The Trefler Foundation is proud to announce its spring education grantees. The six organizations selected for funding reflect the Foundation’s desire to support high-impact organizations with quality leadership that are unafraid to tackle challenging problems. The organizations and initiatives align with the Foundation’s desire to support a range of education interventions from direct service programming to research, to policy and systems change. We are proud to recognize the outstanding work of our partners and wish them much success in their efforts to enhance educational opportunity in Greater Boston.
The BASE is an urban academy that uses the power of sports to engage youth in a positive, success-driven culture. We provide high-quality sports training and competition, paired with programs for college access, career development, and health & wellness.
The Boston Debate League (BDL) mission is to prepare young people for college, career, and engagement with the world through debate-inspired learning in the classroom and beyond.
The Boston Public Library’s Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program offers no-cost mentorship, financial literacy, business development support, and community-building resources that help entrepreneurs build the social and technical capital needed to overcome structural inequities.
The Coolidge Classroom offers free field trips for students in grades 6–12. The trips include a film screening, lunch, facilitated discussion, and contextual resources for students and educators. The Coolidge Classroom was built in collaboration with an advisory committee of educators representing diverse schools in the area.
New Skills Boston is a cross-sector, citywide effort to improve systems and remove barriers to accessing high-quality career pathways. Specifically, funding will support professional development through the annual Seamless Advising Summit, and EdVestors staff and organizational backbone lead network activities.
Grant support will enable MassINC to advance three education initiatives from the proof-of-concept phase toward growth and full-scale implementation of Early College career pathways, school-centered neighborhood development, and longitudinal data systems for evidence-based decision-making.