Given that high-quality education is a key driver of social and economic mobility and essential to equitable opportunity for all, the Foundation invests in organizations, programs, and projects that achieve results aligned with the two objectives outlined below. We give priority to initiatives in our areas of interest that expand or enhance multiple programs or schools across a system or network. As a general rule, we do not provide support for individual early childhood programs, or individual district schools, charter schools, public universities, or private colleges/universities. Please note that the "Results Sought" reflect the specific outcomes of interest to us.
Provide disadvantaged children and youth with more high-quality learning time through early childhood education and afterschool, summer, and expanded learning programs.
Results Sought:
Barnard College
$50,000
To help support the academic success and persistence of students from underserved communities at particularly vulnerable stages in the academic pipeline and in fields in which they are traditionally underrepresented
The Boys' Club of New York
$120,000 (over two years)
To help support the Independent School Placement Program
Breakthrough New York, Inc.
$35,000
To provide general operating support for Breakthrough New York
Bronxworks, Inc.
$30,000
To help support the Center for Achieving Future Education college access program
The Children's Storefront (aka Storefront Academy Harlem)
$50,000
To help support the High School Placement and Alumni Relations Initiative
College Summit, Inc.
$100,000
To be used over eighteen months to support its college access programs in New York City
Cornelia Connelly Center for Education
$45,000
To help support the Holy Child Middle School for low-income girls
Cristo Rey New York High School
$100,000
To provide general support
De La Salle Academy
$25,000
For a special, one-time-only contribution, in memory of John P. Casey, to provide expendable scholarships for promising young men from low-income backgrounds
Early Steps, Inc.
$35,000
To help increase the number of minority students in independent schools at the primary grade level
The East Harlem School at Exodus House
$275,000 (over three years)
To provide general operating support and help with the design and execution of a professional development and retention strategy for faculty
The Fund for Public Schools, Inc.
$200,000
To help support Year One of the NYC Summer Learning Initiative
George Jackson Academy
$200,000 (over two years)
To renew general support for this model school for minority boys
Harlem Academy
$100,000 (over two years)
To provide general support for this academically rigorous independent elementary school.
Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc.
$40,000
To help support HEAF's High Expectations Middle School Program
Hunts Point Alliance for Children
$50,000
To help support HPAC's Career and Education Mentoring Program
iMentor
$50,000
To provide matching funds for a federal Social Innovation Fund grant and support the expansion of the College Success Program in New York City
Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan (formerly The Jewish Home and Hospital for Aged)
$50,000
To help support the Geriatric Career Development Youth Workforce Program
Legal Outreach, Inc.
$200,000 (over two years)
To help support the College Bound Program
The Manhattan Country School, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To help support capacity-building efforts
The New York Opportunity Network, Inc. dba The Opportunity Network
$35,000
To help provide low-income public high school students access to career development training, professional networks, and competitive colleges
The New York-Presbyterian Hospital
$50,000
To help support the Lang Youth Medical Program
The Posse Foundation, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To help support the Posse New York Science Posse Program
Prep for Prep
$50,000
As a final grant to help support year three of Prep's conversion to and implementation of an updated organization-wide database
St. Aloysius Education Clinic (aka Education Clinic, Inc.)
$30,000
To help support the Academic Achievement and Cultural Enrichment Program (AACE) for academically promising inner-city children
Student/Sponsor Partnership, Inc.
$50,000
To help support the School Coordinator Stipend Initiative
Summer on the Hill
$35,000
To help provide academic enrichment and counseling for promising underserved students from Manhattan and the Bronx
The Urban Dove, Inc.
$50,000
To renew support for the College All-Stars program
Increase access to and success in high-quality post-secondary educational opportunities.
Results Sought:
Brooklyn Friends School
$35,000
To help support the Horizons academic enrichment program at Brooklyn Friends School
Brooklyn Kindergarten Society
$50,000
To support accelerating the development of literacy and math skills for at-risk preschoolers in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Public Library
$100,000
To sustain the expansion of First Five Years programming by presenting a third year of Weekend Stories and a second year of Read, Play, Grow
Citizen Schools, Inc.
$200,000 (over two years)
To help support a network of afterschool programs in New York City
East Harlem Tutorial Program, Inc.
$60,000
To support after school and summer programming for approximately 300 underserved students
Groundwork, Inc.
$100,000
To help support Groundwork for Youth
Inner-City Scholarship Fund, Inc.
$35,000
To renew support for JOP (the Job Opportunities Program), which provides job-readiness workshops, college-preparation mentorships, and summer internships for highly motivated low-income high school juniors and seniors from inner-city Catholic high schools
New York Interschool Association, Inc.
$30,000 (over two years)
To help initiate a philanthropy education program for select New York City independent, charter and inner-city Catholic schools
New York Interschool Association, Inc.
$45000
To help support the Faculty Diversity Search program to recruit and retain minority teachers in independent schools
Notre Dame School of Manhattan
$75,000 (over two years)
To help fund the position of Coordinator of Alumnae Relations and Special Events
ParentChild+ Inc. (FKA The Parent-Child Home Program, Inc.)
$50,000
To help support The Parent-Child Home Program's expansion in New York City
The Partnership for Inner-City Education
$45,000
To help sustain the Library Connections program by supporting cross-curricular projects in alumni schools and convening meetings for alumni teachers to share best practices and ideas.
Reach Out And Read of Greater New York, Inc.
$50,000
To help provide New York City children and families with pediatric literacy counseling and support
Read Alliance, Inc.
$100,000
To provide general support for READ's early literacy work in New York City
Read to Lead Inc. (FKA Classroom, Inc.)
$75,000
To help support Classroom, Inc.'s school day, afterschool, and summer programming in inner-city Archdiocese of New York schools
St. Aloysius School
$50,000
For capacity-building support to strengthen the communications and fundraising infrastructure of this newly reconfigured Jesuit-sponsored independent school for inner-city elementary and middle school children
United Way of New York City
$100,000
To help support the Child Care and Early Education Fund, a collaborative fund dedicated to improving early care and education in New York City