Vision: ​

Develop Citizen Scholars to have academic success and become empowered individuals with a positive life vision.

Mission:

To provide disadvantaged youth, through mentoring and program support, with the life skills, knowledge, and character development needed to obtain college scholarships, complete college, and become contributing citizens. 

​"There is one wonderful program that has created a great deal of hope. The light is the Citizen Scholars Program. I see in the eyes of the children the one great proven path to providing them with the hope and opportunity that only education can offer."
Bill Barnet, Former Mayor of Spartanburg