COMPASS Guide is a community-wide Internet based opportunity system that provides Milwaukee residents with easily accessible, comprehensive data and information about higher education opportunities. Our goal is to increase access to colleges, technical schools, and apprenticeships for Milwaukee residents, particularly for low-income or minority youth.

COMPASS Guide is a collaboration of several local organizations that includes:

• Greater Milwaukee Foundation
• Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC)
• Milwaukee Public Schools
  -Office of Guidance and Career Education
• Milwaukee Public Library
• Partners Advancing Values in Education (PAVE)
• Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County
  - Youth Services
• Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
  - Midwest Office
• University of Wisconsin-Miwaukee
  - Center for Urban Initiatives and Research (CUIR)
  - Department of Financial Aid
• EPIC Empowering People for Informed Choices in education
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
  - Wisconsin Educational Opportunity Programs (WEOP)
• Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges (WFIC)

We are also very grateful to these sponsors:

Bradley Foundation
Hunt Memorial Trust
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Kelben Foundation
Lumina Foundation for Education
Stackner Family Foundation
TERI-The Education Resources Institute
U.S. Department of Education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (in-kind support)
Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Weiss Family Foundation
and one Anonymous donor