all-years Grant Recipients

New York, NY

Amount granted: $20,000

Grant year: 2017

Grant category: Education

To be used to support general operating expenses, specifically the initial stages of the College Preparatory Schools process (identification and preparation) in the New York and New England metro areas.

Since 1963, A Better Chance has been opening the door to educational opportunities for thousands of young people of color in this nation. Its mission is to increase substantially the number of well-educated young people of color who are capable of assuming positions of responsibility and leadership in American society.  The mission is carried out through its signature College Preparatory Schools Program (“CPSP”), which annually recruits, refers and supports about 500 A Better Chance Scholars at the nation’s leading boarding, day and public schools.

New York, NY

Amount granted: $20,000

Grant year: 2020

Grant category: Education

$20,000 to provide support to overcome important challenges that are a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the physical distancing necessary to achieve one goal: the retention of all of its 2,206 Scholars.

Boston, MA

Amount granted: $45,000

Grant year: 2020

Grant category: Education

To provide emergency support for the school to address food insecurity, access to technology and micro-grants to alumni in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

The Academy of the Pacific Rim (APR) is a charter public school serving 540 students in grades 5-12 in Hyde Park, a neighborhood in Boston. Its mission is to “empower students from all racial and ethnic backgrounds to achieve their full intellectual and social potential.” This vision is accomplished by holding students to high expectations and standards academically and ensuring that all students have the supports and opportunities to develop socially and emotionally. APR programs move students along a path that consistently leads to agency and further education.