Our Grants

Alder Graduate School of Education trains and empowers excellent teachers to create long term success for schools across California. Our grant supports its work to recruit, prepare, and place 1,900 teachers in CA schools statewide to improve learning opportunities and lifelong success for students.

One of the largest and most successful public charter school networks in the country, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools works to close the opportunity gap for over 12,000 scholars attending its 26 middle and high schools in Los Angeles’ most underserved communities. Although students arrive at Alliance an average of three grade levels behind, nearly all Alliance seniors graduate, with 97% accepted to college and 84% admitted to a four-year college or university.

Aspire Public Schools aims to transform the disproportionate outcomes for predominantly Black and Latinx students that are a product of a system that does not adequately educate everyone. Aspire operates 36 community-based schools, serving over 15,200 students in California, and teachers and parents work closely together to ensure students are ready to succeed in college, careers, and life.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America provides a safe place for kids and teens to learn and grow. Our grant supports 18 Boys & Girls Club organizations in Los Angeles County, serving more than 50,000 youth across 170 Club facilities.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles aims to enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. The organization seeks to create a safe space that empowers all Club members to learn, explore, achieve, and dream by offering nationally recognized, research-based programs and activities in three core areas: Academic Success, Good Character and Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles. Our grant enables the Clubs’ expansion in Inglewood.

California State Alliance of YMCAs represents California’s independent charitable YMCA associations in advocacy and collaboration. The Alliance works to support these associations and leverage their collective impact in the areas of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. It does this through advocacy, technical assistance, and facilitating collaboration and partnerships.

Camino Nuevo Charter Academy (CNCA) operates on the belief that every student deserves the opportunity to attend a great school, changing the trajectory of students’ lives and helping reverse educational and economic inequities in their communities. Currently, six CNCA schools across seven campuses in Los Angeles are educating 3,200 students from early childhood to high school, with graduates earning bachelor’s degrees at over three times the rate of low-income students nationwide.

Catalyst California strategizes with community partners to identify funding, services and opportunities in California’s statewide public systems that can be redistributed for more just outcomes, with the goal of promoting racial equity and building a foundation so that every Californian may thrive.

City Year Los Angeles partners with LA and Inglewood Unified School Districts to create equitable learning opportunities for all students, supporting educators to deliver instruction that is responsive to diverse racial, cultural, and linguistic needs. City Year Los Angeles Americorp members help the students of Los Angeles thrive by serving as tutors, mentors, and role models – and more than 76% of students working with City Year LA improved their test scores.

Communities In Schools of Los Angeles provides students in Los Angeles public schools the support needed to develop the emotional, social, and learning skills required to graduate high school ready for meaningful employment or higher education. Our grant supports CISLA’s five-year strategic plan to expand its post-secondary support and to develop summer programming to support the social-emotional learning needs of young people in communities facing systemic barriers.

The Diversity in Leadership Institute creates equitable outcomes for Black and Latinx students by building a movement of racially diverse and culturally competent public education leaders. Our grant supports increased capacity to build a strong and sustainable administrator pipeline reflective of California’s public school communities.

The Expanded Learning Alliance (ExpandLA) is a countywide effort to reimagine where and when joyful learning happens by making the most of the time youth have beyond the school day. ExpandLA supports, connects, and advocates for expanded learning opportunities that provide equitable access for all children and youth in the LA area.

Great Public Schools Now (GPSN) catalyzes the transformation of Los Angeles’ public education system so that students of color and students living in poverty gain the knowledge, skills, and experiences to lead thriving adult lives. GPSN approaches this through school improvement, expanded afterschool and summer learning programs, and collective action to advance student-centered policies.

Green Dot Public Schools is a network of charter schools in Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; and Beaumont, Texas. Green Dot is focused on the reduction of poverty through college attainment. Students with GPAs lower than 2.5 are at the highest risk of experiencing chronic absenteeism, dropping out, and not attending college. Our grant supports Green Dot’s investments in advisors to support hundreds of Black high school students at five focus schools in earning GPAs above the 2.5 necessary to apply to and enroll in competitive colleges.

Heart of Los Angeles offers youth in Los Angeles’ most overlooked neighborhoods exceptional, free, integrated programs and personalized guidance in a trusted, nurturing environment. Our grant supports expansion so more kids and communities can benefit from Heart of Los Angeles’ comprehensive array of after-school and summer academic, arts, athletics, and wellness programs.

Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) tackles systemic barriers by offering kids a comprehensive array of after school academic, arts, athletics, and wellness programs. Our grant helps support HOLA’s programming in south Los Angeles.

Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) is a nonpartisan organization committed to ensuring political and economic parity for Latinas through leadership, advocacy, and education to benefit all communities and the status of women. Our grant supports increased capacity for the HOPE Leadership Institute (HLI) to provide education leadership training to Los Angeles-based Latina professionals and the establishment of a formal HLI alumni affinity network.

Inner City Education Foundation (ICEF) operates seven schools that educate over 2,500 students in grades TK through 12, welcoming a diverse student population (65% Black / 35% Latino) from culturally rich families seeking enhanced educational opportunities. ICEF has established itself as a leader in closing learning gaps for ​Black & Latinx/e students in California.

InnerCity Struggle aims to cultivate a vibrant, multigenerational, and civically engaged Eastside of Los Angeles that ensures racial justice, quality education, equitable economy, and a healthy built environment for residents most affected by systemic injustices. InnerCity Struggle builds power through community, training, and direct action campaigns to advance justice, life opportunities, and dignity in the Eastside.

For over 20 years, KIPP SoCal has been committed to providing equitable educational access to all students in Southern California. Through its rigorous, joyful, and academically excellent schools that respond to and embrace the aspirations of its students, families, and communities, KIPP SoCal has positively impacted more than 18,000 students from historically under-resourced communities.

Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC) aims to serve the evolving needs of the Korean American population in the greater Los Angeles area as well as the multiethnic Koreatown community. KYCC is the leading multiservice organization in Koreatown, supporting children and their families in the areas of education, health, housing, and finances. Its programs and services are directed toward recently immigrated, economically disadvantaged youth and families, and promote community socioeconomic empowerment.

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) develops and maintains advanced standards for educators and offers a national, voluntary assessment based on these standards. Our grant helps NBPTS to advance its California Black Board Certified Teacher Initiative to significantly increase the number of Black National Board Certified Teachers in California and nationwide.

Bresee battles poverty by empowering youth and families in Los Angeles with the skills, resources, and relationships necessary to thrive, serving more than 3,000 youth and family members each year.

Partnership for Los Angeles Schools is one of the largest, in-district public school transformation organizations in the U.S. It manages 20 LA Unified schools and builds the capacity of school leaders, teachers, families, and community partners to enable long-term progress and student achievement.

Teach For America is a diverse network of leaders who confront educational inequity by teaching for a minimum of two years and then working with unwavering commitment across all sectors of society to make educational equity a reality. Our grant supports Teach For America Los Angeles in finding, developing, and supporting these leaders who expand opportunities for children as teachers and lifelong advocates.

The Education Trust-West advocates for educational justice and the high academic achievement of all California students, pre-k through college, particularly students of color and students living in poverty. The organization works to close achievement and opportunity gaps through research, data, policy analysis, and legislative advocacy.

TNTP seeks to end the injustice of educational inequality by providing excellent teachers to the students who need them most and by advancing policies and practices that ensure effective teaching in every classroom. Our grant supports the LA Teacher Preparation Program (LATPP) which seeks to address the shortage of teachers prepared to support multilingual learners, the fastest growing and yet most historically underserved student group in LA County. LATPP is a Grow-Your-Own talent pipeline strategy that aims to recruit and train teachers from within communities to serve local schools.

Woodcraft Rangers guides young people as they explore pathways to purposeful lives, anchored in a holistic educational framework that encompasses all areas of a young person’s development: body, mind, spirit, and service.