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Our grantee, Literacy Academy Collective, opened its first school in the South Bronx

Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces Request for Proposals from New York Charter Schools to Use EarlyBird to Detect Dyslexia Early

Thank You Employers for Making Job Commitments in the Heckscher Foundation Challenge

$7.6 Million in Grants Will Support Innovative Hiring Programs for State’s Underserved Youth

Heckscher Grantee Quill.org, Major Literacy Player

Heckscher Funded Nursing Workforce Program Endorsed by New York State Senator

The Power of the Heckscher-Funded Transfer Tool

Heckscher Advisor, Lexa Logue, Presents Findings on Key College Transfer Research

MESA Charter/Heckscher Supported Partnership with OppNet in the News

Announcing the Heckscher Foundation Workforce Request for Proposals; Up to $3 Million for Innovative Workforce Programs with Employer Partners

Literacy Academy Collective Featured as Tool to Help Students with Dyslexia

Foundation Partnership Awards $2 Million in Grants to Re-engage Young New Yorkers

Heckscher Funded Study Shows Emergency Grants Increase College Persistence

Announcing Our Newest Heckscher Leadership Fellow John Mogulescu

Cristo Rey High School offers Miami-Dade students a ‘life-changing choice’ for education

Heckscher Funded Study Identifies Importance of School Actors on Enrollment Decisions

What Faculty Know (and Don’t Know) About Transfer—and Why It Matters

Analysis Shows Improved New York Graduation Rates May Be Inflated

EarlyBird Will Screen Over 1,000 Kindergarten and First Graders for Learning Differences in NYC Next School Year

FAFSA Completion Winner – Our Grantee

Heckscher Scholar Alumni Graduates Vassar, Heads to Bank of New York Mellon

Transfer Explorer Improves Course Equivalencies Using Publicly Accessible Tool

Literacy Academy Collective a Featured Component of Mayor Adams’ Program to Address Dyslexia

Heckscher Helped to Turn CUNY Credit Transfer from a “Black Box into an Open Book”

EdTrust-New York’s Findings Shine Light on Need to Support Students To and Through College

ACT Project Allows Improved Credit Transfer between CUNY Institutions

Heckscher Catalyzed Free Public Advertising for FAFSA Completion Tools

How to Get 98% of High School Seniors in a Public High School to Complete the FAFSA – A Case Study

Heckscher Catalyzed NYC Public Libraries to End Overdue Fines

Overgrad Developing Tool To Create Optimized NYC College Lists

CARA Study: Integration of College Access into NYC High Schools

COVID-19: Our Venture Philanthropy Response

A New Resource to Help CUNY Students Transfer Smarter

Heckscher Sponsors Webinar for Non-Profits on Contingency Financial Planning: Watch it Here

Heckscher Sponsors Webinar for Non-Profits on How to Apply for CARES Act: Watch It Here

Announcing the Heckscher Leadership Fellows Program

EdTrust–NY Launches New To&Through Data Tool

SUNY Launches Summer Residential Pilot for First-Gen Students

EdTrust–NY Launches The New York FAFSA Challenge

SUNY Student Emergency Fund Renewed

Internet Connectivity in New York City Public Schools

Behavioral Science Can Help Students Get To and Through College With Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions Guide and Hotline

SUNY Launches Student Emergency Fund Program

Introducing the NYC High School Application Guide