Vital Theatre Company produces original family musicals in its 108-seat theater and also provides arts-integrated education to three partner schools (800 students) in Brooklyn and the Bronx through Vital High School Voices.
New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) wants to improve the Science Career Ladder program (SCL), which recruits and trains high school students to become Explainers, who then interact with museum visitors by answering science questions prompted by exhibits.
Renaissance E.M.S. provides music instruction and musical instruments to 23 schools in the Bronx and offers an after-school program at its center in the South Bronx.
Love Heals, which advocates for young people’s right to HIV/AIDS education, wants to improve its Leadership Empowerment and Awareness Program (LEAP) for Girls program.
Rocking the Boat provides on-water youth development, job skills training, program assistance, and weekly community rowing programs during the school day, after school, and summer to residents of Hunts Point and adjacent South Bronx neighborhoods.
Children of the City’s (COC) Create Success program provides academic enrichment, mentoring, and counseling services to 150 low-income youth in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Urban Arts Partnership (UAP) provides arts education to 55 New York City schools through arts integration, after-school, advanced studio, and various other programs.
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.
