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
$150,000 (over two years)
To help create the conditions for family child care to thrive in New York City
The City University of New York Office of Academic Affairs
$125,000
For the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs to help support tutors and staff who participate in CUNY Reading Corps
New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute
$125,000
To help support the Early Childhood Leadership Initiative in New York City to provide career and professional development and coaching to early childhood leaders
ParentChild+ Inc. (FKA The Parent-Child Home Program, Inc.)
$165,000 (over two years)
To continue expanding the ParentChild+ One-on-One and Home Based Child Care (HBCC) models for families and child care providers in historically marginalized NYC communities
The Partnership for Inner-City Education
$150,000 (over two years)
To support its High School Readiness programming
Read Alliance, Inc.
$200,000 (over two years)
For the Read Alliance FY24 and FY25 School Year and Summer Reading Programs
Teaching Matters, Inc.
$100,000
To support Early Learning Matters
Increase access to and success in high-quality post-secondary educational opportunities.
Results Sought:
CUNY Office of Enrollment Management
$125,000 (over three years)
For the CUNY Office of Enrollment Management to support the College Completion Innovation Fund's work with current grantees and the FY25 grant cycle
East Side House Settlement, Inc.
$50,000
To continue to expand the Post-Secondary Pathways program, including embedding services within high schools
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
Marcy Lab, Inc.
$50,000
To promote lifelong economic mobility among underestimated young adults through technology education
NYC Kids RISE, Inc.
$200,000 (over two years)
To help engage NYC public school alumni in contributing to college savings accounts for NYC public school students and related programming
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
Summer Search
$80,000 (over two years)
To provide professional, year-round mentoring, summer experiential learning opportunities and post-secondary access and completion services to underserved high school students and post-secondary participants
The Urban Assembly, Inc.
$150,000 (over two years)
For UA's Postsecondary Readiness and Success programming