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826 National
826 National is a nonprofit tutoring, writing, and publishing organization with locations in seven cities across the country. Its goal is to assist students ages six to eighteen with their writing skills, and to help teachers get their classes excited about writing. 826 National's work is based on the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
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Andrew J. Zabierek Foundation
The Andrew J. Zabierek Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting veterans from Massachusetts.
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Art for Change
Art for Change (AfC) is a 501(c)3 organization that encourages the advancement of progressive social change by using art as a catalyst for disseminating information. We provide space to discuss and explore that information, stimulating individual and collective reflection, which leads to action and change.
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Boys' Club of New York
Rooted in a tradition and history of community service, outreach, and philanthropy to some of New York City’s most socially and economically troubled neighborhoods, The Boys' Club of New York strives to sustain an environment that nurtures individual talent, strengthens family, and promotes strong citizenship while fostering a passion for learning. We encourage our participants to seek the highest standards of scholarship, moral development, and physical achievement. Working closely with our membership and their families, our professional staff encourages the emotional, social, physical, educational, and vocational growth of the agency’s entire membership and extended family.
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Career Gear
Career Gear is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization providing career counseling, interview appropriate clothing, and follow-up job support to men actively seeking employment. Career Gear’s philosophy is simple but powerful: successful employment is a catalyst towards men emerging as better fathers and leaders within their communities.
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Center for Arts Education (CAE)
The Center for Arts Education is committed to stimulating and sustaining quality arts education as an essential part of every child’s K-12 education in the New York City public schools.
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Change for Kids
Change for Kids partners with New York City public schools to empower underprivileged children by providing them with a broad range of innovative literacy, arts, and music programs.
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Circle of Women
Circle of Women's mission is to equip girls with self-reliance, knowledge, and increased capacities to both enhance their own lives and to contribute productively to their societies. Circle of Women believes this is the best way to affect positive, global change. Their philosophy is that one school will affect one community. One community will make a world of change.
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City Academy of St. Louis
City Academy, a private elementary school in St. Louis, MO, serves children whose educational opportunities would otherwise be limited due to family income and/or where they live.
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CitySquash
CitySquash's mission is to enable motivated and talented youth from at-risk backgrounds to fulfill their academic, athletic and personal potential.
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Community VOICES (Voices of Involved Citizens Encouraging Safety)
Community VOICES provides advocacy, resources and educational information to community groups and individuals to increase public awareness regarding sexual assault, child sexual assault, Internet predators, Internet safety and missing children.
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Crystal Beach Youth Center, Inc.
The Crystal Beach Youth Center, Inc. began in 1923 as a home for disadvantaged children. Today, the CBYC remains committed to improving the lives of children and families in West Central Florida by providing distinctive educational and recreational activities in a safe, positive and fun environment.
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Delaware College of Art and Design
Delaware College of Art and Design was founded through a creative partnership between Pratt Institute and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. DCAD’s mission is to educate talented and committed students to become art makers, idea generators, problem solvers, and visual communicators who can redefine the way we perceive and experience the world around us. It also serves as a visible stakeholder, cultural anchor, and catalyst for the revitalization of downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
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Dignitas Project
The mission of Dignitas Project is to empower individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing upon the talents of indigenous leaders and resources of its partners, Dignitas Project seeks to improve education and expand opportunities for the next generation by: enhancing learning and leadership opportunities for children and youth; building technical and infrastructural capacity in community-based schools; implementing sustainable projects to address health, economic, and education needs; and ensuring that community voices are integrated into policy decisions.
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DonorsChoose.org
DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on the website, ranging from pencils, to violins, to microscope slides. Then, donors choose which requests to fund, and hear back from the classrooms they help. The goal is a nation where students in every community have the resources they need to learn.
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East Harlem School at Exodus House
The East Harlem School educates middle school students (grades 5-8) from East Harlem who wish to rise to their academic potential. The East Harlem School values teaching children who exhibit a desire to learn, and an eagerness to embrace new challenges. The East Harlem School recruits children from families with low income and helps these students develop academic excellence, moral integrity, courtesy, and an unshakeable commitment to their future and the fate of their community.
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Eckerd Youth Alternatives
As an organization that has already made an impact on the lives of nearly 100,000 boys and girls, Eckerd Youth Alternatives (EYA) is one of the nation's leading providers of services for at-risk youth and their families through Outdoor Therapeutic Programs; Alternative Day Schools; Community-Based Support Programs; Early Intervention and Prevention Services; Lead Agency Services for Child Welfare; and Residential Therapeutic Programs. Founded by Jack and Ruth Eckerd, today EYA operates 38 distinct and diverse programs in nine states.
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First Book
First Book is an award-winning nonprofit providing new books to children in need addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books.
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Free Arts NYC
Free Arts NYC provides under-served children with a unique combination of educational arts and mentoring programs to help them foster the self-confidence and resiliency needed to realize their fullest potential.
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Girls Take Charge
Girls Take Charge is a nonprofit leadership development program designed to inspire and empower middle school and high school aged girls to become self-confident, courageous, and compassionate leaders in their communities.
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Givology
Givology is an Internet online giving marketplace that empowers individual donors to connect with students and communities in need of education support. By leveraging the Internet to support education grants and projects, Givology creates a global community of people connected through their belief in the power of education.
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I Have A Dream Foundation
The "I Have A Dream" Foundation empowers children in low-income communities to achieve higher education by providing them with guaranteed tuition support and equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and habits they need to gain entry to higher education and succeed in college and beyond.
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Kids In Need Foundation
The mission of the Kids In Need Foundation is to ensure that every child is prepared to learn and succeed by providing free school supplies nationally to students most in need.
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Lincoln Center Theater's Open Stages Education Program
Lincoln Center Theater's Open Stages education program provides an in-depth theater experience for New York City public-school teachers and students. The program reaches out to students who are economically disadvantaged and targets schools located in underserved communities throughout the city. During the 2009-2010 season, Open Stages will work with 20 high schools and 13 middle schools, reaching some 72 teachers and more than 3,400 students over two semesters.
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Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House
The mission of the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House (MFNH) is to help strengthen and empower youth, families and community residents. It focuses on building relationships and connecting people with opportunities that address basic human service and educational needs and help build a strong community.
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Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership (MAP)
MAP is dedicated to expanding quality afterschool, out-of-school time and extended learning opportunities statewide for school-age children, youth, families and communities.
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
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Milk and Bookies
Milk + Bookies is a nationwide charitable organization that inspires children to give back, using books as its currency. At Milk + Bookies events, boys and girls are provided the opportunity to select, purchase and inscribe books that are then donated to their peers who do not have access to books of their own. The fun-filled events feature music, story time and, of course, milk and cookies.
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New Jersey SEEDS
New Jersey SEEDS (Scholars, Educators, Excellence, Dedication, Success) provides educational opportunities for motivated, high-achieving students of modest means. SEEDS programs include advanced academic classes, cultural enrichment opportunities and leadership training to help students gain admission to top schools and thereby realize their full potential. SEEDS encourages its alumni to be leaders who give back to the community.
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North India Christian Children's Education (NICCE) Foundation
The North India Christian Children’s Education (NICCE) Foundation is a non-profit corporation organized exclusively for charitable, religious, and educational purposes. We are dedicated to promoting the betterment of children in Northern India through education, religious awareness, housing assistance, and service opportunities. Our main purpose is to assist in the construction and operation of children’s homes, schools, and the buildings associated with them through financial aid, informational materials, and encouragement. Children’s homes and schools associated with the NICCE Foundation are based on Christian morals and standards according to the on-site supervisor. Overall, the values of this foundation are based on the verse Mathew 25:40, “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”
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Pencils of Promise
Pencils of Promise is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that partners with local communities and organizations to build schools of early-stage education in developing nations for some of the world's most impoverished and undereducated children.
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Prep for Prep
Prep for Prep develops leaders through access to superior education and opportunities. Since 1978, Prep has identified New York City’s most promising students of color and prepared them for placement at independent schools in the city and boarding schools throughout the Northeast. Once placed, Prep offers support and opportunities to ensure the academic accomplishment and personal growth of each one of its students.
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Special Operations Warrior Foundation
The Special Operations Warrior Foundation provides full scholarship grants and educational and family counseling to the surviving children of special operations personnel who die in operational or training missions and immediate financial assistance to severely wounded special operations personnel and their families.
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St. Joseph's School - Yorkville
Founded in 1880, St. Joseph’s School - Yorkville is a dynamic, culturally diverse, close-knit community for students in Pre-K 3 through Grade 8.
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The Child Center of NY’s Asian Outreach Program (AOP)
The Child Center of NY’s Asian Outreach Program helps recent, at-risk Asian immigrant children and their families get their lives back on track. It is one of the very few organizations in NY that provides vulnerable Asian immigrant children and families from China, South Asia, Afghanistan, Korea and the Philippines, the mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence prevention services that they so desperately need, but are often too ashamed to access because of cultural stigma or language obstacles. Many of the children and families served live in conditions of extreme poverty and deal with issues including substance abuse, depression, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect. Yet many still don’t seek help because of the cultural shame and stigma associated with these problems and because of language barriers. Other critical services provided through AOP’s parent agency (The Child Center of NY) include multi-lingual tutoring in reading and math, treatment for infants and toddlers with developmental issues, and Head Start, a program to support parents and enhance the education and growth of children ages 3 to 5.
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The Decibels Foundation
The Decibels Foundation strives to ensure that every child with a hearing loss has the best chance to achieve to his or her full potential and to succeed in life. They accomplish this through their support of specialized early intervention, school consultation, parent support groups, workshops and more.
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The Enough Project
Enough is a project of the Center for American Progress whose mission is to build an educated constituency dedicated to ending genocide and crimes against humanity.
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The Seneca, Inc.
The mission of the Seneca is to create opportunities, resources, and sustainable networks for women in social, educational, and professional environments.
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Voices Education Project
The mission of Voices Education Project is to help people understand and transcend the roots of violence by hearing and giving voice to personal stories.
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