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Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) is a grassroots movement that catalyzes large-scale transformation in Kenya's urban slums by providing critical services for all, community advocacy platforms, and education and leadership development for women and girls.

826 is the largest youth writing network in the country. 826 was founded in 2002 by author Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari. Rooted in the belief that strong writing skills are essential for academic and lifelong success, the 826 Network now serves close to 80,000 students ages 6-18 in under-resourced communities each year, with the support of almost 5,000 volunteers. 826 has chapters in nine U.S. cities: Boston, Chicago, Detroit/Ann Arbor, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Each chapter offers five core programs for free: After-School Tutoring, Field Trips, Workshops, Young Authors' Book Project, and In-School program.826Digital.com makes our inventive writing resources available to educators everywhere for free.

The vision and mission of the school is to harbor and foster an environment where the students will a) understand the Rebbe’s vision of reaching every corner of the earth b) realize their responsibility for impacting their environment and the world around them and c) acquire the necessary tools, academically, emotionally, and socially, to complete this mission.  

The mission of Book Trust is to uniquely deliver choice and ownership of books to children from low-income families, increasing their literacy skills and fostering life-long learning. Our organization believes that by inspiring a passion for reading one child at a time, we will help to increase the number of children with strong literacy skills who are prepared to be successful in school and beyond.

Guided by the Quaker belief that there is a Divine Light in everyone, Brooklyn Friends School cultivates an intellectually ambitious and diverse community that celebrates each individual’s gifts. We challenge our students to value and embrace difference as they develop critical thinking skills and apply their knowledge and intelligence both in and out of the classroom. In this rich learning environment, we inspire all members of our community to voice their convictions, to discover and pursue their passions, and to seek truth. Our graduates are compassionate, curious, and confident global citizens who let their lives speak in the spirit of leadership and service.

Prairie Green School will: educate the whole child by teaching according to student readiness and interest; maximize student learning by having a year-round school calendar; have the ability to differentiate instruction due to small class size and homeschooling environment; provide quality individualized curriculum that is relevant to students; have a strong focus on schooling for sustainability; allow for students to have a voice through our democratic school structure; have dedicated and loving teachers, staff, and volunteers that carry out the school's ideals every minute of every day.

Florence Crittenton Services educates, prepares and empowers teen mothers and their children.

The mission of Collegiate School is to create a community of learners committed to a challenging and supportive educational experience that will foster the intellectual, moral, emotional, and physical development of each student.

Crayons to Computer exists to level the playing field in the classroom by providing every student in need the tools to succeed in school.

The Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund offers high school scholarship assistance and programmatic support to Chicago students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. DMSF makes a powerful difference in the lives of Murphy Scholars by providing them with the best opportunity for high school, college, and life-long success

The mission of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is to honor our heroes, educate the public and inspire our youth.

DreamYard is committed to helping transform Bronx schools and communities through the power of innovative, project based arts education. Our schools and students are based in the nation's poorest urban county, with one-third of the Bronx's residents living below the poverty line. In response, DreamYard programs are designed to challenge the cyclical systems of inequality and poverty by empowering youth to discover and develop their best possible selves and to locate meaningful paths and ways to engage with their fellow students, schools, families, and communities. As the largest arts education provider in the Bronx, DreamYard critically impacts the social and intellectual growth of thousands of Bronx youth through safe, positive and creatively challenging programs. DreamYard's team of professional artists partner with classroom teachers and community educators to help students learn how to express, write and perform their own stories. Through year-long programs offered during the school day, after school, on weekends and during the summer, DreamYard supports youth development, enhances life-long learning skills, and promotes creative thinking and expression. DreamYard artists spark an interest in education that often lies latent in our youth. The organization understands that it is imperative to direct a young person's creativity toward positive goals as we strive to develop well-rounded and engaged citizens. Through DreamYard, young people believe that they can have an impact and change their communities and society as a whole. Its projects are catalysts that help teachers and communities propel students and their families into a life-long learning process.