Nurturing the Children Grants

AARP FOUNDATION
$133,500
The second and final installment of a $267,000 grant to support the New York State Kincare Coalition, which focuses on issues facing grandparents raising grandchildren, by supporting outreach and training for caregivers and organizing regional summits for agencies to share best practices in the state of New York.

The B.E.L.L. Foundation
$225,000
The first installment of a three-year, $500,000 grant for the BELL Summer program, an educational program designed to address the “summer learning loss” that often occurs among low-income children whose parents are unable to afford high-quality enrichment programs during the summer.

Brooklyn Public Library
$156,900
The first installment of a two-year, $310,000 grant to develop and pilot Brooklyn Connections, a new program that will help eighth-grade students utilize the resources of the Brooklyn Collection to complete their social studies exit projects.

Camp Fire USA
$209,500
The final installment of a four-year, $1,148,500 grant for a national pilot of their program Discovery, a new middle-school youth development program that will be implemented at an estimated 300 locations nationwide.

Child Welfare League of America
$334,000
The first installment of a three-year, $748,000 grant to expand Fostering Healthy Connections, a new mentoring program in which youth who were formerly in the foster care system mentor children currently in the foster care system, to eight CWLA member agencies nationally.

City Year New York
$106,000
The first installment of a three-year, $318,000 grant to support the Team Sponsorship Program, which provides in-school tutoring and mentoring, literacy intervention, library initiatives, civic-based lunch clubs and an educational enrichment service-based after-school program in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx.

CORO New York Leadership Center
$197,700
The first installment of a three-year, $326,010 grant designed to support significant technology and infrastructure improvement projects. In addition, New York Life Insurance Company’s Corporate Information Department is providing in-kind technology expertise to assist CORO and has also hosted a CORO Fellow.

Developmental Studies Center
$276,400
The first installment of a two-year, $776,400 grant to the Developmental Studies Center for wider dissemination of its after-school reading and mathematics enrichment programs, AfterSchool KidzLit and AfterSchool KidzMath, to children in the low-income areas of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Foundation for Excellent Schools
$100,000
The final installment of a three-year, $300,000 grant to fund The Century Program in five New York City high schools, providing at least 500 at-risk students with intensive academic and social support that will increase their chances of graduating and entering college.

Foundation for the National Archives
$400,000
The final installment of a three-year, $1.2 million grant that supports two important outreach programs: the operation and expansion of the National Archives Experience learning center and gallery in Washington, D.C. and the production of a new educational film and children's book about the cultural and historic resources of the National Archives.

Girl Scouts of the USA
$200,000
A one-year grant supporting the GSUSA/New York Life Foundation School Success Clubs program, which offer school-based clubs that encourage girls' self-development and help build the confidence and leadership skills needed for high performance in academic classes.

Girls Incorporated
$200,120
The final installment of a two-year, $400,300 grant to establish seven new Girls Inc. member organizations in locations with large and/or growing populations of Hispanic girls.

Groundwork, Inc.
$75,000
The second installment of a three-year, $225,000 grant to support Middle Ground, a pilot initiative serving at-risk middle school students residing in East New York, an under-resourced neighborhood in Brooklyn. Middle Ground engages students by offering a choice in programming and high school transition activities.

Harlem Educational Activities Fund
$97,150
The final installment of a three-year, $290,750 grant to support the Harlem Educational Activities Fund’s Summer Quest program, aimed at increasing the number of black and Latino students accepted by New York City’s leading public high schools.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund
$175,000
The second installment of a three-year, $265,000 grant to support 15 Hispanic Scholarship Fund outreach programs ― seven Town Hall Meetings and eight Steps for Success workshops ― that help Hispanic students and their families meet the challenges of preparing for college.

JA Worldwide
$207,800
The first installment of a three-year, $614,000 grant designed to expand JA’s economic education programs in 21 JA member sites across the country in after-school settings that predominantly serve low-income, Hispanic communities.

Learning Leaders
$63,000
The second installment of a two-year, $87,000 grant to pilot a ninth- and tenth-grade component of Learning Leaders’ college-planning program in eight New York City high schools that serve low-income students.

National 4-H Council
$67,000
The first installment of a four-year, $1,627,500 grant to expand the New York Life Youth in Governance 4-H Clubs in Cleveland, Minneapolis, and New York City.

National 4-H Council
$228,080
The final installment of a two-year, $500,000 grant to pilot 40 New York Life Youth in Governance 4-H Clubs, which focus on leadership development and community involvement in underserved communities in Georgia and New York.

New York City Partnership Foundation
$150,000
The final installment of a two-year, $300,000 grant to the NYC Leadership Academy, which trains aspiring, new and incumbent principals in the New York City public schools.

New York City Partnership Foundation
$50,000
Our grant supports the Fund for Public Schools in New York City.

New-York Historical Society
$100,000
The first installment of a $300,000, three-year grant to support the New York Life Learners, a New York Life-branded educational outreach program for economically disadvantaged elementary and middle school students in the New York City schools.

New York Presbyterian Hospital
$400,000
The third installment of a five-year, $2 million grant to establish the New York Life Foundation Wintergarden Programming Series, including children’s entertainment, performances, and celebrations; community health education and outreach activities.

New York Public Library (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture)
$100,000
The final installment of a three-year, $600,000 grant to support the New York Life/Schomburg Center Junior Scholars program, which provides students, ages 11–17, with access to the Center’s comprehensive resources and allows participants to learn about the histories and cultures of people of African descent.

Police Athletic League
$176,000
The first installment of a three-year, $405,000 grant to implement CASTLE — Children’s Academic Success Through Literacy Enhancement — a new after-school and summer program that supports academic achievement in at-risk second, third and fourth graders in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Queens Library Foundation
$122,000
The second installment of a two-year grant to support Teen Tutors, who provide homework help and academic tutoring to approximately 600 children each weekday at the library’s “BOOST” after-school program in 21 branch libraries.

Reading is Fundamental
$20,000
The final installment of a three-year, $201,250 grant to expand the new Family of Readers program, which provides free books to needy children and teaches parents about the importance of literacy, to six cities across the nation.

Save the Children
$195,000
The final installment of a two-year, $585,000 grant to establish the Rural Literacy Program at six schools in impoverished communities in Louisiana and Mississippi, which will provide year round educational programming.

United Activities Unlimited
$225,500
The second installment of a four-year, $459,000 grant to develop Project Succeed, an after-school educational enrichment program at three underserved middle schools on Staten Island’s north shore.