Charles Hayden Foundation Grants

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.

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Amer-I-Can of New York

Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $90,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Amer-I-Can program in Brooklyn . . . more


American Museum of Natural History-Hayden Planetarium

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Museum
Amount: $186,479
Grant Purpose: Toward renovations to the Hayden Planetarium and Big Bang Theater . . . more


American Museum of Natural History-Hayden Planetarium

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Museum
Amount: $500,000
Grant Purpose: Toward Phase Two of their capital improvement plan for the Hayden Planetarium . . . more


Appalachian Mountain Club

Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $76,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the school year portion of their Youth Outdoor Leaders of Boston (YOLB) initiative . . . more


Aquila Theatre Company

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $60,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Shakespeare program at Frederick Douglas Academy . . . more


Associated Grant Makers

Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $6,850
Grant Purpose: Toward their activities for 2009-2010 . . . more


Bank Street College of Education

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $175,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Liberty LEADS academic program . . . more


Boston Ten Point Coalition

Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $35,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Grove Hall Youth Outreach Connection program . . . more


Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston

Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support for the Youth Service Providers Network (YSPN) program . . . more


Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $35,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Dance Africa Education Program . . . more


Chess-in-the-Schools

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their College Bound Program . . . more


Children’s Aid Society

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $375,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their African American Male Initiative . . . more


Citizen Schools

Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $90,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their New York and Boston programming . . . more


City Year

Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $125,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their programs in Boston and Hunts Point, New York . . . more


College for Every Student

Cornwall, VT
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Scholars Program at two high schools in the Bronx . . . more


Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation

Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their College STEPS program . . . more


Dorchester Youth Collaborative

Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $175,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Safe City Initiative . . . more


Downtown Community Television Center

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $65,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their PRO-TV media program . . . more


Ecumenical Social Action Committee

Jamiaca Plain, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $20,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their GED Plus program in Grove Hall . . . more


Edward W. Brooke Charter School

Roslindale, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $8,000
Grant Purpose: Toward their alumni support system . . . more


Excel Academy Charter School

East Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $12,000
Grant Purpose: Toward their alumni support system . . . more


Foundation Center

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $6,500
Grant Purpose: Toward their activities for 2009-2010 . . . more


Frederick Douglass Academy

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $150,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their after-school and weekend programming . . . more


Futures and Options

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $1,260
Grant Purpose: Toward an additional summer internship . . . more


Girls Incorporated of New York City

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $20,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their educational programs for underserved girls in New York City . . . more


Goddard Riverside Community Center

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $200,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their OPTIONS program . . . more


Good Shepherd Services

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $300,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their two Beacon programs in Red Hook Brooklyn and the Bronx . . . more


Groundwork

Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $350,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their after-school, college prep and leadership programs and Groundwork for Youth . . . more


Harlem Children Society

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $90,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their summer and after school programs . . . more


Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc.

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Twoard support of their HEAF Continuum program . . . more


Kingsbridge Heights Community Center

The Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $35,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Teen Outreach Program . . . more


Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club

Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $130,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their education programs at nine sites . . . more


Legal Outreach, Inc.

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their College Bound Program . . . more


Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School

Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $45,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their chess club and Saturday programming . . . more


Literacy, Inc.

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $30,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Teen Tutor Reading Partner Program . . . more


Madison Square Boys & Girls Club

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $200,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Teen Campus Program . . . more


Mosholu Montefiore Community Center

Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Teen Center in the Bronx . . . more


Neighborhood House Charter School

Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $4,500
Grant Purpose: Toward their alumni support system . . . more


New Settlement Apartments Community Services

Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $260,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their College Access Center in the South Bronx . . . more


PENCIL, Inc.

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Miscellaneous
Amount: $60,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Partnership Team . . . more


Police Athletic League

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Youth Programs at their Webster Center in the Bronx . . . more


Project Hope-The New Direction

Queens Village, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $25,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their after school and summer programs . . . more


Project R.I.G.H.T. Inc.

Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $157,500
Grant Purpose: Toward support of the Grove Hall Collaborative . . . more


Queens Community House

Forest Hills, NY
Grant Year: 2010
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: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $5,000
Grant Purpose: Toward their alumni support system . . . more


ROCA, Inc.

Chelsea, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their High Risk Youth Intervention Model program . . . more


Row New York

Long Island City, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $25,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their academic and competitive rowing programs for New York City girls . . . more


Roxbury Preparatory Charter School

Roxbury, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $3,755
Grant Purpose: Toward their alumni support system . . . more


Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $20,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their core educational leadership programs in New York . . . more


SCO Family of Services

Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $75,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their youth development and leadership training program . . . more


Sponsors for Educational Opportunity

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Scholars Program . . . more


St. Mary's Women and Children's Center

Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their GRLZ radio program . . . more


Team Academy Charter School

Newark, NJ
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $19,000
Grant Purpose: Toward their alumni support system . . . more


Tenacity

Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their summer, after school and alumni programming . . . more


The Brotherhood/Sister Sol

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $125,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their core youth development programs . . . more


The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $25,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their programs at Abraham Lincoln High School . . . more


The Harbor School

Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $25,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their after school program . . . more


The Hunts Point Alliance for Children

Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $548,000
Grant Purpose: Towad the continuing services provided for children in the Hunts Point area of the Bronx . . . more


The KIPP Academy

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $18,700
Grant Purpose: Toward their alumni support system . . . more


The TEAK Fellowship

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $35,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their high school and college prep program . . . more


Urban Dove

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
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: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their after school creative writing/spoken work programs . . . more


William Monroe Trotter School

Dorchester, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Education
Amount: $20,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their Trotter Extended Leanring Program . . . more


Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation

Bronx, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $60,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their extended day program at PS/MS 218 in the South Bronx . . . more


YMCA-Greater Boston

Boston, MA
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $50,000
Grant Purpose: Toward suppport for the school year portion of teen programming at the Roxbury Y in support of the Grove Hall Initiative . . . more


Youth Communication

New York, NY
Grant Year: 2010
Grant Type: Youth Development
Amount: $100,000
Grant Purpose: Toward support of their journalism training and publishing programs for inner city youth and their Young Men of Color Writing and Peer Education Project . . . more