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Education and Youth Achievement Fund

Education and Youth Achievement Fund

Thirty percent of Brooklyn third graders are unable to read at grade level. 38% of Brooklynites are foreign-born and without essential language skills to help them succeed.

The Education and Youth Achievement Fund promotes access to quality education and academic success for all children and adults. It also supports programs that help young people make smart life choices and nurture their social and emotional well-being. Its goals are to:

Combine tutoring, academic support networks, and enrichment activities to advance student achievement.
Encourage action-oriented, youth-led community projects that promote collaboration, leadership development, and critical thinking.
Build bridges between youth and trusted, responsible adult role models through effective mentoring programs.

Your contribution to the Education and Youth Achievement Fund can play a critical role in Brooklyn's success.

Some recently funded Education and Youth Achievement projects:

Boys Hope Girls Hope of New York

Filling Rooms, Building Futures

Founded in 1942, the Catherine McAuley High School in East Flatbush was once a convent whose rooms, over time, were left empty. Today, as a model in-city boarding program, the rooms are full again with young women gaining an "education for life."

Horizons at Brooklyn Friends School

Preventing Learning Loss Year-Round

On a September afternoon, Ian Foster Jones sits behind a piano at the Brooklyn Friends School, a private school in downtown Brooklyn. The group of tiny children who stand rapt before him is a picture of New York’s melting pot—different classes, races, and ethnic backgrounds.

Red Hook Initiative

Change from Within

The lobby of the Red Hook Initiative Center teems with energy on a sunny afternoon in early September. It is the first day of school. A huddle of girls discusses the day as each fills out a time sheet, putting her name beside the title of health educator.