Project Stay, Inc.

Project STAY, Inc. breaks down barriers that keep low-income, first-generation, and inner-city students and adults from reaching postsecondary success. Through our TRIO Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Center programs, we champion every student's right to access higher education—guiding them through college admission and financial aid and the systems too often stacked against them—because where you start shouldn't determine where you finish. 

Our primary funding, provided by the Department of Education, is currently in jeopardy due to recent federal budget cuts and new priorities. Many TRIO programs across the country have already been eliminated entirely. We would appreciate your support so that we can continue to empower students in our community with the knowledge and confidence to achieve their dreams.

Since 1968, the program has helped over 100,000 students in San Antonio pursue a college education. Project STAY Inc. pioneered the idea of developing educational opportunities for our community’s youth, and it is this commitment that has earned the program the trust of second and third-generation students, characterizing the value of this agency in the community. 

Project STAY advisors are stationed at high school campuses in the Edgewood, Harlandale, San Antonio, and South San ISDs. The program also serves eligible first-generation, low-income high school students and adult learners in Bexar County. All services are FREE to eligible students.