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:
All Our Kin
$50,000
To help support the Tool Kit Licensing Program, Education Coaching Program, Business Development Program, and professional learning offerings
America On Tech, Inc. (FKA New York On Tech)
$50,000
To provide support for AOT’s NYC programming designed to deliver out-of-school-time technology education for underserved NYC high school students
America On Tech, Inc. (FKA New York On Tech)
$50,000
To support AOT’s TECH360 and Tech Flex Leaders Programs designed to deliver out-of-school-time technology education and internships for underserved NYC high school students
The Art of Problem Solving Foundation
$50,000 (over fourteen months)
To support BEAM Discovery and BEAM Summer Away programs which provide underrepresented young people access to intensive instruction in conceptual math
Brooklyn Kindergarten Society
$75,000
To provide early education and learning activities to children in Brooklyn’s vulnerable neighborhoods and professional development to staff
Chinese-American Planning Council Inc.
$70,000 (over eighteen months)
To help support early literacy programming and related quality improvement efforts
Classroom, Inc.
$65,000
To support Read to Lead implementation in New York City
ExpandEDSchools
$60,000
To support continued expansion, refinement, and digital adaptation of the Rising Readers model for 4th and 5th grade afterschool literacy
ExpandEDSchools
$200,000
To help support Youth Empowerment Summer 2020
Good Shepherd Services
$100,000
For general operating support
The Grace Opportunity Project
$75,000
For general support of its year-round holistic student and family support programming to help academically struggling young people succeed
HYPOTHEkids Inc.
$50,000
To provide general operating support for a continuum of hands-on science and engineering educational experiences for underrepresented, low-income, middle school and high school youth
Mouse Inc.
$75,000
To support Mouse's core services for teachers and students in New York City
ParentChild+ Inc. (FKA The Parent-Child Home Program, Inc.)
$200,000 (over two years)
To provide operating support for the national center's work in New York City
Power of Two, a project of Fund for the City of New York, Inc.
$75,000
To provide general operating support for Po2's parent coaching work in Central Brooklyn and the South Bronx
Read Alliance, Inc. (formerly Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation, Inc. dba Read Alliance)
$100,000
To provide general operating support for READ's School Year and Summer Reading Programs
ScriptEd (dba Code Nation)
$75,000
To support New York City programming
Springboard Collaborative
$75,000
To provide operating support for family engagement and literacy instruction in New York City
Increase access to and success in high-quality post-secondary educational opportunities.
Results Sought:
Barnard College
$50,000 (over sixteen months)
To help support college transition, persistence, and success programming for students with high financial need
The City University of New York, University Advancement, a project of Research Foundation of City University of New York
$150,000 (over nine months)
To help support the CUNY Chancellor's Emergency Relief Fund
Cristo Rey New York High School
$140,000 (over two years)
To provide general operating support
The Eagle Academy Foundation, Inc.
$150,000
To support the Post-Secondary Success Initiative and build EAF's capacity to promote social-emotional learning and college success
East Side House Settlement, Inc.
$75,000 (over fourteen months)
To plan and implement an expansion of the Post-Secondary Pathways program to include the food industry certifications and work experiences
Goddard Riverside Community Center
$300,000 (over two years)
To provide direct college access and success services to underrepresented young people; to provide training to college access and success professionals; and to advocate for policies and practices that lead to more equitable systems to close the postsecondary attainment gap
Graduate NYC!
$125,000 (over three years)
To support the 2021 Award Cycle of the College Completion Innovation Fund
iMentor
$250,000 (over two years)
To provide support for programming and operations in New York City
National College Advising Corps Inc.
$150,000
To create postsecondary access and opportunity for low-income, first generation, underrepresented students of New York City
New Visions for Public Schools
$350,000 (over two years)
To support the further development of an integrated college and career postsecondary advising model
OneGoal
$75,000
To provide support for programming and operations in New York City
Student/Sponsor Partnership, Inc.
$50,000
To support the College and Career program
Summer Search Foundation
$50,000 (over nine months)
To support the successful integration of peer group mentoring into the Summer Search high school program model
uAspire (previously known as ACCESS)
$75,000
To support uAspire's virtual college affordability advising of approximately 4,300 first, second and third year postsecondary students in New York in partnership with CollegeBound Initiative and Double Discovery Center
Urban Assembly Inc.
$75,000
To address ‘Summer Melt’, college matriculation and college persistence among Urban Assembly high school graduates
Young Invincibles
$75,000
To support YI's higher education work in New York City