PRESS HIGHLIGHTS

December 20, 2024

How public school alumni can help kids at their old schools afford college

A new program allows public school alumni to give back — by raising or donating money that will go directly into the college and career savings accounts of third graders at their alma maters.

November 25, 2024

Former city students help current students afford college

Former city public school students are calling on New Yorkers to help current city students afford a college education.

November 21, 2024

Harlem Alumni Fund Local Students: Community Scholarships Boost Elementary School Futures!

NYC Public School Alumni from Harlem, in collaboration with NYC Kids RISE, today announced the 2024-2025 launch and significant expansion of the NYC Public School Alumni Community Scholarships initiative.

RECENT PRESS

May 4, 2017

Blackstone’s Gray Gives $21 Million to Hit Cancer Close to Home

Blackstone Group real estate chief Jon Gray and his wife, Mindy, are doubling down in their campaign against a type of cancer that claimed the life of her older sister. The Grays are donating $21 million to the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania, bringing their total pledges to the initiative to $55 million.

January 13, 2017

NYC Kids RISE Launches In District 30

Kicking off the new year, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a free tuition program for low-income New York college students. However, the future is looking even brighter for the kindergarten children of School District 30, who were chosen to pilot the first New York City Child Savings Account Program.

January 13, 2017

City announces college savings accounts for students

More than 3,000 kindergartners in a school district containing much of northwestern Queens will have $100 allocated to them into scholarship accounts this fall to help them start saving for a college education.

January 11, 2017

City starts savings account pilot for D30 students Read more: Brooklyn Downtown Star – City starts savings account pilot for D30 students

City officials announced last Thursday that 3,500 students in western Queens will have their own savings accounts as part of a pilot program to promote a culture of saving for college.

January 11, 2017

Nolan Hails NYC Child Save Initiative

“Congratulations to District 30 for being chosen as the pilot program for the NYC Child Savings Account Initiative” said Assembly Member Catherine Nolan, Chair of the Assembly Education Committee.

January 9, 2017

Foundation jump-starts college savings for NYC kids

“I will go to college” is the culture at P.S. 171. It is reflected in artwork from Kindergartners. Thanks to a $10 million donation from the Gray Foundation, created by New York City residents Mindy and Jon Gray, these children are on their way to fulfilling their college dreams.

January 6, 2017

Rise & Shine: ‘I wanted to be the teacher that I wished I had’

The city is helping families in one Queens school district pay for college by starting savings accounts for kindergarteners, a pilot program that will include 10,000 students over three years.

January 6, 2017

From kindergarten to college: de Blasio announces new savings account for public school students

“All of NYC’s kids deserve the chance to attend college and pursue their dreams, regardless of their family’s economic status,” the mayor said.

January 5, 2017

Many Sunnyside/Woodside children to get $100 as part of new college savings program, de Blasio announces

A new non-profit has launched a program to help students save for college, beginning with children in School District 30 that includes large sections of Astoria, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights and Long Island City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today.

January 5, 2017

Western Queens kindergartners will receive money toward college tuition from the city

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday a new initiative that will give students in School District 30 hundreds of dollars to put toward a college savings account.