Education
Given the importance of education in building strong individuals, families, and communities, and the primacy of literacy in enabling people to succeed, the Foundation invests in organizations, programs, and projects outside of the public schools that achieve results aligned with the two objectives outlined below. Please note that the "Results Sought" reflect the specific outcomes of interest to us.
Increase access for disadvantaged children and youth to high-quality academic opportunities.
Results Sought:
- Significantly improve the academic performance of disadvantaged students
- Increase the number of disadvantaged students enrolled and retained in independent and other high-quality schools
- Increase the number of disadvantaged students enrolled and retained in college
2009 Grantees 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008
Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, Inc.
$40,000
To help support the Health Science Academy for minority youth and young adults
Bank Street College of Education
$210,000 (over two years)
To help support the Liberty LEADS college preparation and leadership development program for inner-city youth
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
$60,000
To help support the Independent School Placement Program
Bronxworks, Inc.
$40,000
To help support the Center for Achieving Future Education college access program
The Children's Storefront
$50,000
To help support the High School Placement and Alumni Relations Department
College Summit, Inc.
$50,000
To help support the expansion of 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
For general support
Early Steps, Inc.
$35,000
To help increase the number of minority students in independent schools at the primary grade level
George Jackson Academy
$100,000
To help support this model school for low-income minority boys
Goddard Riverside Community Center
$100,000
To help support the OPTIONS Center for Educational and Career Choice, including the College Access Professional Development Institute
Harlem Academy
$100,000 (over two years)
For general support for the academically rigorous independent elementary school
Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc.
$40,000
To help support HEAF’s High Expectations Middle School Program
Legal Outreach, Inc.
$100,000
To help support the College Bound program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
$35,000
To help support the Early MED-Bound program
New Heights Youth, Inc.
$35,000
To help support the College Bound Program
New York City Outward Bound Center, Inc.
$25,000
To help support technical assistance for the board and staff to develop a sustainability plan that will allow the organization to realize its strategic vision
The New York Opportunity Network, Inc. dba The Opportunity Network
$30,000
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 Partnership for Inner-City Education
$50,000
To provide support for Pathways to Excellence, a strategic plan being developed by the Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of New York
The Posse Foundation, Inc.
$50,000
To help support the Posse New York, Science Posse Program
Prep for Prep
$75,000
To help support Prep’s conversion to and implementation of an updated organization-wide database
St. Aloysius Education Clinic
$30,000
To help support the Academic Achievement and Cultural Enrichment Program (AACE)
Student/Sponsor Partnership, Inc.
$40,000
To help support the School Coordinator Stipend Initiative, including a mentor survey
Summer on the Hill
$35,000
To help support academic enrichment and counseling for promising underserved students from Manhattan and the Bronx
The Town School, Inc.
$35,000
To help support Breakthrough New
The Urban Dove, Inc.
$50,000
To help support the College All-Stars program