Greetings! Our website changes are complete! Please see our pages for new information regarding our application process.

Keep checking back for announcements and for more changes. In July we plan to launch an online shop (RTN Shop) where all profits go directly into our scholarship and grant fund. Thank you again for all of your patience! Michelle

05-01-07: Thanks for your patience! Our database is up and running! Please allow another month if you don't see your application. We have to manually input each applicant...again...into our new database.

Please note: We were unable to do a database for each type of scholarship/grant so please disregard acknowledgment of documents that you did not submit (i.e. you applied for a student loan grant and the database reflects that you sent in your mother's tax information). Only look at what is missing so that you may make sure to include that with the application that you resubmit.


Our mission at Raise The Nation is to provide economic support to single parent women who want to continue with their education or repay student loans. We believe, through education, single parent women will be able to achieve independence for their families and will be successful in their goal of raising the nation, their children.


The majority of single parent women work full time, while 45.5% work multiple jobs just to meet basic needs. Childcare costs are often 1/3 of a woman's weekly pay and if she has two children the cost nearly doubles. Nearly 38% of single parent woman headed households live at or below the federal poverty level while the national average is 13%. In spite of these difficulties many single parent women return to school while working full time. The greatest hardship for these very determined women is finding the extra money for tuition, books, and childcare. In addition, student loan repayment is difficult, often amounting to the equivalent of a monthly new car or mortgage payment.
The intrinsic value of education cannot be denied. Educated women are not simply better off financially (Single parent women with at least a bachelor’s degree are 5 times less likely to be in poverty). Women who are educated are more conscious locally, globally, socially, and politically. They’re more proactive in problem solving and in engaging in preventative health practices. Women’s self-esteem and purpose is elevated through education. In addition, educated parents inspire education and all of its benefits for their children, our future.
Raise The Nation provides money directly to the Colleges, Universities and student loan providers for the purpose of helping these women complete and pay for their education. We also offer assistance for childcare, books and other basic needs. Scholarships are awarded twice a year and distribution of funds is directly related to our success in fundraising.
Raise The Nation was created by Insanity House Incorporated, advocates for single parent and non-traditional families, and is funded by foundations, individuals, corporate sponsors, pro-bono rent and equipment and media support.
Thank you for supporting Raise The Nation in our efforts to better the lives of American children and the women who raise them. It's important and it is appreciated. Remember, these children are our future. Lets support a foundation of independence through education.
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