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09.07.23
Our grantee, Literacy Academy Collective, opened its first school in the South Bronx
09.06.23
Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces Request for Proposals from New York Charter Schools to Use EarlyBird to Detect Dyslexia Early
08.10.23
Thank You Employers for Making Job Commitments in the Heckscher Foundation Challenge
07.18.23
$7.6 Million in Grants Will Support Innovative Hiring Programs for State’s Underserved Youth
04.11.23
Heckscher Grantee Quill.org, Major Literacy Player
03.31.23
Heckscher Funded Nursing Workforce Program Endorsed by New York State Senator
03.22.23
The Power of the Heckscher-Funded Transfer Tool
02.27.23
Heckscher Advisor, Lexa Logue, Presents Findings on Key College Transfer Research
02.24.23
MESA Charter/Heckscher Supported Partnership with OppNet in the News
01.18.23
Announcing the Heckscher Foundation Workforce Request for Proposals; Up to $3 Million for Innovative Workforce Programs with Employer Partners
12.16.22
Literacy Academy Collective Featured as Tool to Help Students with Dyslexia
11.22.22
Foundation Partnership Awards $2 Million in Grants to Re-engage Young New Yorkers
10.26.22
Heckscher Funded Study Shows Emergency Grants Increase College Persistence
09.27.22
Announcing Our Newest Heckscher Leadership Fellow John Mogulescu
09.12.22
Cristo Rey High School offers Miami-Dade students a ‘life-changing choice’ for education
09.08.22
Heckscher Funded Study Identifies Importance of School Actors on Enrollment Decisions
09.08.22
What Faculty Know (and Don’t Know) About Transfer—and Why It Matters
08.08.22
Analysis Shows Improved New York Graduation Rates May Be Inflated
06.29.22
EarlyBird Will Screen Over 1,000 Kindergarten and First Graders for Learning Differences in NYC Next School Year
06.29.22
FAFSA Completion Winner – Our Grantee
06.28.22
Heckscher Scholar Alumni Graduates Vassar, Heads to Bank of New York Mellon
06.02.22
Transfer Explorer Improves Course Equivalencies Using Publicly Accessible Tool
05.12.22
Literacy Academy Collective a Featured Component of Mayor Adams’ Program to Address Dyslexia
04.21.22
Heckscher Helped to Turn CUNY Credit Transfer from a “Black Box into an Open Book”
04.13.22
EdTrust-New York’s Findings Shine Light on Need to Support Students To and Through College
02.18.22
ACT Project Allows Improved Credit Transfer between CUNY Institutions
01.25.22
Heckscher Catalyzed Free Public Advertising for FAFSA Completion Tools
01.10.22
How to Get 98% of High School Seniors in a Public High School to Complete the FAFSA – A Case Study
10.19.21
Heckscher Catalyzed NYC Public Libraries to End Overdue Fines
02.08.21
Overgrad Developing Tool To Create Optimized NYC College Lists
01.19.21
CARA Study: Integration of College Access into NYC High Schools
07.16.20
COVID-19: Our Venture Philanthropy Response
06.05.20
A New Resource to Help CUNY Students Transfer Smarter
05.13.20
Heckscher Sponsors Webinar for Non-Profits on Contingency Financial Planning: Watch it Here
04.09.20
Heckscher Sponsors Webinar for Non-Profits on How to Apply for CARES Act: Watch It Here
03.31.20
Announcing the Heckscher Leadership Fellows Program
10.17.19
EdTrust–NY Launches New To&Through Data Tool
05.31.19
SUNY Launches Summer Residential Pilot for First-Gen Students
03.05.19
EdTrust–NY Launches The New York FAFSA Challenge
02.26.19
SUNY Student Emergency Fund Renewed
07.31.18
Internet Connectivity in New York City Public Schools
05.02.18
Behavioral Science Can Help Students Get To and Through College With Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions Guide and Hotline
11.18.17
SUNY Launches Student Emergency Fund Program
09.20.17
Introducing the NYC High School Application Guide