2019 Grant Recipients
- prepares each student for college.
Boston Latin School Association
- Seeks to ground its students in a contemporary classical education to prepare for successful college studies, responsible and engaged citizenship, and a rewarding life.
- Prepares students to succeed in four-year colleges and embody, in thought and action, lifelong ethical growth.
Bridge Boston Charter School
- Provides a challenging, joyful, inclusive public school community that values close partnerships with families and a focus on the whole child.
- Provides the local giving platform supporting Cambridge's shared prosperity, social equity, and cultural richness.
- Serving boys and girls of all faiths from grades 7 – 12 operating as an urban, multicultural, independent, Catholic college prep school in Boston’s historic South End.
- Is building a movement around real-world learning, a pipeline of mentors, and the capacity of schools and communities to deliver a new approach - one that will help students develop the skills, mindsets and networks to thrive in the 21st century economy.
- Recruits, connects, and advances professionals from diverse backgrounds to solve problems from outside of the classroom so students and teachers succeed inside the classroom.
- Develops and drives forward bold, new ideas that can transform the American public education system to better serve all students, especially low-income students and students of color.
- Works to ensure that the voices of classroom teachers are included in the decisions that affect our profession and our students.
Edward Brooke Charter Schools
- Dedicated to getting under-served students to and through college operating as a free, open enrollment K-12 public charter school network in Boston.
Excel Academy Charter Schools
- Serving East Boston, Chelsea, and the surrounding communities operating as a network of tuition-free, public charter middle schools.
- Is an all-volunteer organization committed to making the dream of college a reality for students at the Harvard-Kent Elementary School.
- Prepares students in underserved communities for success in college and in life as a network of free, open-enrollment, college-prep public schools.
- Serves, supports, and advocates for Massachusetts charter public schools as they strive to achieve the goals of their charters.
Mass INC
- Shapes public policy with a mission to promote a public agenda for the middle class and to help all citizens achieve the American Dream as an independent think tank using non-partisan research, civic journalism and public forums to stimulate debate.
- Represents employers committed to ensuring EVERY student graduates high school prepared for success in college and career.
- Provides an independent voice of parents, advocating for children across Massachusetts.
- Prepares students for success in college and careers as an innovative, high-performing free public school in Boston.
- Seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy solutions based on free market principles, individual liberty and responsibility, and the ideal of effective, limited and accountable government.
- Prepares its students to enter, succeed in, and graduate from college
Teach for America
- Enlists, develops, and mobilizes as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence.
U*Aspire
- Educates and offers guidance about college affordability.
WGBH
- Is a trusted source of content that promotes educational equity, delights its audiences, and inspires everyone to engage with the world around them.
Year-Up
- Brings talented young adults and top companies together to launch careers, power business, and build community.
2018 Grant Recipients
- prepares each student for college.
Boston Latin School Association
- Seeks to ground its students in a contemporary classical education to prepare for successful college studies, responsible and engaged citizenship, and a rewarding life.
- Prepares students to succeed in four-year colleges and embody, in thought and action, lifelong ethical growth.
Bridge Boston Charter School
- Provides a challenging, joyful, inclusive public school community that values close partnerships with families and a focus on the whole child.
- Provides the local giving platform supporting Cambridge's shared prosperity, social equity, and cultural richness.
- Serving boys and girls of all faiths from grades 7 – 12 operating as an urban, multicultural, independent, Catholic college prep school in Boston’s historic South End.
- Is building a movement around real-world learning, a pipeline of mentors, and the capacity of schools and communities to deliver a new approach - one that will help students develop the skills, mindsets and networks to thrive in the 21st century economy.
- Recruits, connects, and advances professionals from diverse backgrounds to solve problems from outside of the classroom so students and teachers succeed inside the classroom.
- Develops and drives forward bold, new ideas that can transform the American public education system to better serve all students, especially low-income students and students of color.
- Works to ensure that the voices of classroom teachers are included in the decisions that affect our profession and our students.
Edward Brooke Charter Schools
- Dedicated to getting under-served students to and through college operating as a free, open enrollment K-12 public charter school network in Boston.
- Partners with communities to empower educators, helping get the schools they want for students to succeed at school and life.
Excel Academy Charter Schools
- Serving East Boston, Chelsea, and the surrounding communities operating as a network of tuition-free, public charter middle schools.
- Is an all-volunteer organization committed to making the dream of college a reality for students at the Harvard-Kent Elementary School.
- Prepares students in underserved communities for success in college and in life as a network of free, open-enrollment, college-prep public schools.
- Prepares students of Springfield for academic success and engaged citizenship through insistence on rigorous, challenging work.
- Serves, supports, and advocates for Massachusetts charter public schools as they strive to achieve the goals of their charters.
Mass INC
- Shapes public policy with a mission to promote a public agenda for the middle class and to help all citizens achieve the American Dream as an independent think tank using non-partisan research, civic journalism and public forums to stimulate debate.
- Provides an independent voice of parents, advocating for children across Massachusetts.
- Prepares students for success in college and careers as an innovative, high-performing free public school in Boston.
- Challenges resilient, disconnected students with rigorous academics and relentless supports, so they take ownership of their futures and succeed in high school, college and as self-sufficient adults.
- Seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy solutions based on free market principles, individual liberty and responsibility, and the ideal of effective, limited and accountable government.
The Prospect Hill Academy
- Prepares each student for success in college, inspires a lifelong love of learning, and fosters responsible citizenship.
Teach for America
- Enlists, develops, and mobilizes as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence.
U*Aspire
- Educates and offers guidance about college affordability.
WGBH
- Is a trusted source of content that promotes educational equity, delights its audiences, and inspires everyone to engage with the world around them.
Year-Up
- Brings talented young adults and top companies together to launch careers, power business, and build community.
2017 Grant Recipients
- prepares each student for college.
- Helps to build a fundraising and program operations' capacity for public schools in Boston.
Boston Latin School Association
- Seeks to ground its students in a contemporary classical education to prepare for successful college studies, responsible and engaged citizenship, and a rewarding life.
- Prepares students to succeed in four-year colleges and embody, in thought and action, lifelong ethical growth.
Bridge Boston Charter School
- Provides a challenging, joyful, inclusive public school community that values close partnerships with families and a focus on the whole child.
- Provides the local giving platform supporting Cambridge's shared prosperity, social equity, and cultural richness.
- Serving boys and girls of all faiths from grades 7 – 12 operating as an urban, multicultural, independent, Catholic college prep school in Boston’s historic South End.
- Is building a movement around real-world learning, a pipeline of mentors, and the capacity of schools and communities to deliver a new approach - one that will help students develop the skills, mindsets and networks to thrive in the 21st century economy.
- Recruits, connects, and advances professionals from diverse backgrounds to solve problems from outside of the classroom so students and teachers succeed inside the classroom.
- Works to ensure that the voices of classroom teachers are included in the decisions that affect our profession and our students.
Edward Brooke Charter Schools
- Dedicated to getting under-served students to and through college operating as a free, open enrollment K-12 public charter school network in Boston.
- Partners with communities to empower educators, helping get the schools they want for students to succeed at school and life.
Excel Academy Charter Schools
- Serving East Boston, Chelsea, and the surrounding communities operating as a network of tuition-free, public charter middle schools.
- Prepares students in underserved communities for success in college and in life as a network of free, open-enrollment, college-prep public schools.
Lesley University
- Offers pre-college programs to high-school students as a private university in Cambridge, MA.
Mass INC
- Shapes public policy with a mission to promote a public agenda for the middle class and to help all citizens achieve the American Dream as an independent think tank using non-partisan research, civic journalism and public forums to stimulate debate.
- Provides an independent voice of parents, advocating for children across Massachusetts.
- Prepares students for success in college and careers as an innovative, high-performing free public school in Boston.
- Challenges resilient, disconnected students with rigorous academics and relentless supports, so they take ownership of their futures and succeed in high school, college and as self-sufficient adults.
- Seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy solutions based on free market principles, individual liberty and responsibility, and the ideal of effective, limited and accountable government.
The Prospect Hill Academy
- Prepares each student for success in college, inspires a lifelong love of learning, and fosters responsible citizenship.
Teach for America
- Enlists, develops, and mobilizes as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence.
U*Aspire
- Educates and offers guidance about college affordability.
UNICEF
- Works for a more equitable world by fighting for the rights of children.
WGBH
- Is a trusted source of content that promotes educational equity, delights its audiences, and inspires everyone to engage with the world around them.
Year-Up
- Brings talented young adults and top companies together to launch careers, power business, and build community.
2016 Grant Recipients
Beacon Academy
- Provides a rigorous curriculum with Spanish language integration in an environment built around a culture of positive character development and committed parental involvement.
Boston Latin School Association
- Seeks to ground its students in a contemporary classical education to prepare for successful college studies, responsible and engaged citizenship, and a rewarding life.
- Serving boys and girls of all faiths from grades 7 – 12 operating as an urban, multicultural, independent, Catholic college prep school in Boston’s historic South End.
- Is building a movement around real-world learning, a pipeline of mentors, and the capacity of schools and communities to deliver a new approach - one that will help students develop the skills, mindsets and networks to thrive in the 21st century economy.
Educators 4 Excellence
- Works to ensure that the voices of classroom teachers are included in the decisions that affect our profession and our students.
Edward Brooke Charter Schools
- Dedicated to getting under-served students to and through college operating as a free, open enrollment K-12 public charter school network in Boston.
Excel Academy Charter Schools
- Serving East Boston, Chelsea, and the surrounding communities operating as a network of tuition-free, public charter middle schools.
- Prepares students in underserved communities for success in college and in life as a network of free, open-enrollment, college-prep public schools.
Lesley University
- Offers pre-college programs to high-school students as a private university in Cambridge, MA.
Mass INC
- Shapes public policy with a mission to promote a public agenda for the middle class and to help all citizens achieve the American Dream as an independent think tank using non-partisan research, civic journalism and public forums to stimulate debate.
Match Charter Public School
- Prepares students for success in college and careers as an innovative, high-performing free public school in Boston.
Pioneer Institute
- Seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy solutions based on free market principles, individual liberty and responsibility, and the ideal of effective, limited and accountable government.
The Prospect Hill Academy
- Prepares each student for success in college, inspires a lifelong love of learning, and fosters responsible citizenship.
Stand for Children
- Works to ensure that all children, regardless of background, graduate high school prepared for and with access to a college education.
Teach for America
- Enlists, develops, and mobilizes as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence.
U*Aspire
- Educates and offers guidance about college affordability.
UNICEF
- Works for a more equitable world by fighting for the rights of children.
WGBH
- Is a trusted source of content that promotes educational equity, delights its audiences, and inspires everyone to engage with the world around them.
2015 Grant Recipients
Beacon Academy
- Provides a rigorous curriculum with Spanish language integration in an environment built around a culture of positive character development and committed parental involvement.
Boston Latin School Association
- Seeks to ground its students in a contemporary classical education to prepare for successful college studies, responsible and engaged citizenship, and a rewarding life.
- Serving boys and girls of all faiths from grades 7 – 12 operating as an urban, multicultural, independent, Catholic college prep school in Boston’s historic South End.
Educators 4 Excellence
- Works to ensure that the voices of classroom teachers are included in the decisions that affect our profession and our students.
Edward Brooke Charter Schools
- Dedicated to getting under-served students to and through college operating as a free, open enrollment K-12 public charter school network in Boston.
Excel Academy Charter Schools
- Serving East Boston, Chelsea, and the surrounding communities operating as a network of tuition-free, public charter middle schools.
Holy Name Parish School
- Provides all students with a challenging, empowering, responsibility yielding work environment while integrating value formation and faith development.
- Prepares students in underserved communities for success in college and in life as a network of free, open-enrollment, college-prep public schools.
Lesley University
- Offers pre-college programs to high-school students as a private university in Cambridge, MA.
Mass INC
- Shapes public policy with a mission to promote a public agenda for the middle class and to help all citizens achieve the American Dream as an independent think tank using non-partisan research, civic journalism and public forums to stimulate debate.
Match Charter Public School
- Prepares students for success in college and careers as an innovative, high-performing free public school in Boston.
Pioneer Institute
- Seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy solutions based on free market principles, individual liberty and responsibility, and the ideal of effective, limited and accountable government.
The Prospect Hill Academy
- Prepares each student for success in college, inspires a lifelong love of learning, and fosters responsible citizenship.
Root Cause
- Works to improve the performance of organizations and funders in a wide range of social service sectors including economic empowerment, education and youth development, and health and well-being.
Stand for Children
- Works to ensure that all children, regardless of background, graduate high school prepared for and with access to a college education.
Teach for America
- Enlists, develops, and mobilizes as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence.
The Boston Foundation
- Works as a manager of charitable assets, a major funder of nonprofit organizations, and a civic leader and convener.
U*Aspire
- Educates and offers guidance about college affordability.
UNICEF
- Works for a more equitable world by fighting for the rights of children.
WGBH
- Is a trusted source of content that promotes educational equity, delights its audiences, and inspires everyone to engage with the world around them.
2014 Grant Recipients
Beacon Academy
- Provides a rigorous curriculum with Spanish language integration in an environment built around a culture of positive character development and committed parental involvement.
Boston Latin School Association
- Seeks to ground its students in a contemporary classical education to prepare for successful college studies, responsible and engaged citizenship, and a rewarding life.
Cathedral High School
- Serving boys and girls of all faiths from grades 7 – 12 operating as an urban, multicultural, independent, Catholic college prep school in Boston’s historic South End.
Edward Brooke Charter Schools
- Dedicated to getting under-served students to and through college operating as a free, open enrollment K-8 public charter school network in Boston.
Excel Academy Charter Schools
- Serving East Boston, Chelsea, and the surrounding communities operating as a network of tuition-free, public charter middle schools.
- Prepares students in underserved communities for success in college and in life as a network of free, open-enrollment, college-prep public schools.
Lesley University
- Offers pre-college programs to high-school students as a private university in Cambridge, MA.
Mass INC
- Shapes public policy with a mission is to promote a public agenda for the middle class and to help all citizens achieve the American Dream as an independent think tank using non-partisan research, civic journalism and public forums to stimulate debate.
Match Charter Public School
- Prepares students for success in college and careersas an innovative, high-performing free public school in Boston.
Pioneer Institute
- Seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy solutions based on free market principles, individual liberty and responsibility, and the ideal of effective, limited and accountable government.
The Prospect Hill Academy
- Prepares each student for success in college, inspires a lifelong love of learning, and fosters responsible citizenship.
Robert Frost Charter School
- Strives to create life-long learners by providing an intellectually rich and challenging experience to develop 21st Century Skills through a blending of Montessori tradition and Project-Based Learning.
Root Cause
- Works to improve the performance of organizations and funders in a wide range of social service sectors including economic empowerment, education and youth development, and health and well-being.
Stand for Children
- Works to ensure that all children, regardless of background, graduate high school prepared for and with access to a college education.
Teach for America
- Enlists, develops, and mobilizes as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence.
The Boston Foundation
- Works as a manager of charitable assets, a major funder of nonprofit organizations, and a civic leader and convener.
U*Aspire
- Educates and offers guidance about college affordability.
UNICEF
- Works for a more equitable world by fighting for the rights of children.
WGBH
- Is a trusted source of content that promotes educational equity, delights its audiences, and inspires everyone to engage with the world around them.