Focus Areas

K-12 Education

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East Harlem Pride School Collaboration

We conceived of a unique strategic partnership between three schools in East Harlem – Park East High School, Central Park East High School (CPEHS), and The Heritage School, which has...

ExpandED Schools

We joined with other NYC funders to create a strategic partnership to devise and implement a plan of action to bring high-dosage, high-impact tutoring to New York City – something...

Faith Based Education

Low-income families face limited choices if they wish to have their children educated in a faith-based school and we have long sought ways to catalyze a solution. Grantees have included:...

GO Project

The GO Project provides year-round academic, social-emotional, and family support to New York City public school students from under-resourced communities. Through a combination of after-school, summer, and family engagement programming,...

Helping Education

We initiated a strategic partnership with four other foundations: Tiger Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, Altman Foundation and Bentzen Silverman Foundation, to accelerate learning in early literacy for kindergarten to fifth grade...

Lavinia Group at Select Charter Schools

We established partnerships between Lavinia Group and a number of charter schools. Lavinia is an organization that helps its partner schools and networks revitalize their literacy and math instruction through...

Springboard Collaborative & Reading Partners

We supported a strategic partnership between two of our grantees – Springboard Collaborative and Reading Partners – to increase literacy in elementary school students with year-round programming. (Springboard works with...