Dancewave transforms New York City’s youth through unique exposure to world-class, pre-professional performing arts training.  Dancewave strives to expose students to various techniques and styles in order to develop the versatility required of professional dancers.  They ingrain a sophisticated knowledge of dance history by exposing students to a wide spectrum of dance artists at various stages in their careers, while creating a nurturing and challenging environment for every participant to develop his or her technique and performance skill. 

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Dancing Classrooms cultivates essential life skills in children through the joyful art and practice of social dance. They foster brave spaces in which children take creative and social-emotional risks while developing respect and cultural competence. Through standards-based, in-school residencies and out of school programs, they use the vocabulary of social and partner dance to support the next generation of compassionate, global citizens.

Directions for Our Youth, Inc. (DFOY) is a non-profit youth development organization that provides programming in underserved areas of New York City for over 2,000 young people enrolled in grades K-12. Our mission is to engage participants as active partners in their own development as they seek to become thriving, self-sufficient adults and agents of change within their local and global communities. DFOY believes in the abilities of young people, and provides its participants with high quality, engaging programs that encourage, among other things, educational enrichment, career awareness, civic engagement, and personal development.

Dorill Initiative is an arts and culture institution committed to helping At-Promise Youth tap into their limitless potential and creative power to galvanize communities and ignite social change

Drama Club is an innovative non-profit organization that provides theatre programming to incarcerated and court-involved young people in New York City. Improv is play: it involves healthy risk-taking and empowers youth to tell the stories they want to tell, in the ways in which they want to tell them. Theatre classes and performance opportunities build leadership skills in young people by teaching collaborative problem solving, working as a team, flexibility, resilience, communication and group decision-making.  

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The Eagle Academy Foundation develops and supports a network of all-male, grades 6 through 12, college-preparatory public schools in challenged, urban communities that educate and mentor young men into future leaders committed to excellence in character, scholastic achievement and community service, and to promote these principles nationally. 

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Extreme Kids & Crew is a welcoming community center where children with disabilities, their friends, and their families, socialize, create and play. Together families share resources, stories, tears, and laughter while children play and take part in inclusive arts programming that is open to all members of the family. 

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FAN4Kids provides a comprehensive and innovative nutrition and fitness program designed to introduce children to a lifetime of healthy living. The program targets low-income, elementary school children, and is taught by our trained instructors in the school setting where children spend most of their time outside of the home. 

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Fast Feet’s mission is to make athletics, nutrition, and social development accessible and inclusive by providing adaptive running programs, nutrition classes, and social skills groups for schools and communities that serve individuals of all abilities.

Friends of the Children–New York is a chapter of a nationwide organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of generational poverty through salaried, professional mentoring. We select children facing multiple systemic obstacles from all five boroughs and commit to working with those children from kindergarten to graduation. 12+ years, no matter what.

Futures and Options expands opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds and historically underrepresented communities, collaborating with employers to empower students to gain the skills and confidence needed to succeed in future careers.

Global Kids educates, inspires and mobilizes youth to become global citizens who are positively engaged in the world and are prepared for their future.  

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Hour Children is a leading provider of services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women in New York State.

ParentChild+ ensures that all children regardless of their race, socio-economic status, or zip code have equal possibilities from the start.

Row New York was founded in 2002 based on the premise that the discipline of competitive rowing combined with rigorous academic support yields powerful returns. Rowing instills in athletes a strong work ethic, persistence, and grit. This is particularly evident in the classroom, where focus and determination produce higher grades and college acceptance rates.

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STEM From Dance envisions a world in which Black and Latina women are represented equitably in the STEM workforce. Through a unique and integrated approach of combining STEM and dance, the organization breaks down the intimidation barrier and empowers young women of color from low-income backgrounds to develop the confidence, skills, and awareness necessary to engage in and pursue a future in STEM. 

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