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:
America On Tech, Inc. (FKA New York On Tech)
$100,000 (over two years)
To support AOT’s pipeline of NYC-based out-of-school-time technology education programs for underestimated BIPOC high school students
Brooklyn Kindergarten Society
$150,000 (over two years)
To help support efforts to provide the highest quality early childhood education to low-income families in Brooklyn
The City University of New York Office of Academic Affairs
$150,000
To help support tutors and staff who participate in the CUNY Reading Corps
ExpandEDSchools
$450,000 (over two years)
For the High-Impact Tutoring initiative
Harlem RBI, Inc. dba DREAM
$200,000 (over two years)
To support afterschool, summer, and post-secondary programming for young people in East Harlem and the South Bronx
Horizons New York City
$125,000 (over two years)
To expand Horizons programs throughout the five boroughs and sustain existing programs
Mouse Inc.
$75,000
To help support in-school and after-school programming across New York City, including Design League and Mouse Create
Power of Two, a project of Fund for the City of New York, Inc.
$75,000
To provide general operating support for Power of Two's Parent Coaching and family support work
ScriptEd (dba Code Nation)
$75,000
To provide a multi-tier coding and career development program for youth in New York City
Springboard Collaborative
$150,000 (over two years)
To provide summer and after-school literacy programming for Pre-K-3rd grade students in New York City
Start Lighthouse
$40,000
To support Literacy Hubs in Title I schools in the Bronx
Teaching Matters, Inc.
$75,000
For Early Learning Matters
Increase access to and success in high-quality post-secondary educational opportunities.
Results Sought:
Bottom Line
$250,000 (over two years)
To support its College Access and Success programs in New York
CUNY Office of K-16 Initiatives
$125,000 (over three years)
To support the CCIF's work with current grantees, a strategic review, and the FY24 grant cycle
The Eagle Academy Foundation, Inc.
$150,000
For the Eagles Soaring Beyond initiative, which supports current students and Eagle alumni as they transition to postsecondary pursuits
East Side House Settlement, Inc.
$50,000
To continue to expand the Post-Secondary Pathways program, including embedding services within high schools
The Fund for Public Schools, Inc.
$100,000
To support the Pathways Advising Initiative
HYPOTHEkids Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To provide underserved students with hands-on science and engineering educational and mentoring experiences
Marcy Lab, Inc.
$50,000
To promote lifelong economic mobility for underestimated young adults through technology education
National Education Equity Lab, Inc.
$150,000
To support access to college coursework from top colleges and universities in NYC public high schools
The New York Opportunity Network, Inc. dba The Opportunity Network
$175,000 (over two years)
To help support and expand the Fellows program and the Career Fluency® Partnerships program in New York City
Student/Sponsor Partnership, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To support the College and Career Program
uAspire (previously known as ACCESS)
$150,000 (over two years)
To support uAspire's direct service, training and technical assistance, and policy and systems change work in New York City
Urban Assembly Inc.
$75,000
To support Postsecondary Success programs
Young Invincibles
$75,000
To help elevate youth voice to address the systemic inequities that exist in higher education policies, programs, and practices across New York campuses