All Grants
The Charles Hayden Foundation makes contributions only to institutions that serve children and youth ages 3 to 18 from the metropolitan areas of New York and Boston. We concentrate support on youth development and education programs that present evidence of program impact on young people and plans for making measurable progress toward well-defined goals in a specific time frame.
Abyssinian Development Corporation
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $125,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Hayden Pre-Colege Engineering Program . . . more
Achievement First
Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $76,075
Grant Purpose: Foundation generated grant for the 2011-2012 school year . . . more
Amer-I-Can of New York
Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $90,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Amer-I-Can program . . . more
American Museum of Natural History-Hayden Planetarium
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Museum
Amount: $193,554
Grant Purpose: Toward the renovations to the Hayden Big Bang Theater . . . more
Aquila Theatre Company
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $60,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Shakespeare program at Frederick Douglass Academy . . . more
Bank Street College of Education
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $175,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of Liberty LEADS: The Bank Street Center for Leadership and College Preparation program . . . more
Beginning with Children Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $68,275
Grant Purpose: Foundation generated grant for the 2011-2012 school year . . . more
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $85,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the YouthConnect program . . . more
Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $150,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their co-curricular and extracurricular activities . . . more
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $35,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Excellent Schools Network in Boston and New York City . . . more
Catholic Charitable Bureau of Archdiocese of Boston
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $95,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Safe City Initiative . . . more
Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $70,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support for public education programming and technical assistance programs for charter schools in New York City . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their College Bound Program . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $425,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their programs in the South Bronx, college readiness, African American Male Initiative and a strategic business plan . . . more
Clarence R. Edwards Middle School
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $35,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Acceleration Academies . . . more
Cornwall, VT
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their CFES Scholars program at Collegiate Institute for Math & Science and Pelham Preparatory Academy . . . more
Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc.
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Vice President of Policy staff position and programs . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $3,000
Grant Purpose: Toward Grant Street Settlement's participation in their Leadership Caucus . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $8,000
Grant Purpose: Toward capacity building efforts with Sadie Nash Leadership Project . . . more
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their College STEPS and Student Success Center programs . . . more
Democracy Prep Charter School
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $150,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the turnaround of Harlem Prep Charter School . . . more
Democracy Prep Charter School
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $87,500
Grant Purpose: Foundation generated grant for the 2011-2012 school year . . . more
Dorchester Youth Collaborative
Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $100,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Safe City Initiative . . . more
Downtown Community Television Center
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $65,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their PRO-TV media program . . . more
DREAM Charter School
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $58,525
Grant Purpose: Foundation generated grant for the 2011-2012 school year . . . more
Eagle Academy Foundation
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $70,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Extended Learning Programs at the Eagle Academy for Young Men in Ocean Hill Brooklyn and the South Bronx . . . more
Ecumenical Social Action Committee
Jamiaca Plain, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $20,000
Grant Purpose: Toward continuation of their GED Plus Program in Grove Hall . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of a parent advocacy effort in Newark, NJ . . . more
Family Life Academy Charter School
Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $25,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Academic Intervention Service Program . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $150,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their afterschool and weekend programming . . . more
Girls Incorporated of New York City
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $20,000
Grant Purpose: Toward the expansion of their capacity to provide direct services to girls at their East Harlem sie and other community based organizations throughout the city . . . more
Goddard Riverside Community Center
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $260,000
Grant Purpose: Toward the expansion of their OPTIONS Center . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $300,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Beacon programs at PS 15 in Red Hook Brooklyn, and MS 45 in the Bronx . . . more
Harlem Children Society
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $90,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their summer and afterschool programs . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $200,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their ongoing youth development programming at the HCZ Community Center . . . more
Ifetayo Cultural Arts Facility, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Rites of Passage Programs . . . more
Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School
Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $45,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Out-of School Time Activities . . . more
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $200,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Teen Campus Program . . . more
Mass Insight Education & Research Institute
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $90,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their programming to increase participation in AP math, science and English courses, increase student performance in AP courses and increase the number of students matriculating to college. . . . more
Massachusetts Charter Public School Association
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $100,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their advocacy efforts regarding access to BPS buildings for Boston charter schools and raising the State cap on Boston charter schools . . . more
Neighborhood House Charter School
Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $70,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their partnership with The Harbor School . . . more
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $62,500
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Boston Charter School Replication Fund . . . more
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $62,500
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Boston Charter School Replication Fund . . . more
New Settlement Apartments Community Services
Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $300,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their College Access Center . . . more
New York Center for Autism Charter School
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Extended School Year Program . . . more
North Star Academy Charter School of Newark
Newark, NJ
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $77,500
Grant Purpose: Foundation generated grant for the 2011-2012 school year . . . more
PENCIL, Inc.
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Bronx Partnership Coordinator position . . . more
Project R.I.G.H.T. Inc.
Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $190,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Grove Hall Collaborative . . . more
Forest Hills, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Hot Spots Program . . . more
Robert Treat Academy Charter School
Newark, NJ
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $77,500
Grant Purpose: Foundation generated grant for the 2011-2012 school year . . . more
Chelsea, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $40,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Intervention Model for Very High-Risk Young People . . . more
Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward the staffing costs and youth stipends for their youth development and leadership training program . . . more
Roxbury Crossing, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $30,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their youth programming . . . more
St. Aloysuis School
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $25,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their after-school and extended day programs . . . more
St. Mary's Women and Children's Center
Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $45,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their GRLZradio.org program . . . more
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $40,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of The Steppingstone Academy . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $30,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their College Access and Beyond program . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $7,500
Grant Purpose: Toward the capacity building efforts for New Heights Youth . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $100,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their expansion in Newark, NJ . . . more
Newark, NJ
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $450,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Newark expansion . . . more
Newark, NJ
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $77,500
Grant Purpose: Foundation generated grant for the 2011-2012 school year . . . more
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their education programming . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $150,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their core youth development programs . . . more
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $25,000
Grant Purpose: Toward their programming at Abraham Lincoln High School . . . more
The Hunts Point Alliance for Children
Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $548,000
Grant Purpose: Toward the continuing services provided for children in the Hunts Point area of the Bronx . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $35,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their college and career access programs . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Hunts Point Children's Shakespeare Ensemble . . . more
The Young Women's Leadership Network
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $100,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their College Bound Initiative at TYWLS in East Harlem and Astoria . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $700,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Newark ($450,000) and Boston ($250,000) expansions . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $40,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their STRIDE program . . . more
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward their efforts at the Gavin Middle School . . . more
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $110,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Teen Programs . . . more
Urban Word of NYC
New York, NY
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their afterschool creative writing and spoken work programs . . . more
Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2012
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the school year teen programming at the Roxbury Y in support of the Grove Hall Initiative . . . more