Focus Areas

The Inspired Community Project

We provided the underwriting support to launch The Inspired Community Project (TICP), a Bronx-based organization addressing the severe shortage of early intervention services for neurodiverse children from birth to age...

Artificial Intelligence – Array Education

We are exploring the potential of AI to guide young people as early as 8th grade in the choice of a pathway to a career. Led by esteemed educators Norman...

Merit America

We provided the first funding to Merit America and have since supported its launch in New York City. Our catalytic grant led to Google creating a $100MM fund for three...

Pursuit

Despite all the talk about job growth in the tech industry in New York City, numerous barriers exist for underserved youth in this area. These include geographic areas with lower...

The Marcy Lab School

Marcy Lab is a new workforce development program (launched in 2019) that has created an alternative pathway to college for low-income youth by providing training and supports for high-growth tech...

Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO)

GOSO targets New York City’s Rikers Island population by focusing not only on recidivism but also on post-incarceration employment. GOSO serves court-involved youth from all five boroughs who have been...

Exalt Youth

We have sought to address the fact that 80% of youth released from New York juvenile detention centers return in two years by making investments in juvenile justice programs that...

COOP

COOP is a job placement program based in New York City that targets underserved and underemployed City University of New York (CUNY) students and recent graduates with a clear pathway...