Learning Differences: Recent Grants
Current Grantees
Read by 4th | Philadelphia, PA
$125,000 to support the backbone organization for the collective-impact literacy initiative in Philadelphia.
AIM Institute for Learning & Research | Conshohocken, PA
$150,000 to support AIM Pathways as a transformative teacher training into a unique and highly interactive digital platform.
The Learning Alliance | Vero Beach, FL
$150,000 to support their role as the backbone organization to the Moonshot Moment, a community and systems change initiative around early literacy in Indian River County, FL.
Kindergarten Readiness Collaborative | Vero Beach, FL
$25,000 to support the Collaborative's role in organizing and convening cross-sector community partners as part of the Moonshot Moment to improve the early childcare system and prepare children for kindergarten.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, Inc. | Atlanta, GA
$10,000 to support the implementation of SEE-KS (Social-Emotional Engagement-Knowledge and Skills) for K-5 educators in Carroll County Schools in Georgia.
Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA
$100,000 to support the development of BELS* (Boston Early Literacy Screener) to help teachers and parents have personalized and evidence based responses that help children, especially children with learning differences, reach their full reading potential.
Institute for Sustainable Economic, Educational, Environmental Design (I-SEEED) | Oakland, CA
$20,000 to support the use of Streetwyze app, the world's first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge in Vero Beach Florida.
Eye to Eye* | New York, NY
$100,000 to support the Young Leaders Organizing Institute (OI), which is Eye to Eye’s celebrated leadership development program for its Chapter Leaders.
$125,000 to support the backbone organization for the collective-impact literacy initiative in Philadelphia.
AIM Institute for Learning & Research | Conshohocken, PA
$150,000 to support AIM Pathways as a transformative teacher training into a unique and highly interactive digital platform.
The Learning Alliance | Vero Beach, FL
$150,000 to support their role as the backbone organization to the Moonshot Moment, a community and systems change initiative around early literacy in Indian River County, FL.
Kindergarten Readiness Collaborative | Vero Beach, FL
$25,000 to support the Collaborative's role in organizing and convening cross-sector community partners as part of the Moonshot Moment to improve the early childcare system and prepare children for kindergarten.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, Inc. | Atlanta, GA
$10,000 to support the implementation of SEE-KS (Social-Emotional Engagement-Knowledge and Skills) for K-5 educators in Carroll County Schools in Georgia.
Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA
$100,000 to support the development of BELS* (Boston Early Literacy Screener) to help teachers and parents have personalized and evidence based responses that help children, especially children with learning differences, reach their full reading potential.
Institute for Sustainable Economic, Educational, Environmental Design (I-SEEED) | Oakland, CA
$20,000 to support the use of Streetwyze app, the world's first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge in Vero Beach Florida.
Eye to Eye* | New York, NY
$100,000 to support the Young Leaders Organizing Institute (OI), which is Eye to Eye’s celebrated leadership development program for its Chapter Leaders.
Past Grantees
Understood.org*
$500,000 to support the continual development of this on-line parent resource and the associated outreach into multiple communities.
Dyslexic Advantage* | Seattle, WA
$150,000 to support The Dyslexic Advantage 2015 Conference on Dyslexia and Innovation which brought together a new constituency of passionate, successful dyslexics by tapping into the fields of venture philanthropy, social media, and innovation.
Edge Foundation | Seattle, WA
$50,000 to support Edge Foundation's work to create support for students with executive functioning challenges through student coaching.
Eye to Eye* | New York, NY
$75,000 to support Eye to Eye’s annual Young Leader's Organizing Institute, which inspires the Eye to Eye Chapter Student Coordinators to be leaders, trains them on how to operate their own chapters, and connects them with peers to build a community.
Ramapo for Children | New York, NY
$75,000 to support the Parents as Leaders program, workshops specifically designed for parents of children with learning differences with an emphasis on the social and emotional health of children.
CAST | Wakefield, MA
$150,000 to support the development of an on-line training program that enables teachers to create a positive climate for students with learning and/or attention differences and reduce conditions that lead to the stigmatization of these students in the classroom.
*EHTF provided seed funding to these organizations.
$500,000 to support the continual development of this on-line parent resource and the associated outreach into multiple communities.
Dyslexic Advantage* | Seattle, WA
$150,000 to support The Dyslexic Advantage 2015 Conference on Dyslexia and Innovation which brought together a new constituency of passionate, successful dyslexics by tapping into the fields of venture philanthropy, social media, and innovation.
Edge Foundation | Seattle, WA
$50,000 to support Edge Foundation's work to create support for students with executive functioning challenges through student coaching.
Eye to Eye* | New York, NY
$75,000 to support Eye to Eye’s annual Young Leader's Organizing Institute, which inspires the Eye to Eye Chapter Student Coordinators to be leaders, trains them on how to operate their own chapters, and connects them with peers to build a community.
Ramapo for Children | New York, NY
$75,000 to support the Parents as Leaders program, workshops specifically designed for parents of children with learning differences with an emphasis on the social and emotional health of children.
CAST | Wakefield, MA
$150,000 to support the development of an on-line training program that enables teachers to create a positive climate for students with learning and/or attention differences and reduce conditions that lead to the stigmatization of these students in the classroom.
*EHTF provided seed funding to these organizations.