The following grants have been made to date by the Foundation during 2009.

Asian Center of Merrimack Valley, Inc., Lawrence, MA
www.asiancentermv.org
$12,000
Support for the Family Literacy Program including pre-school and parental literacy components.

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Boston, MA
www.bcnc.net
$25,000
To support The Acorn Center for Early Education and Care providing bilingual child care to children ages 15 months to five years.

Children’s Literacy Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
www.CLIontheweb.org
$25,000
To support coaching, children’s book collections and related materials to teachers of prekindergarten and kindergarten children attending seven Brooklyn public schools.

The Community Adolescent Resource and Resource Education Center, Inc., Holyoke, MA
www.carecenterholyoke.org
$25,000
To support the Expression Through Arts and Culture program for the benefit of pregnant and parenting teens, and their children. Final part of a three year grant.

Education Clinic, New York, NY
www.saedclinic.org
$10,000
To support a comprehensive literacy program for children ages 3-6 who are enrolled in Central Harlem pre-schools.

Learning Through an Expanded Arts Program, Inc.
New York, NY
www.leapnyc.org
$25,000
Support for the Active Learning Leads to Literacy (ALLL) program for children in kindergarten through the second grade.

Queens Botanical Garden Society, Inc., Flushing, NY
www.queensbotanical.org
$5,000
Support for development and delivery of children’s programming.

River East Elementary School, PS 37, New York, NY
$1,000
To support arts programming at PS 37.

Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
www.92Y.org
$30,000
Support for the Schools Partnership Program providing in-class arts instruction for New York City public school children in pre-kindergarten and first grade.