Girls Inc. members receive academic incentive checks for first semester grades.

A January 2009 TIME magazine article about paying for grades: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1871528,00.html

And a January 2008 msn.com article on the same topic: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/IsItSmartToPayForGoodGrades.aspx