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:
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
ExpandEDSchools
$450,000 (over two years)
For the High-Impact Tutoring initiative
The Knowledge House Fellowship, Inc.
$50,000
To support technology training programs for young people in NYC
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
$125,000
To support the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute's NYC Early Childhood Leadership Initiative
Power of Two, a project of Fund for the City of New York, Inc.
$100,000
For Power of Two’s parent coaching and family support work in Central Brooklyn and the South Bronx
Springboard Collaborative
$150,000 (over two years)
To provide summer and afterschool literacy programming for Pre-K-3rd grade students in New York City
Student/Sponsor Partnership, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To support the Mentorship, College, and Career Program
Teaching Lab
$200,000
To provide coaching and professional learning to publicly funded Pre-K programs in NYC to improve literacy instruction
Teaching Matters, Inc.
$375,000 (over two years)
To support Early Learning Matters for Pre-K programs
Increase access to and success in high-quality post-secondary educational opportunities.
Results Sought:
CUNY Office of K-16 Initiatives
$150,000 (over two years)
For the CUNY Office of K-16 Initiatives for the Network for College Success
HYPOTHEkids Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To provide underserved students with hands-on science and engineering educational and mentoring experiences
Marcy Lab, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To promote lifelong economic mobility among underestimated young adults through technology education
uAspire (previously known as ACCESS)
$175,000 (over two years)
To provide flexible support for uAspire’s New York affordability work