New Heights Youth offers year-round basketball-based youth development in New York City, combining after-school, weekend and summer programming for underserved youth. Its signature “College Bound” program supports students from upper-elementary through high-school with academic enrichment, leadership development, high-school and college placement assistance and college-completion services. The program has achieved a 98 % college-matriculation rate and a 78 % college-completion rate (within six years).
The Heckscher Foundation provided a catalytic grant to anchor New Heights’ relocation to the Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights, Brooklyn — a spacious new facility designed to unite its athletic and academic programming. Since the move, New Heights has greatly expanded its reach, serving over 1,500 youth annually.