$24 million over three years to begin implementation of the business plans created by Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC, allocated as follows:
 
Boston After School & Beyond
Boston, MA
$8 million over three years
To pilot an innovative out-of-school time strategy to reach those elementary students attending failing schools and at highest risk of falling behind.
 
After School Matters
Chicago, IL
$8 million over three years
To lead a citywide effort with Chicago’s Department of Children & Youth Services to build a system that supports increased teen participation in high quality out-of-school time services.

DC’s Children & Youth Investment Trust Corporation 
Washington, DC
$8 million over three years
To lead a citywide effort to build a more effective approach to serving the needs of middle school youth beyond the school day.

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Learning in Communities
Grants Awarded September 2005

Learning in Communities Innovation Sites awarded planning grants.

Boston After School & Beyond, Inc.
Boston, MA
$675,000 over 5 months
To identify strategies to engage students more effectively through stronger alignment of school and community resources.

Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$660,000 over 5 months
To map and analyze existing supply of teen-oriented OST programs and identify the geographic and programmatic areas in which teens are not being served.

DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation
Washington, DC
$650,000 over 5 months
To define goals and target outcomes for the middle school population and engage more active and sustained participation among multi-sector leadership.

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Learning in Communities
Grants Awarded June 2005

The following Learning in Communities Innovation Sites will conduct preliminary assessments of local conditions and develop an approach for a more comprehensive planning period.

Boston After School & Beyond, Inc.
Boston, MA
$100,000 over 3 months

Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$100,000 over 3 months

DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation
Washington, DC
$100,000 over 3 months

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Learning in Communities Research
Grants Awarded April 2005

Market Street Research, Inc.
Northampton, MA
$150,000 over 12 months
To develop a practical OST Market Research Tool that can be adapted to the needs of individual communities.

Public/Private Ventures
Philadelphia, PA
$90,000 over 12 months
To conduct a research project to identify ten cities that exhibit signs of an effective OST system.

The Finance Project
Washington, DC
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Public/Private Ventures
Philadelphia, PA
$600,000 over 24 months
To conduct a comprehensive cost study that will provide cities with a clear understanding of the costs of the full menu of OST program options.

Learning in Communities 
Grants Awarded November 2004

The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City
New York, NY
$12,000,000 over 60 months
To implement the city’s out-of-school time business plan to build a coherent system of OST programs.

Learning in Communities
Award Granted June 2004

The Education Partnership
Providence, RI
$5,000,000 over 60 months
To establish the Providence After-School Alliance (PASA), a public-private partnership whose mission is to create a coherent, citywide system that substantially increases children’s participation in high-quality OST learning opportunities.

Harvard Family Research Project
Cambridge, MA
$10,000 over 11 months
To host a conference on Out-of-School Time participation.

Communities
Grants Awarded November 2003

Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
$2,000,000 over 3 years
To enhance learning and enrichment activities provided to youth year-round and strengthen core institutional functions.

The New York Public Library
New York, NY
$2,000,000 over 3 years
To enhance learning and enrichment activities provided to youth year-round and strengthen core institutional functions.

Queens Library Foundation
Jamaica, NY
$2,000,000 over 3 years
To enhance learning and enrichment activities provided to youth year-round and strengthen core institutional functions.

Urban Libraries Council
Evanston, IL
$897,000 over 3 years
To support the work of the three New York library grantees through training, technical assistance, communications and coordinating activities.

Learning in Communities

Rhode Island Kids Count
Providence, RI
$335,000
Tto host the business planning phase of Learning in Communities, our first site. To create a business plan for the fundamental redesign of the out-of-school time system in Providence built around standards of program quality and learner participation and the allocation of scarce public and private resources only to programs which can deliver services that meet those standards. The work will be led by a Leadership Committee put together and chaired by the Mayor.

Extended Service Schools [ESS]
Awarded December 2000
Grants awarded to the following to sustain continued program development during out-of-school hours and to participate in the Foundation's evaluation of extended-service schools.

Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority
Savannah, GA
$400,000 over 2 years

Community College of Aurora Foundation
Aurora, CO
$150,000 over 2 years

Rose Community Foundation
Denver, CO
$400,000 over 2 years

United Way of Genesee County
Flint, MI
$400,000 over 2 years

United Way of Greater Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
$250,000 over 2 years

United Way of Missoula County
Missoula, MT
$300,000 over 2 years

United Way of Southeastern New England
Providence, RI
$325,000 over 2 years

Urban Strategies Council
Oakland, CA
$400,000 over 2 years

YMCA of Greater Boston
Boston, MA
$200,000 over 2 years

YMCA of Greater Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
$200,000 over 2 years

YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
$400,000 over 2 years

Urban Parks
Awarded March 2000

Austin Parks Foundation
Austin, TX
$415,000 over 4 years
To refine and expand its Adopt-A-Park program in partnership with the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department, an effort to promote greater community and business cooperation in restoring neighborhood parks.

Boston Natural Areas Fund (BNAF)
Boston, MA
$415,000 over 4 years
To encourage community involvement in the creation of the Neponset River Greenway and the East Boston Greenway, two new parks serving diverse, low-income neighborhoods.

Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Buffalo, NY
$700,000 over 4 years
To improve public use of three major parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the Conservancy will create reforestation plans for each park; develop friends groups to help implement those plans and increase use and stewardship; create an endowment to support maintenance; and sustain research on patterns of use in the parks to inform programs and services.

City Parks Foundation
New York, NY
$900,000 over 4 years
To build neighborhood and citywide constituencies for parks by focusing on five underserved neighborhoods and undertaking strategies that include mobilizing volunteers, expanding programming, raising funds and strengthening the capacity of local friends groups to sustain programming and maintenance efforts.

Forest Park Forever
St. Louis, MO
$1,000,000 over 4 years
To increase and enhance public use of the eastern end of the city's major park through capital improvements, the launch of public programs for children and community groups, and the creation of an endowment to ensure sustainability of physical improvements and public programming.

Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Louisville, KY
$1,000,000 over 4 years
To make physical improvements and expand public use of four major parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted by involving volunteers in park restoration activities and expanding participation in environmental education, health and wellness programs, and programs for youth and families.

Parks and People Foundation
Baltimore, MD M
$415,000 over 4 years
To work with the Gwynns Falls Trail project partners to build the first 12 miles of the trail as well as plan, design and break ground on the second phase of the trail’s restoration.

Parkway Partners
New Orleans, LA
$750,000 over 4 years
To implement improvements to three existing neighborhood parks and increase public use.

Park Works
Cleveland, OH
$415,000 over 4 years
To work closely with city officials and the corporate sector to train city parks staff and volunteers in effective park development strategies; offer small grants to neighborhood projects designed to upgrade parks; engage youth in nature and environmental education programs along the Cuyahoga River; and strengthen its fundraising ability.

Piedmont Park Conservancy
Atlanta, GA
$900,000 over 4 years
To work with partners from across the city to make Piedmont Park safer and more welcoming, increase use by community neighbors and targeted non-users, and strengthen its ability to sustain capital and program improvements over time.

The Providence Plan
Providence, RI
$415,000 over 4 years
To continue efforts to increase public access to and involvement in the Woonasquatucket River Greenway. Two closed parks and one neglected park will be restored; two brownfield sites will be reclaimed for recreation and economic reinvestment; and a bicycle path will be constructed along the Woonasquatucket River.

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Philadelphia, PA
$1,000,000 over 4 years
To work with the city's Department of Recreation and park friends groups to enhance the landscape and public programming in three parks. Physical improvements and training workshops, technical assistance and other support will help friends groups to reclaim and revitalize neighborhood parks.

American Planning Association (APA)
$1.25 million over 4 years
To launch the City Parks Forum, a fellowship for mayors, their park advisors and community leaders to broaden public and private support for parks. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is partnering with the Fund, and contributing $1.25 million to this effort. The program will provide opportunities for mayors, park professionals and community leaders to explore ways parks can enhance the quality of life in urban communities.

Parents and Communities for Kids (PACK)

Commuity Foundation for Greater New Haven
New Haven, CT
$1,500,000
Improve learning for children and families in three neighborhoods in Greater New Haven and the Valley by building the capacity of families, organizations and the community to participate in and support family learning.

Community Foundation for Southeastern
Michigan Detroit, MI
$1,500,000

United Way of Massachusetts Bay
Boston, MA
$1,450,000
To engage parents in their children's success to energize and support Black and Latino parent's active involvement in achieving academic success for their children.

University of Minnesota Institute for Public Affairs
Minneapolis, MN
$1,500,000
To improve learning for children (ages 6-10) and their families by creating a culture of learning on the West Side of St. Paul.