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Lee Pesky Learning Center works together with students, families, schools, and communities to understand and overcome obstacles to learning. We specialize in improving the lives of people with learning disabilities through prevention, evaluation, treatment, and research

Legal Outreach prepares youth from underserved communities in New York City to compete at high academic levels, using intensive legal and educational programs to foster vision, develop skills, and facilitate the pursuit of higher education. We use legal programs as a catalyst to inspire young people to pursue academic excellence, but our main goal is to equip them with strong academic skills. Using professional exposure activities to draw in applicants, we identify promising eighth-grade students from underserved communities in New York City and immerse them in a rigorous, four-year regimen of academic instruction and support, known as “College Bound.” Meeting after school, on weekends, and during the summers throughout high school, our College Bound program gives each student more than 2,300 hours of additional college preparation and guidance.

Our GOAL is to be an integral part of the community by delivering enrichment services that foster hope and promote life-long learning and success for our inner-city youth and citizens. 

Our VisionAn Oregon where every child can read and is empowered to succeed. Our MissionWe engage community volunteers to read one-on-one with PreK-3rd grade children who need literacy support. Participating children also receive new books each month - up to 14 each year - to keep and read with their families.

The Southwest School of Art & Craft teaches, preserves, and advances the visual arts. We expand the creative potential of our community and connect cultures of the world through participatory learning experiences. In addition, its purpose is also to preserve and present the former Ursuline Convent and Academy as a place of historic significance.

Street School, Inc. is a tuition-free, non-profit alternative education and therapeutic counseling program whose mission is to create a supportive community for students who have chosen to continue their education in a non-traditional setting. Street School's goal is to reduce the high school-dropout rate and provide at-risk students the skills necessary to be college and career ready. Street School focuses on students who are committed not only to their education, but also to resolving substance-abuse problems, learning and practicing life skills and dealing with behavioral issues. Enrollment in 1974 was 35 students, this year we served 130 and had to turn almost as many away.

Our mission is to help low-income teenagers transform what they believe is possible for themselves and develop the skills they need to become college educated leaders who give back to their families and communities.

Ray United FC uses the power of education and soccer to help develop healthy kids and communities. Through community development programs and in partnership with local schools, Ray United FC refurbishes dilapidated schools and brings kids together to improve their soccer skills, promote healthy behaviors, and strengthen sportsmanship. All programs are inspired by respect, benefit, and sustainability.

The mission of the Circus Project is to utilize the unique power of circus arts to transcend social barriers and inspire personal transformation while contributing to the development of circus as an art form.

To empower, promote and support all women and their families through education, outreach, philanthorpy and social services.

Our Mission is to create Teen-Led, Teen-DrivenTM centers focused on empowering the youth of today to become the impassioned, resilient leaders of tomorrow. We serve all local teens - 5th -12th grade - in need of a place to belong, become empowered and discover who they are!

Reach, teach, and connect children with God and His people.