b'Philadelphia FuturesAnnual Report20202021The Charles E. Ellis Trust Philadelphia Futures has been the administrator of theCharles E. Ellis Trust for Girls since 2011. The Ellis Trust helpseligible young women living in low-income, single-parenthouseholds achieve their goals througheducation. The Trust annually awards EllisTuition Assistance Grants to high school Charles E. Ellis Trust Grants in 2020-21students in need of tuition aid, and Ellis $645,800in grants were made to238girls attendingEnrichment Grants to cover a range of64public and public charter high schools to fundhigh-impact enrichment programs and basic academic and personal development programs and school needs (e.g. school supplies, uniforms, school-related needs.156enrichment grants fundedand basic apparel). personal computers and associated technology training.Jaymaba Ndiaye Futures made me feel thatI had the strength to keep goingSponsor-A-Scholar, Class of 2021and move toward my future,Ellis Trust, three time recipient even during a challenging time. Philadelphia High School for Girls, Class of 2021University of Pennsylvania, Class of 2025 I completed my senior year of high school during the pandemic. Prior to COVID, I had been a very active student who was part of a lot of different programs. I adapted by leaning on my family and friends, who were sometimes feeling a lack of motivation just like me. With their encouragement, I had to push past the changes to my environment and keep working towards what I had always had as an ultimate goal: going to my dream school for college. My parents immigrated here so that I could have a better future and have the education I deserved, so I knew that I had to take full advantage. Education was my pathway to bettering myself and getting a better future. The Ellis Trust and Philadelphia Futures programs helpedme tremendously throughout the pandemic. Ellis paid for me to do a Harvard summer course on epigenetics and gene regulation, then encouraged me to participateeven when it went virtual. I am so glad I attended because it gave me a sense of what a college course would be like, and I received excellent feedback frommy instructor. Futures App Lab course was very helpful,and, combined with the College Marathon, I had a lot of assistance with my college essay. Futures made me feel that while this was a challenging time, I had the strength to keep going and move toward my future.page 11'