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
2011 Grantees 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008
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
$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 (formally 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
$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