Altman Foundation

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:

  1. Significantly improve the academic performance of disadvantaged students
  2. Increase the number of disadvantaged students enrolled and retained in independent and other high-quality schools
  3. Increase the number of disadvantaged students enrolled and retained in college

2012 Grantees (to date) 2012  |  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

Bronxworks, Inc.
$25,000

As a final grant to support the Center for Achieving Future Education college access program

The New York-Presbyterian Hospital
$50,000

To help support the Lang Youth Medical Program

Summer on the Hill
$35,000

To help provide academic enrichment and counseling for promising underserved students from Manhattan and the Bronx