[2] The organization's programs are targeted toward high achieving New York City minority students and helps with scholarships placement into many of the most respected secondary schools and colleges in the country.

[8][9] PREP 9 helps the brightest and most hardworking minority students in New York City and the metropolitan areas of Westchester, Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut prepare for success at leading independent boarding schools across the Northeast.

In 1989, Contingent I students complete undergraduate studies,[10] graduating from Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Northwestern, Oberlin, The University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton.

In 2020, the Board of Trustees selected Ruth Jurgensen to succeed Aileen Heffernan after 25 years leading the organization.

6th graders must have a scaled score of 335 (90th percentile) or above on the ELA exam administered during their 5th grade school year.

Courses range from History, Algebra, Pre-Algebra, Research, Latin, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Literature, Writing Conference, and Science, which includes biology, physics, and chemistry, Invictus, a sociology and psychology-based course, PIMAS (Problems and Issues in Modern American Society), term paper research, and newly added Computer Science in 2021.

The program continues to help the students post-college with placement into positions at prestigious firms such as Goldman Sachs, Google,[21] and J.P. Morgan Chase[22] through corporate partnerships designed to expand diverse talent pools on Wall Street, in engineering, and across business.