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
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
Read Alliance, Inc.
$175,000 (over two years)
For the FY26 and FY27 School Year and Summer Reading Programs
Increase access to and success in high-quality post-secondary educational opportunities.
Results Sought:
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
$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