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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.

The AthLife Foundation is a national 501(c)3 non-profit organization, whose aim is to ensure that in our nations most challenged communities, deserving student-athletes can achieve academically, garner the skills to succeed in post-secondary pursuits, and be prepared to compete in their future careers. The AthLife Foundation assists schools in creating the right kind of sport experiences for student-athletes through a platform that develops professional academic-athletic support positions in secondary education.

The East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation enriches the experience of all students by investing in programs and educational enhancements that support the whole child.

The English Speaking Union celebrates English as a shared language to foster global understanding and good will by providing educational and cultural opportunities for students, educators, and members.

Casa de Sara provides education and programs to better the lives of children and their families

To love, educate, and empower families to help end the cycle of generational poverty.

Wild for Cats is the Academic Booster Club for Lake Highlands High School. It is open to all Lake Highlands' families, community members, and organizations in support of academic excellence.

Kinkaid's mission is to promote educational excellence, personal responsibility, and balanced growth; and thereby to help its students discover and develop their talents and achieve their best potentials.

Founded in 1989, Casa di Mir Montessori School has been an essential, private alternative for Silicon-Valley preschool-thru-8th grade students who thrive in a hands-on learning environment. Casa di Mir offers an authentic Montessori education rooted in robust academics and peace education. This unique character-developing approach promotes student confidence, individual responsibility, and a strong sense of global citizenship. And Casa di Mir is the only Montessori school in the South Bay offering preschool thru 8th grade programs.

Farm of the Child USA is a Catholic, non-profit organization that supports Finca del Niño-Honduras, a mission modeled on the Holy Family that educates, protects, and promotes healing and spiritual formation for orphaned and abandoned children, and families in the local community.

Trinity Episcopal School is an independent, coeducational day school for grades 8–12 that prepares students for college and life through rigorous academics (including the International Baccalaureate program), a strong arts and athletics program, and an emphasis on character and inclusive community.

Nuestra Escuela (Our School) is founded on love, where young and adult, like Quixote, accomplish their dreams and goals, creating a better wellbeing for their families. So help us God!