Focus Areas

Learning Through the Arts, Sports and Sciences

Other Notable Heckscher Grants

STEM From Dance

STEM From Dance (SFD) SFD is a classic “hook” type program in which students build confidence through dance to build the skills needed for a future in STEM. SFD delivers...

Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University

When evaluating our arts education giving, we look to support programs that integrate arts education into academic curricula and demonstrate key student academic components. Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University...

NYC SALT

NYC SALT offers an intensive four-year studio program that exposes students to the photography industry while building college-readiness skills. The program includes weekly classes in digital photography offered at advanced levels...

Sports Hook Programs

We have supported sports hook programs that have impacted the lives of tens of thousands of New York City youth, helping to build strong, confident young people ready to tackle...

Epic Theatre Ensemble

Our support of Epic Theatre Ensemble, an in-school, school-wide educational arts integration model that builds language and literacy skills to improve students’ academic performance and college access, led to strategic...

New Heights Youth

New Heights Youth provides year-round academic and basketball programming for underserved New York City youth through after-school and summer programs. Its core program, College Bound, offers comprehensive upper elementary, middle,...