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
$75,000
To support strengthening Family Child Care across New York City
The City University of New York Office of Academic Affairs
$250,000 (over two years)
For the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs to help support tutors and staff who participate in CUNY Reading Fellows
The Grace Opportunity Project
$150,000 (over two years)
To provide general operating support
Mouse Inc.
$150,000 (over two years)
To support technology learning programs for NYC middle and high school students
The New School/Center for New York City Affairs
$50,000
For the Center for New York City Affairs to help immigrant families in accessing educational services
New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute
$200,000
To support the NYC Early Childhood Leadership Initiative and the Child Care Workforce Collaborative compensation project
Power of Two, a project of Fund for the City of New York, Inc.
$100,000
To provide general operating support for Power of Two's work with vulnerable families across New York City
Read Alliance, Inc.
$175,000 (over two years)
For the FY26 and FY27 School Year and Summer Reading Programs
Teaching Lab
$200,000
To support Pre-K and 3-K instruction at 7 community-based organizations in New York City Public Schools District 13 and accelerate student learning outcomes
Increase access to and success in high-quality post-secondary educational opportunities.
Results Sought:
College Access: Research & Action (CARA)
$200,000 (over two years)
To support its Peer Leadership for College Access programming and related research
iMentor
$250,000 (over two years)
To deliver college access and success services to thousands of potential first-generation students from historically marginalized communities across New York City
New Visions for Public Schools
$350,000 (over two years)
To promote improved postsecondary outcomes among students from New Visions schools and NYC public schools more broadly
New Visions for Public Schools
$150,000 (over twenty-eight months)
To launch and sustain the Pathway Gap Initiative’s community-designed civic infrastructure to better guide young people toward best-fit postsecondary and workforce pathways
NYC Kids RISE, Inc.
$200,000 (over two years)
To further scale and institutionalize the annual NYC Public School Alumni Community Scholarships
OneGoal
$150,000 (over two years)
To increase postsecondary support for underserved NYC high school students so they enroll and persist in a high-quality postsecondary program of their choice
The Urban Assembly, Inc.
$150,000 (over two years)
For UA's Postsecondary Readiness and Success programming