Jacob Riis Neighborhood Settlement House wants to improve its Riis Academy After-School program, which serves over 1,000 boys and girls from western Queens and focuses on academic enrichment, life skills, health and wellness, and civic engagement.
Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program (HJTEP) is a school-based, after-school, and summer program that features tennis instruction and competitive play integrated with academic support and college preparation.
The Point Community Development Corporation wants to improve its after-school and weekend programming, which serve 500 kids from the Hunts Point section of the Bronx and emphasize academic support and justice-based arts and service learning activities.
Learning through an Expanded Arts Program (LeAP) is an educational services organization that improves the quality of public education for New York City youth through a hands-on, arts-based approach to teaching the academic curriculum.
Queens Museum of Art wants to improve its Queens Teens (QT) after-school program, which provides 25 students with a comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of the museum and exposes them to careers in the arts over the course of a ...
During the past eight years, the after-school field has made real progress, particularly in understanding what “high-quality practice” means and how to measure it. And we at the Foundation have learned a great deal about how to do our work ...
This review of the Foundation’s grantmaking and staff work on the quality of after-school programs from 2003–2011 will help trustees and staff learn about the effects of their strategies during this time and inform the Foundation’s future work.
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.
