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The Teagle Foundation has long felt that it has a special responsibility to the community within which it operates and over the years has contributed to a wide-range of organizations that work with young people in New York City. To honor this commitment and to align our giving in this area with our concern for access to higher education, we developed College-Community Connections. This program is designed to forge collaborations between community service organizations that have strong college preparatory programs and private colleges and universities in the New York City metropolitan area. The overall goals of this program are:
- To learn what types of academic enrichment work best for community service programs in New York City.
- To enhance the college-readiness of highly talented but disadvantaged students that are served by the community service organizations we currently fund.
- To provide opportunities for faculty and undergraduate students at area colleges and universities to work with these students.
- To encourage these students to aim high in setting their academic goals, and to succeed in reaching them.
College-Community Connections provides $40,000 grants to community service organizations for college preparatory programming:
The program also makes $25,000 grants to private area colleges and universities to partner with one of the community service organizations we fund and to develop an academic program that takes advantage of the cultural resources of New York City:
Adelphi University, to partner with Groundwork, Inc.
Barnard College, to partner with Harlem Educational Activities Fund
Columbia University, to partner with the Double Discovery Center
Drew University, to partner with Union Settlement Association
Fordham University, to partner with Citizens Advice Bureau
The New School, to partner with East Side House Settlement
New York University, to partner with Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America
Pace University, to partner with The Boys' Club of New York
Sarah Lawrence College, to partner with Prep for Prep
Vassar College, to partner with Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
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