Fall 2013 Grants

BELL

Charlotte, NC

Program support for a national summer learning program, serving 200 CMS scholars in rising kindergarten to third grade. $75,000

Better Basics, Inc.

Birmingham, AL

Program support for Better Basics reading intervention program in high-poverty Birmingham City elementary schools. $100,000
(over 2 years)

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Charlotte, NC

Program support for CMS schools to work with Education Resource Strategies and Public Impact to increase the number of students receiving instruction from an excellent teacher and to offer teachers opportunities to advance their careers without leaving the classroom. $505,000
(over 3 years)

Horizons National

Atlanta, GA

General operating support to establish Horizons Atlanta, a regional Horizons affiliate that offers summer learning programs to high poverty students. $75,000

Institute for Emerging Issues

Raleigh, NC

Program support for 150 teacher representatives to attend the 2014 IEI Forum: Teachers and the Great Economic Debate and then implement local plans for growing the teaching profession in North Carolina. $100,000

International House

Charlotte, NC

Program support for the Youth English Tutoring Program, which provides intense literary support over the summer months to a growing population of English language learning students in CMS. $25,000

National Council on Teacher Quality

Washington, DC

Program support for analysis of teacher preparation programs in Alabama and North Carolina in its second edition of the Teacher Prep Review. $100,000

Odyssey Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

Program support to expand this successful summer learning model to students in grades 1-3. $80,000
(over 2 years)

SAIL: New Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church Community Support Corporation

Birmingham, AL

Program support to reduce summer learning loss for 200 students. $25,000

SAIL: Shades Valley YMCA

Birmingham, AL

Program support for summer reading and math intervention for 60 students through a partnership between the Shades Valley YMCA and Better Basics. $15,000

SAIL: Summer Advantage

Birmingham, AL

Program support for this national summer learning model to serve students in Birmingham City elementary schools. $50,000

Sugar Creek Charter School

Charlotte, NC

Program support for the summer component of an innovative year-round effort ensuring that 165 K-3 students are grade level readers by the end of 3rd grade. $25,000

Teach for America - Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

General operating support to support its corps teaching in high-poverty CMS schools. $50,000

YMCA of Greater Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

Program support for the Y Readers summer program, closing the achievement gap and preventing summer learning loss for children at Albemarle Road Elementary School. 75,000