Ashley Gunn

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Winner/Finalist Info
Finalist or Winner: 
Winner
State: 
MS
Describe what this winner does/did: 
Ashley Gunn started Students Aiding Indigent Families (SAIF) after a mission trip to Africa the summer before entering 7th grade. SAIF is a not-for-profit organization which purchases foreclosed houses, repairs and remodels them, and works with urban families to purchase the homes below market value. Additionally, SAIF helps families to figure out a mortgage financing plan that works for them.

Since starting SAIF in 2005, Gunn has helped house five families, paid back all her initial investors, and raised more than $100,000 in revenue in 2006 alone. Gunn, who is studying real estate at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, has passed down SAIF to her little brother, Brantley, 15. She plans to open a new chapter near her in Philadelphia in 2010.

Year in which award/grant was awarded: 
2006