Utility Nav Contact Us Careers DONATE SEARCH Search What We Do Where We Serve About Us Get Involved For Students News & Events Boston Chicago New York City Worcester Boston 3,000+ high school and college students. 2 offices. GET INVOLVED Bottom Line–Boston was established in 1997. We’ve served a total of 7,780 students over the course of our 20 years and have supported 1,631 students through their college graduations. We have offices located in Jamaica Plain and Dorchester at which students and their families can meet for workshops, community conversations, and, of course, advising. Boston has a great need for one-on-one college advising, and we are committed to serving as many low-income, first-generation students in and around greater Boston as we can. Bottom Line was founded in 1997 as a small nonprofit supporting 25 high school seniors in Boston. Our organization has grown dramatically over the last 20 years and now serves over 7,000 students across Massachusetts, New York, and Chicago with the shared goal of all of our students getting into college, graduating and going far in life. With sustainable growth, our vision is to transform urban communities by producing thousands of career-ready college graduates who are breaking the cycle of poverty. Our trained advisors deliver intensive, one-on-one advising and support from college application all the way through college graduation. To date, more than 1,300 first-generation students have gone on to earn their bachelor’s degrees through our proven program. Last year, our graduation rate was 79.5%, which is up to four times the national average for first-generation students from low-income backgrounds. State Street’s CEO on Creating Employment for At-Risk Youths Author: Joseph Hooley, CEO of State Street Learn More> MEET OUR STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT OUR REGIONAL IMPACT PAST EVENT SEE ALL BOSTON EVENTS BOSTON LEADERSHIP OUR PARTNERS WORK AT BOTTOM LINE NATIONAL NEWS Go Far: A Great Start A degree is an essential credential to fuel social and economic mobility, but students also need to be able to use their degree to launch their careers. Over two-thirds of college... READ MORE BOSTON NEWS State Street’s CEO on Creating Employment for At-Risk Youths Author: Joseph Hooley, CEO of State Street From the May–June 2017 Issue, Harvard Business Review To read this article online: https://hbr.org/2017/05/state-streets-ceo-on-creating-employment-... READ MORE Stay Up To Date Location Boston, MA Chicago, IL New York, NY Worcester, MA National Subscribe What We Do Where We Serve About Us Get Involved For Students News & Events Contact Us Careers Donate Blog OUR MISSION We help first-generation students from low-income backgrounds get into college, graduate, and go far in life. OUR VISION We strive to dramatically transform urban communities by producing thousands of new career-ready college graduates. GOALS FOR OUR STUDENTS We expect our students to earn a bachelor’s degree, accumulate no more than $36,000 in debt, and be employed or continuing their education 6 months after graduation. Copyright © 2016. Bottom Line is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.