Youth Service Improvement Grant

To support an after-school arts and leadership training program that serves low-income New York City public school students.

To support a natural resources management internship that helps Bronx teens pursue academic and career opportunities with hands-on outdoor experiences and advanced science study.

To support a program in which young people study the United Nation’s work on children’s rights and participate in discussions about social, economic, religious, and ethnic issues that affect them.

To support an internship program that provides paid, residential, fieldwork opportunities for urban youth interested in conservation.

To support a seven-week paid internship program that teaches Bronx and other youth about Van Cortlandt Park and its ecology.

To support an after-school program for kids in West and Central Harlem that combines homework help and tutoring with “high yield” (e.g., computer skills, chess) leisure.

To support Youth for Leadership, Education, Achievement, and Discipline, an after-school program that helps East Harlem teens build leadership and academic skills. The program consists of academic tutoring, work and vocational training, health education, and family development skills.

To support a program that matches children who have a parent in prison with volunteer mentors.

To provide program expansion funding for youth basketball programs serving high-need communities in Southern New Jersey.

To support Interschool Orchestras of New York’s performance and outreach programs.