2004 GRANTS
Big Brother Big Sister of Greater Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA $2,000
The Pathways program provides at-risk youth with personal mentoring, life skills training, entreprenerutial training and financial incentives to successfully graduate from high school and begin life as an adult.
The Crib Collective
Chicago, IL $3,000
Support for Black and Latino youth to build meaningful cross-cultural relationships and to design four smll high schools that will serve their segregated communities.
Girls' LEAP
Cambridge, MA $4,000
A self-defense curriculum for girls from underserved communities that focuses on building self-esteem by encouraging self-awareness.
Idaho Community Action Network
Boise, ID $3,000
The Youth Leadership Project develops leadership and community organizing skills among low-income youth working for social justice.
Life Learning Academy
(F.A. Delancey Street Foundation)
San Francisco, CA $5,000
The Living Classroom Project involves creating and learning from a native plant garden and wildlife habitat, ornamental beds, and outdoor interactive classroom areas.
The Neighborhood Academy
Pittsburgh, PA $3,000
This college prep high school for low-income, inner-city youth provides an extended school day and year in addition to small classes, counseling, meals, tutoring, and an emphasis on spritual and character development.
Ophelia Project
Erie, PA $4,000
The RAPS (Relationships Are Pathways to Success) Program is an after-school program for at-risk inner-city middle school students that focuses on mentoring, journal writing, sharing cultural experience and building self-awareness.
