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:
Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, Inc.
$40,000
To help support the Health Science Academy for minority youth and young adults
Bank Street College of Education
$210,000 (over two years)
To help support the Liberty LEADS college preparation and leadership development program for inner-city youth
Barnard College
$50,000
To help support the academic success and persistence of students from underserved communities at particularly vulnerable stages in the academic pipeline and in fields in which they are traditionally underrepresented
The Boys' Club of New York
$60,000
To help support the Independent School Placement Program
Bronxworks, Inc.
$40,000
To help support the Center for Achieving Future Education college access program
The Children's Storefront (aka Storefront Academy Harlem)
$50,000
To help support the High School Placement and Alumni Relations Department
College Summit, Inc.
$50,000
To help support the expansion of its college access programs in New York City
Cornelia Connelly Center for Education
$45,000
To help support the Holy Child Middle School for low-income girls
Cristo Rey New York High School
$100,000
For general support
Early Steps, Inc.
$35,000
To help increase the number of minority students in independent schools at the primary grade level
George Jackson Academy
$100,000
To help support this model school for low-income minority boys
Goddard Riverside Community Center
$100,000
To help support the OPTIONS Center for Educational and Career Choice, including the College Access Professional Development Institute
Harlem Academy
$100,000 (over two years)
For general support for the academically rigorous independent elementary school
Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc.
$40,000
To help support HEAF’s High Expectations Middle School Program
Legal Outreach, Inc.
$100,000
To help support the College Bound program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (aka Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
$35,000
To help support the Early MED-Bound program
New Heights Youth, Inc.
$35,000
To help support the College Bound Program
New York City Outward Bound Center, Inc.
$25,000
To help support technical assistance for the board and staff to develop a sustainability plan that will allow the organization to realize its strategic vision
The New York Opportunity Network, Inc. dba The Opportunity Network
$30,000
To help provide low-income public-high-school students access to career development training, professional networks, and competitive colleges
The New York-Presbyterian Hospital
$50,000
To help support the Lang Youth Medical Program
The Partnership for Inner-City Education
$50,000
To provide support for Pathways to Excellence, a strategic plan being developed by the Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of New York
The Posse Foundation, Inc.
$50,000
To help support the Posse New York, Science Posse Program
Prep for Prep
$75,000
To help support Prep’s conversion to and implementation of an updated organization-wide database
St. Aloysius Education Clinic (aka Education Clinic, Inc.)
$30,000
To help support the Academic Achievement and Cultural Enrichment Program (AACE)
Student/Sponsor Partnership, Inc.
$40,000
To help support the School Coordinator Stipend Initiative, including a mentor survey
Summer on the Hill
$35,000
To help support academic enrichment and counseling for promising underserved students from Manhattan and the Bronx
The Town School, Inc.
$35,000
To help support Breakthrough New
The Urban Dove, Inc.
$50,000
To help support the College All-Stars program
Increase access to and success in high-quality post-secondary educational opportunities.
Results Sought:
Brooklyn Friends School
$35,000
To help support the Horizons summer academic enrichment program at Brooklyn Friends School
Brooklyn Kindergarten Society
$100,000 (over two years)
To support BKS in accelerating the development of children’s language and cognitive skills and supporting parents with literacy activities they can do at home
Brooklyn Public Library
$100,000
To help support the First Five Years Initiative and provide capacity building support in outcome measurement
East Harlem Tutorial Program, Inc.
$80,000
To provide general operating support to this youth development program
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
$125,000
To help provide intensive professional development for inner-city Catholic middle- and high school teachers to improve the teaching of American History
Groundwork, Inc.
$100000
To help support Groundwork for Youth
The Hispanic Federation, Inc.
$40,000
To help support year two of the Parent Pathways to Child Achievement/Caminos al Exito Academico project
Inner-City Scholarship Fund, Inc.
$35,000
To help support the JOP (Job Opportunities Program) of job-readiness workshops, life-skills seminars, summer internship placements, and college-preparation mentorships for highly motivated high school students from low-income communities
Literacy, Inc.
$50,000
To help enhance reading opportunities for children and families in low-income communities
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Inc.
$150,000
To help strengthen the Explorers and Juniors Academies
New York Interschool Association, Inc.
$45,000
To help support the Faculty Diversity Search program to recruit and retain minority teachers in independent schools
The Partnership for Inner-City Education
$100,000 (over two years)
To help support the Principal Academy, an initiative to identify and train new leaders for the Inner-City Catholic elementary schools in New York City
Read Alliance, Inc. (formerly Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation, Inc. dba Read Alliance)
$100,000
To help support READ’s year-round parochial school program and for summer programming open to all students
Read to Lead Inc. (FKA Classroom, Inc.)
$95,000
To help support Classroom, Inc.’s school day, after school, and summer programming in inner- city Archdiocese of New York schools
United Way of New York City
$100,000
To help support the Child Care and Early Education Fund, a collaborative fund dedicated to improving early care and education in New York City