International Youth Leadership Institute
IYLI supports development of scholars and youth activists and advocates of color. IYLI serves New York City students, ages 11-19. IYLI targets low income students. Science, Engineering, Mathematics. The goals are to increase student interest and performance in science, engineering and mathematics and related academic pathways, engage students in hands-on informal science, and make connections […]
National Book Foundation
Studies show that students who read for pleasure outside of school test better, have higher GPAs, and are hired for more desirable careers later in life. But nearly half of nine year olds who read for pleasure stop by age seventeen. Since 2007, BookUpNYC has been reversing that trend. BookUp NYC hires acclaimed, local authors […]
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Bronx Museum of the Arts is a contemporary art museum that connects diverse audiences to the urban experience through its permanent collection, special exhibitions, and education programs. Reflecting the borough’s dynamic communities, the Museum is the crossroad where artists, local residents, national and international visitors meet. Since its founding in 1971, the Museum has […]
Mentoring in Medicine, Inc.
Mentoring in Medicine, Inc. (MIM) is a continuity program serving students from third grade to career that promotes academic, social and emotional learning . The mission of MIM is to engage, educate and empower students around health and science careers in addition to promoting healthy living. Students learn integrated science, technology, engineering and math concepts […]
The Anne Grank Center USA
The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, a partner to the Anne Frank House, was founded in 1959 by Anne?s father, Otto Frank. Through a variety of innovative programs and exhibitions, the Center uses the diary and spirit of Anne Frank as unique tools to advance her legacy, to educate young people and communities about […]
Tactile Brain LLC
Using the abacus as a tactile learning tool, Abakidz is a program that provides brain training to students of all ages. With a proven curriculum and teaching approach designed by Master Jeonghee Lee, the world’s first and only 11th degree abacus master, any student can learn the arts of Jusan (abacus math) and Amsan (mental […]
Irondale Ensemble Project
Irondale Ensemble Project is a 34-year-old off-Broadway theatre company based in the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District. Ensemble members are professional actors who also educate students in and out of our state of the art theatre. Education programs are custom designed based on the school’s unique needs, which may include: building confidence, literacy skills, career and […]
KenKen Puzzle Company
KenKen is a grid-sized logic number puzzle that helps students improve their calculation skills, logical thinking, problem solving and persistence. The goal is to fill a grid with numbers so that no number appears more than once in any row or column. In addition, the numbers must combine to form a target number using a […]
Legal Outreach, Inc.
For over 30 years, Legal Outreach has offered legal and educational programs as tools for youth engagement and skill building. Legal Outreach?s Growing Academically Via Education in Law (GAVEL) program provides rigorous, urban-focused curricula that use the law to help students hone skills, such as decision-making, problem-solving, persuasive writing, critical thinking and analytic skills as […]
Youth Communication
Youth Communication provides resources for youth workers that help students gain literacy skills and strengthen their social-emotional competencies. We’ve produced true stories written by teens since 1980. We use these stories to develop lessons and curricula and train youth workers to use the stories to support social-emotional learning. Our stories are effective because youth find […]