2023 Grants

Early Care and Education

Ackerman Institute for the Family

New York, NY

In support of the Bright Beginnings and Personal Best program, which helps parents promote their children's well-being and school readiness at Early Head Start sites in Manhattan and Queens.

$50,000

Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn, NY

In support of the Early Childhood Literacy Initiative in East New York, Brooklyn.

$50,000

Brownsville Partnership

Brooklyn, NY

In support of United for Brownsville, a collective impact initiative that seeks to improve learning and social-emotional outcomes for children, three years of age and younger, in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

$50,000

Children's Aid

New York, NY

In support of South Bronx Rising Together, a collective impact initiative that seeks to build a well-coordinated and high-quality early care and education continuum for young children and their families in the South Bronx.

$50,000

The Educational Alliance

New York, NY

In support of a licensed, clinical social worker embedded within the organization’s early care and education program and Family Resource Center on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

$50,000

Harlem Children's Zone

New York, NY

In support of the expansion of maternal health and wellness programming and weekday sessions of The Baby College for new and expectant parents in Central Harlem.

$50,000

Justice Innovation, Inc.

New York, NY

In support of the Strong Starts Court Initiative to improve developmental outcomes of infants and toddlers involved in child welfare cases in Bronx Family Court.

$50,000

Kennedy Children's Center

New York, NY

In support of the Grow Your Own Workforce Development Program to increase the number of certified teachers' assistants and teachers with an undergraduate degree in early childhood special education in New York City.

$75,000

Literacy, Inc.

New York, NY

In support of the organization's Early Literacy Initiative across New York City.

$50,000

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

In support of the HealthySteps program, which integrates early childhood development specialists at pediatric clinics in the Bronx.

$75,000

New Alternatives for Children

New York, NY

In support of Building Blocks, a clinical program focused on repairing disrupted relationships and strengthening attachment between parents and young children with special medical needs, emotional and behavioral challenges, and developmental disabilities in New York City.

$50,000

New York Hall of Science

Queens, NY

In support of the expansion of the Pre-K STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Enrichment Program at two early care and education centers in Corona, Queens.

$75,000

New York University Grossman School of Medicine

New York, NY

In support of the Video Interaction Project (VIP) serving young children at family health and support centers in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

$50,000

Queens Community House

Queens, NY

In support of the implementation of LENA Grow's talk-pedometer technology and practice-based coaching to increase conversational turns and boost early language development in young children being served by family childcare providers in Queens.

$75,000

Room to Grow

Bronx, NY

In support of a therapeutic program in the Bronx that provides parenting education and coaching, material goods, service referrals, and community resources to promote the optimal development of low-income children, from the third trimester to three years of age.

$75,000

Safe Horizon

New York, NY

In support of the Family Partnership Initiative to promote the healthy development of young children residing at the organization's domestic violence shelters in New York City.

$50,000

SCO Family of Services

Garden City, NY

In support of Wonder With Me, an infant mental health training and consultation initiative for community members and staff who work with families with young children in New York City.

$75,000

Under 21 D.B.A. Covenant House New York

New York, NY

In support of the expansion and enhancement of the Earl Childhood Development Program at the organization's shelter, transitional, and permanent supportive housing sites n in New York City.

$50,000

United Neighborhood Houses

New York, NY

In support of the Ernie Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship Fund for early care and education staff pursuing a degree in higher education and working at settlement houses in New York City.

$50,000


International Aid and Development

CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere)

Atlanta, GA

In support of humanitarian and medical aid for those impacted by the February 2022 earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

$25,000

The Syrian American Medical Society

Washington, D.C.

In support of humanitarian and medical aid for those impacted by the February 2022 earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

$25,000

Trust of Programs for Early Childhood Family and Community Education c/o New Israel Fund

Jerusalem, Israel

In support of the Mother-to-Mother program, a parenting support initiative focused on young children living in four Arab-Israeli communities.

$50,000


Additional Grants of $15,000 or less

$134,500