Grantees
Every three years we embark on a rigorous process to identify small organizations with proven solutions who are poised for growth. While each of our grantees utilizes a different spark to engage and empower young people, all of our organizations are transformational in the lives of NYC youth.
The Arthur Project
Creates a replicable model that professionalizes traditional mentoring by using clinically-focused mentors to work intensively with youth throughout middle school.
At the Table
Connects students currently and formerly in foster care with the educational resources they deserve.
The Brave House
Is a community of support for young immigrant and refugee women and gender-expansive youth, with a focus on survivors of gender-based violence.
The B.R.O. Experience
(Brothers Redefining Opportunity)
Builds better humans by teaching and encouraging participants to be community change agents who are authentic, brave, and connected.
Bronx Lacrosse
Improves educational outcomes and life opportunities for underserved students and expands access to the great game of lacrosse in the South Bronx.
City Living NY
Empowers youth aging out of foster care to transition successfully into adulthood by providing concrete resources, tools, and support services.
DMF Youth
Empowers underserved youth through dance, fitness & life skill development.
Drama Club
Cares for youth‚ especially incarcerated and court involved‚ by creating space for them to thrive, with improv as their guide. No strings attached.
Hit the Books
Aims to bring additional educational resources to underserved communities through a sports-based development approach, with tutoring and mentorship at its core and mixed martial arts as the ‘hook’.
Navigate the Maze to Achievement
Prepares Black and Latino students for New York City specialized and selective high school admissions and supports the students socially and academically while in high school.
Ownership is the Future
Builds the capacity of high school students to develop towards an ownership mindset, financial freedom and owning wealth-generating businesses and social enterprises.
The Prescod Institute for Sport, Teamwork, and Education
Is building the next generation of leaders through the sport of fencing.
Seeds of Fortune
Financially empowers young women of color by helping them obtain college financing and career skills via mentorship and an ed-tech platform.
Start Lighthouse
Is dedicated to advancing childhood literacy through a social justice lens.
Tech Kids Unlimited
Teaches computer science thinking and technology skills to neurodiverse youth with disabilities to help them become the techies of tomorrow.
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