Improving Youth Services in New York City

Dancewave wants to improve its Company I and II programs, in which 32 teen members train with professional guest choreographers and attend intensive rehearsals and dance classes.

Funds were given for the Summer Matters Initiative, a public-private partnership of New York City youth grantmakers and the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development.

Funds were given to the Taproot Foundation to help strengthen the organizational infrastructure of qualified Youth Service Improvement Grantees.

Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC) will use this award to improve its after-school and weekend Respite program, which serves special needs youth.

Children’s Arts and Science Workshops (CASW) will use this award to improve the safety and operation of its Cornerstone after-school program, located in the Bronx River Houses in the South Bronx. CASW will engage the Washington Heights-Inwood Coalition to ...

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT) will use this award to improve its Youth Education, Employment, and Training Program.

Casita Maria will use this award to improve their smART Kids after-school program, which serves more than 200 students in the South Bronx.

Youth Communication New York will use this award to improve the writing and journalism training they provide to New York City high school students.

Creative Arts Team (CAT) will use this award to improve its Literacy Leaders program, which serves eight high-needs middle schools in New York City.

The Ghetto Film School will use this award to improve its Fellows Program, which serves high school students who aspire to be filmmakers.