Demonstrating Locally

Education is the great equalizer. At the Gould Foundation, we partner with innovative organizations that are bringing educational equity to under-resourced communities.

Gould Partners supplement public education through a wide range of programs and services that have one thing in common: they achieve results. They expand the opportunities for students in under-resourced communities and raise standards of excellence by developing talent and promoting hard work.

The Gould Foundation invests in and incubates non-profit partners over the long term. In addition to vital financial assistance, we provide our partners a home at the Gould Innovation Center—a workspace for non-profit leaders who are transforming education across New York City.

Below is a sampling of Gould Partners:

Breakthrough New York is a tuition-free, year-round academic enrichment program for motivated middle school students with limited education opportunities. The program seeks to prepare these students for challenging college-preparatory high schools. Currently, 100% of Breakthrough New York’s high school graduates are attending four-year colleges. And 100% of Breakthrough’s rising eighth-graders are attending college-preparatory high schools.

Citizen Schools partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for low-income children across the country. Since 1995, students at Citizen Schools have developed the academic and leadership skills they need to succeed in high school, college, the workplace and civic life through an innovative extended-day apprenticeship model. In 2008, Citizen Schools launched campuses in New York City, where a wealth of real-world learning happens just outside the classroom door.

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) was founded in 1963 as one of New York City’s first mentoring programs for high school students of color. Over the past four decades, SEO has expanded its programs to benefit more than 6,000 young people. SEO has paved the way to competitive college admissions and graduation for some of NYC’s most underserved students, while developing a reputation as the premier college preparation program. In addition to New York, SEO has programs in London, Shanghai and Beijing, with more than 40 full-time staff. Each year the organization serves more than 1,000 students and their parents, as well as the growing alumni pool.

New Jersey After 3 is a public/private partnership supporting the growth and sustainability of high-quality after-school programs across New Jersey. New Jersey After 3’s network of 103 school-based after-school programs expands learning time by almost 50% for more than 14,000 children throughout urban, suburban and rural communities.

* Edwin Gould Academy provides educational programs, housing and critical “after-care” programs and services to young people who have aged out of the foster care and juvenile justice systems. In March of 2006, under the Foundation’s leadership, the Academy completed the Edwin Gould Multi-Service Center and Residence, the first permanent residential facility in New York City dedicated solely to homeless young people. The Academy serves over 350 former foster care and juvenile justice system youth annually, offering a comprehensive array of supportive services, including education and career development programs and job training. The Academy’s predecessor program is a past recipient of the prestigious Innovations in American Government award, co-sponsored by the Ford Foundation and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.