Her pledge includes a $2 million matching contribution.

Oprah just pledged $5 million to the non-profit Pathways to College, a growing nationwide after-school program dedicated to helping young students realize their dreams of attending college.

Lady O previously supported the initiative via her Teavana Oprah Chai partnership with Starbucks.

It’s no secret supporting education is of utmost importance to Oprah.

Between her commitment to her Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa and her recent $13 million dollar scholarship donation to Morehouse,

Lady O has proven her dedication to educating young leaders everywhere—and she’s still going.

On February 20, the O of O officially announced her charitable foundation was pledging $5 million to Pathways to College, a non-profit after-school program based in Newark, New Jersey.

According to its website, the initiative aims to be “the inspiration, motivation and hand up that helps bright young children of color realize their college aspirations.”

Founded by Judith Griffin—a former elementary school principal, lecturer and employee at the U.S. Department of Education—Pathways to College currently runs 20 program sites across the country with over 4,000 students who have participated so far, according to their website.

In addition, 100 percent of graduating participants have earned college admission, while the program says it maintains a college matriculation rate of 90 percent.

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