Youth Service Improvement Grant

To support a program that provides comprehensive choral music instruction to New York City elementary, middle, and high school students from underserved populations.

To support a college counseling program for young people in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.

To support an after-school program that provides academic tutoring, squash instruction, community service, mentoring, and college prep training to young people in Harlem.

To support Catholic Big Sisters, a nonsectarian organization dedicated to supporting special needs of young women by providing positive role models, professional counseling and inspirational one-to-one mentorships in a safe, all-female environment.

To support a program that gives fifth grade students the opportunity to experience the outdoors while learning.

To support an arts mentorship and training program.

To support a service-learning program that connects character development and civic engagement with academics.

To support a computer/technology training program for youth who are in the Episcopal Social Services’ Foster Care Independent Living Program.

To support a program that provides training and hands-on experience to high school students in the areas of urban ecology, urban design and community literacy.

To support an arts mentoring program for young people in Trenton, New Jersey.