Coach Foundation announced a fresh twenty-million-dollar commitment, edging closer to 10 000 scholarships and opening up faster paths to graduation for under-resourced students.
Inside The Shed at Hudson Yards, with more than four hundred students looking on, Coach Foundation announced a fresh twenty-million-dollar investment in its Dream It Real scholarships, earmarked for disbursement through 2030.
The pledge keeps the house on track to top ten thousand awards well before the decade closes, a goal that positions education as central to Coach’s social footprint.
Those funds build on a record the numbers already validate: ninety-seven percent of Dream It Real scholars are set to graduate on time, versus a twenty-one-percent national average for similar backgrounds, and ninety-four percent are first-generation college students, leaving school with markedly lower debt.
Long-standing partners such as Bottom Line and The Opportunity Network will channel the new support, while guests like WNBA standouts Kiki Iriafen and Aneesah Morrow added real-world inspiration during mentoring sessions that filled the afternoon.
“We’re accelerating our impact and scaling what works,” chief executive Todd Kahn told the crowd, underscoring that this expanded commitment should reach even more students across North America.
Since launching Dream It Real in 2018, Coach Foundation has funded more than seven thousand scholarships worldwide; in total, its foundation has contributed roughly seventy-five million dollars to community causes since 2008, turning philanthropy into a signature of the brand’s modern identity.
